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WGU C464 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED (2024/2025)
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Direct strategies - ANS ✓Fairly straightforward and unmasked in their intent
Social Attraction - ANS ✓Kind that friends feel toward one another based on
shared enjoyment of activities and interest
Dialectal tension - ANS ✓Tension that exists between 2 competing and
contradictory but related forces
Flaming - ANS ✓Online verbal abuse on social media
Keylogging - ANS ✓Sending viruses
Message complexity - ANS ✓Message that is detailed or characterized by a
number of arguments and related evidence might be difficult to follow and
comprehend
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Information Overload - ANS ✓State of being exposed to more message than we
can cognitively process at any given time
Preoccupation or psychological noise - ANS ✓Phenomenon of multitasking,
become focused on one task, thought or message we don't listen effectively
Passive listening/ pseudo listening - ANS ✓Receiving message mindlessly
Denotative meaning - ANS ✓universal/ dictionary definition
Euphemism - ANS ✓Polite/pleasant expression designed to substitute for a
term that the sender believes lacks social acceptability
Kinesics - ANS ✓Study of body movements- Including posture, facial expression,
gestures
Emblems - ANS ✓Nonverbal movements that substitutes for words and
verbalization. Putting your hand up to stop some one or giving someone a
thumbs up
Illustrators - ANS ✓Movements that either accompany or reinforce the meaning
of a verbal code. Put your finger to your lips and say shhhh. Saying no while
shaking your head side to side
WGU C464
WGU
WGU C464 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED (2024/2025)
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Direct strategies - ANS ✓Fairly straightforward and unmasked in their intent
Social Attraction - ANS ✓Kind that friends feel toward one another based on
shared enjoyment of activities and interest
Dialectal tension - ANS ✓Tension that exists between 2 competing and
contradictory but related forces
Flaming - ANS ✓Online verbal abuse on social media
Keylogging - ANS ✓Sending viruses
Message complexity - ANS ✓Message that is detailed or characterized by a
number of arguments and related evidence might be difficult to follow and
comprehend
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Information Overload - ANS ✓State of being exposed to more message than we
can cognitively process at any given time
Preoccupation or psychological noise - ANS ✓Phenomenon of multitasking,
become focused on one task, thought or message we don't listen effectively
Passive listening/ pseudo listening - ANS ✓Receiving message mindlessly
Denotative meaning - ANS ✓universal/ dictionary definition
Euphemism - ANS ✓Polite/pleasant expression designed to substitute for a
term that the sender believes lacks social acceptability
Kinesics - ANS ✓Study of body movements- Including posture, facial expression,
gestures
Emblems - ANS ✓Nonverbal movements that substitutes for words and
verbalization. Putting your hand up to stop some one or giving someone a
thumbs up
Illustrators - ANS ✓Movements that either accompany or reinforce the meaning
of a verbal code. Put your finger to your lips and say shhhh. Saying no while
shaking your head side to side
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