Lee is from a part of the world where it is considered proper to stand very close to the person with whom you are conversing.When Lee came to Canada he felt most Canadians were somewhat unfriendly and reserved because most Canadians he spoke with stood further away from him than he was used to.What is interfering with Lee's communication?
A) cognitive complexity
B) ethnocentrism
C) punctuation
D) stereotyping

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Lee is experiencing ethnocentrism, or the belief that one's own cultural values are superior to others. He is judging Canadians based on his own cultural norms and assuming they are unfriendly because they do not conform to his expectation of personal space during conversation.

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