Question

President nixon visited latin america on a goodwill tour. as he exited the plane he gave the a-ok sign. many latin americans were offended by this gesture, because in their region this was an obscene gesture. of which difficulty in interpreting nonverbal behavior should president nixon been more aware? nonverbal messages are often ambiguous. nonverbal messages are continuous. nonverbal cues are multichanneled. nonverbal interpretation is culture-based.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: nonverbal interpretation is culture-based.

Other example of this cultural based nonverbal interpretation is the V sign.
In United States, V sign is commonly interpreted as a peace symbol.
For commonwealth countries such as England and Australia, V-sign is used to degrade beaten soldiers during the world war II, so they see v sign as offensive.