Jared tried to interrupt his good friend, Marissa when she was speaking. So Marissa held her hand up in a "stop" gesture to get Jared to shut up and continued to make her point. This is an example of how nonverbal communication functions to:

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Marissa's hand gesture of holding up her hand in a "stop" gesture is a nonverbal way of regulating the conversation and indicating to Jared that he needs to stop talking and let her finish speaking.

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