Chapter . Self-Quiz: Test Your Nonverbal Dominance Knowledge

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Test Your Nonverbal Dominance Knowledge

Knowing which behaviors people perceive as dominant is an important part of being a competent nonverbal communicator (Carney et al., 2005). Review the following list of behaviors, identify and rank the top five nonverbal cues that you think communicate dominance (1 being most dominating and 5 being least dominating of the top five), and check your answers.

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Note: Items in this Self-Quiz are derived from Table 1 of Carney et al. (2005).

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Test Your Nonverbal Dominance Knowledge

Your score: out of 5

The most to least dominating nonverbal cues are:

  1. (b) Exhibiting confident and self-assured facial expressions
  2. (c) Initiating the shaking of an interaction partner’s hand
  3. (f) Using broad, large, and expansive hand gestures while you talk
  4. (j) Engaging in “invasive” behaviors with your conversational partner, such as standing too close, touching, and pointing
  5. (g) Showing facial disgust