Define kinesics and provide examples of kinesic behavior across cultures.
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Kinesic behavior or body movement includes gestures, hand and arm movements, leg movements, facial expressions, eye gaze and blinking, and stance or posture. As in the United States, the handshake is a common gesture/illustrator during a greeting in most parts of developed Kenya. In this case, however, when greeting a person of higher status, such as a teacher, the person of lower status should take the left hand (the hand not being used in the handshake) and grasp his or her own right arm somewhere in the proximity of the forearm during the shake. In the Ladino culture of Guatemala, a hand gesture called la mano caliente (“the hot hand”) is equivalent to “the finger” and is created by placing the thumb between the first and middle fingers, then squeezing the hand to make a fist.
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