SCENARIO 7-2 You are a professor is trying to mediate a dispute that occurred during the class.There are four members of the team who have been asked to prepare a team presentation; the four 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.
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 people use space to communicate. The fact that the team members are standing at a great distance from each other suggests that there is tension and conflict between them.

SCENARIO 7-2 You Are a Professor Is Trying to Mediate