An Elderly Client Perceives the Helper's Lack of Physical Closeness

question 1

Multiple Choice

An elderly client perceives the helper's lack of physical closeness as arrogance while the helper finds the client's need for physical closeness as being intrusive. This nonverbal behavior of spatial distance in interactions is:

• A) kinesics.
• B) paralinguistic.
• C) proxemics.
• D) affective.

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