Marcela Started Working for a New Company

question 85

Essay

Marcela started working for a new company. At her previous workplace, people were formal and distant in their communication. Therefore, Marcela was surprised to find that her new boss, whom Marcela thought to be a competent individual, often pulled up a chair close to her desk when she was explaining company procedures. Although this violated Marcela's idea of how people communicate in the workplace, it did not seem to bother her and in fact she began to use a closer distance when communicating with her boss. Explain what Marcela experienced using Burgoon's expectancy violations model.

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Definitions:

Trypsin

An enzyme produced in the pancreas that plays a crucial role in digesting proteins in the small intestine.

Small Intestine

A part of the gastrointestinal tract between the stomach and the large intestine, where most digestion and absorption of nutrients occurs.

Segmentation Contractions

A type of intestinal movement that aids in mixing and absorption by contracting and relaxing segments of the intestine.

Digestion

The biological process by which the complex molecules in food are broken down into simpler ones that can be absorbed and utilized by the body.