BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Haptics, chronemics, and proxemics are three elements of non-verbal communication. They can be influenced by the different background or cultures of those who use them. Examples of these elements are ____, ____, and ____ respectively.
A
holding hands, arriving early for a meeting, and standing apartfrom others
B
wearing gold chains, arriving late for a party, switching on bright lights in a restaurant
C
laughing out loud, reading books with bright lights on, patting one’s shoulder while congratulating someone
D
standing close to someone who is familiar, placing a bag onto a seat to show one’s place, hugging someone as a greeting
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Haptics is the study of touching as nonverbal communication. Touches that can be defined as communication include handshakes, holding hands, kissing (cheek, lips, hand), back slap, “high-five", shoulder pat, brushing arm, etc. Each of these give off nonverbal messages as to the touching person’s intentions/feelings.

Detailed explanation-2: -It can be both sexual (kissing is one example that some perceived as sexual), and platonic (such as hugging or a handshake). Striking, pushing, pulling, pinching, kicking, strangling and hand-to-hand fighting are forms of touch in the context of physical abuse.

There is 1 question to complete.