SCENARIO 7-1 You are a professor trying to mediate a dispute.Four students have been asked to prepare a team presentation; the four team members cannot agree upon how to proceed.The members are not speaking to each other and are standing at a great distance from one another.Most of the members of the team are frowning and,when asked to discuss the problem,their voice tones indicate that they are unhappy with the situation.
-Refer to Scenario 7-1.The term that explains the meaning of the students spacing themselves at a distance from each other is
A)kinesics.
B)proxemics.
C)managerial context.
D)intonation.
E)noncontact.

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Proxemics refers to the study of how individuals use space to communicate. In this scenario, the fact that the team members are standing at a great distance from each other is an example of proxemics.

SCENARIO 7-1 You Are a Professor Trying to Mediate a Dispute.Four