Participants in One Experiment Selected Topics to Discuss from a List

question 19

Multiple Choice

Participants in one experiment selected topics to discuss from a list provided by the experimenter. They took turns discussing topics until each participant had spoken 12 times. When researchers examined the intimacy levels of the topics selected, they found each of the following results except one. Which one?

• A) Participants began their conversations with relatively nonintimate topics.
• B) The intimacy of the topics increased as the experiment progressed.
• C) Participants tended to match their partner's level of intimacy.
• D) Participants became more anxious as the intimacy levels of the topics increased.

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Definitions:

Haptics

The study and use of touch and its effects in communication and interaction between people or with technology.

Proxemics

Study of how close or far away from people and objects people position themselves.

Territorial Marker

Objects or signals that individuals use to indicate ownership or dominance over a certain area or space.

Regulator

Components or factors within the communication process that can influence or control the flow and dynamics of the interaction.