Question

Men place more emphasis on the ___________ dimension of communication because they view communication as functioning primarily for information exchange. this dimension contains primarily ___________ messages.

a. relational, verbal

b. content, verbal

c. relational, nonverbal

d. content, nonverbal

Answer 1

Answer: b. content, verbal

Explanations:

The content of a communication is the dimension that carries the important information passed across during the communication, it attracts more emphasis from men because they believe the main function of communication is for information exchange (according to the passage). The content of a communication is usually contains verbal messages which is the main information being passed rather than emphasizing on the nonverbal messages such as body language, tone, facial expression etc.