Question 1 Report
Which of the following messages at a school assembly is most clearly an example of non-verbal communication: a spoken warning, a text message, a thumbs-up gesture, or a written notice? A researcher is studying how pupils interpret the gesture.
(a) Name the type of communication shown by the thumbs-up gesture. [1]
(b) Explain why the meaning of a thumbs-up may differ between two cultures. [2]
(a) Non-verbal communication / body language / gesture [1] (b) The gesture has a meaning learned within a culture [1]; different cultures may attach a different meaning, including an insulting meaning, to the same movement [1]
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