is the power of touch in communication.

Question

is the power of touch in communication.

1. A. Body posture
2. B. Eye contact
3. C. Paralanguage
4. D. Haptics (Correct answer)

Correct Answer

Option D — Haptics

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Haptics.

Key Points

• Haptics is the branch of non-verbal communication dealing with touch — handshakes, a pat on the back, an embrace — and the meanings such contact carries.
• The term comes from the Greek *haptesthai*, meaning 'to touch'.

Additional Information

• Body posture and eye contact are non-verbal too, but they belong to *kinesics* and *oculesics* respectively, not to touch.
• Paralanguage covers the vocal features that accompany speech — tone, pitch, volume, pace and pauses — not physical contact.
• Other standard branches worth remembering: proxemics (use of space and distance), chronemics (use of time), and kinesics (gestures and body movement).

*Ministry of Papers worked solution. The Commission has not yet published the official key for this paper; this answer will be reconciled with it on release.*