Non verbal communication- Personal space

Question 1

what are the 3 differences for personal space

Answer 1

cultural difference
gender difference
status difference

Question 2

how is personal space different for different genders (3)

Answer 2

men and woman use their space differently

men to men conversations have larger personal spaces compared to women to women

men prefer sitting opposite each other women prefer sitting side to side

Question 3

how is personal space different for different cultures (2)

Answer 3

different cultural norms for personal space

arab men prefer smaller personal spaces and British men prefer larger personal spaces

Question 4

how is personal space different for different status

Answer 4

defines someone rank to someone else

people with different status have bigger personal spaces than people with the same status

Question 5

what is one strength of this

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Answer 5

P- it helps us with everyday life interactions

E- this helps us when communicating with people from different cultures, if we know a culture finds larger personal spaces distant and untrustworthy, we can avoid this so we don’t offend them, this is useful for people with jobs that interact with a wide range of people like a doctor

E- this is important because it shows this research has real life application

Question 6

what is one weakness of this

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Answer 6

P- used unrepresentative samples

E- its not possible to have a sample of people that have the same views on personal space as a representation of the culture, for example some arab men may prefer larger personal spaces and British men may prefer smaller ones

E- this is important as an unrepresentative sample lowers the ecological validity