Question

Ernesto's boss perceives him to be untrustworthy because he waits a week to reply to an important email. this behavior falls into the nonverbal category of

Answer 1

The behavior of [Ernesto’s boss when he discerns Ernesto to be dishonest is because Ernesto waits a week to reply to an important email] falls into the nonverbal category of chronemics.

The research of the function of time in communication is called chronemics. Chronemics is one of the assorted subcategories of the research of nonverbal communication.