It is standard practice to have to wait, sometimes a good while to see a physician or attorney, even if you have an appointment. This conveys the message that the physician's ____ is more valuable than yours.
A) artifacts.
B) chronemics.
C) proxemics.
D) paralanguage.
E) silence.

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Chronemics, the study of the use of time in nonverbal communication, is the correct answer. The practice of making someone wait, especially in professional settings like those of physicians or attorneys, communicates nonverbally that the professional's time is considered more valuable than that of the person waiting.

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