SCENARIO 6-3 You Are a Professor Who Is Trying to Mediate a Mediate

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SCENARIO 6-3
You are a professor who is trying to mediate a dispute that occurred during your class.Four members of a team who have been asked to make a presentation cannot agree on how to proceed.The members are standing approximately 2 metres apart from one another,they are frowning,and they are not speaking with one another.When asked to explain what is going on,the tone of their voices indicates that they are unhappy with the situation.

-Referring to SCENARIO 6-3,the field of study that would help you understand the message communicated by the physical distance between members would be

• A)organizational communications.
• B)proxemics.
• C)cross-cultural communications.
• D)emoticons.
• E)kinesics.

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Definitions:

Milgram

Refers to Stanley Milgram, a psychologist known for his research on obedience, demonstrating how people are willing to follow authority figures' orders even to the point of harming others.

Mental Processes

The internal, covert activities that occur in the mind, such as thinking, remembering, and reasoning.

Scientific Study

The systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.

Behavior

The actions or reactions of an object or organism, usually in relation to the environment.