CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Laws and Business Communication · Types of Business Communication
The study of how people use personal space and distance, such as standing close to a colleague or keeping a gap from a client, is known as:
The study of personal space and distance in communication is called proxemics. Kinesics concerns body movements and gestures, paralanguage concerns vocal qualities such as tone and pitch, and chronemics concerns how time is used to convey messages.
- AKinesics
- BProxemicsCorrect
- CParalanguage
- DChronemics
Explanation
Proxemics deals with use of space and distance in communication. Kinesics is body movement and gestures, paralanguage covers voice features like tone and pitch, and chronemics concerns the use of time.
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