Which of the following is not true about nonverbal behavior?
a. it must be interpreted using the context in which it occurs.
b. it communicates deception.
c. it is possible to gauge meaning from a specific nonverbal behavior.
d. it can communicate status and power.

The answer to the question is Option B, it communicates deception.

Explanation:

While it is true that nonverbal behavior can communicate deception, it doesn't always do so.  It can communicate other emotions or states of mind like nervousness or fear. Context is important to discern the meaning of nonverbal cues. Anthropologist Clifford Geertz is famous for using the wink as an example of the complexity of nonverbal behavior. You need to know the context of a wink to know what it means. It could also be a twitch or a blink or some involuntary movement that has no special meaning like a wink does.

the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)