When Victor informed his boss that the work he was assigned would take longer than the allotted time to complete, his boss looked suspiciously at him with a raised eyebrow. In this case, raising an eyebrow is an example of _____.
A) proxemics
B) kinesics
C) haptics
D) chronemics

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Raising an eyebrow is an example of kinesics, which refers to the study of body movement, facial expressions, and gestures in communication. Proxemics is the study of space and distance between communicators, haptics is the study of touch, and chronemics is the study of time in communication. None of these terms apply to the act of raising an eyebrow.

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