Patricia is in the car with her niece cara and notices that cara is quiet and not participating in the conversation. patricia asks cara what's wrong, and cara says, while rolling her eyes, "nothing, everything is perfectly fine." despite what cara says, patricia is sure that something is wrong and decides to speak with cara privately when they get to their destination. what principle of nonverbal communication is at play?

I believe the answer is: Nonverbal communication is usually believed over verbal communication.

Non-verbal communication usually contain the true emotion that is experienced by the people. For example let's imagine a child is running and fall to ground.

- first scenario, the child say "It's not hurt" while greening ear to ear

- Second scenario, the child say "it's not hurt" but he is saying it while holding back his tears.

Even though two scenarios contain the same verbal message, the non-verbal message is extremely different. In scenario 2, you woulld most likely believe that the child felt hurt from the fall because of the tears (nonverbal) regardless of the verbal message.

the historians cited in the article all agree with one another about the cause of the civil war. despite coming from different backgrounds and cultures, the historians agree that slavery was the root cause of the civil war. the fact that all these historiansgenerally agree with one another makes their shared viewpoints more reliable and valid, especially because the historians have different backgrounds and all work for the well-respected institutions of howard university, clemson university, and the university of colorado.