Discuss how nonverbal behavior being culturally bound can explain the

misunderstanding surrounding Nixon's use of the A-OK sign in Venezuela in 1956.

What will be an ideal response?


In Venezuela, the A-OK sign means something similar to an upraised middle ?nger in America. Two different
cultures of two different countries gave two different meanings to the same sign.

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