If You Touch Your Thumb and First Finger Together to Form

question 677

Multiple Choice

If you touch your thumb and first finger together to form a circle, it means "A-okay" in North America, while it means "You are worth zero" in France and Belgium.This difference illustrates

• A) that gestures are too inexact to be considered a part of kinesics.
• B) gestures tend to reveal feelings that would normally be concealed.
• C) cultural learning affects the meaning of gestures.
• D) all of these aspects.

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