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第6問(配点 24)
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findings to your classmates.
social positions.
Personal Space and Culture
Hall also told an interesting story illustrating cultural influenee, He was Sitting
alone on a chair in the lobby of a hotel when an unfamiliar Arabian man came within
arm's length) The man looked as if he was waiting for someone and stood in front of
than an Asian person.
strangers.
him. Due to his personal space being violated, he felt very uncomfortable and tried
to show his discomfort, but the Arab did not seem to notice at all) Hall had no idea
why the man was standing so close, thinking that even in a public place like a hotel
lobby, someone's personal space should be respected by others. Afterward, when he
0 taik with your friends even when thev are closer than this distance. However, you
met his Arab friend, Hall asked why the man had acted so rudely. His friend said,
“That's just an American idea. Arabs believe that personal space does not exist for
anyone in a public place like a hotel lobby."
Furthermore, a distance of less than 1.5 feet (46cm) from you is called *“intimate
In a globalized society, knowledge of cultural influence on interpersonal distance
aistance." Since physical contact with others is likely to occur within this distance,
is necessary in daily life/ People from different cultural backgrounds have a personal
only those who have a very close relationship with you are allowed to come nearer
space of a different size, and it is very likely that you will mistakenly violate their
than that. By contrast, when you step into a stranger's space formed by intimate
personal space. This may sometimes cause(serious trouble, Therefore, understanding
distance, they may feel that you are trying to frighten them or physically attack them.
the sense of interpersonal distances in other cultures will help avoid conflict with
Hall classifies “personal distance” and “intimate distance” as someone's personal
others.
space.
The space outside of your personal space can also be divided into two types,
depending on the distance./ A distance of between 4 feet (1.2m) and 12 feet (3.7m)
from you is called “social distance," and a distance of more than 12 feet away from
you is called"distance." in non-situations, in
business or parties, place at a social . On the other
hand, a public distance is a public
speech. You also to keep this distance when meeting people in important
The point here is that , , the
same for all , but are by your or, , by
the culture you belong to. , that people in
South , in , space than people in
Asia, a South will allow a to get closer
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