• Personal Distance (45-120cm) - friends, old classmates, acquaintance and relatives
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Categories of Distance (cont’d)
• Social Distance (1.3-3m) - colleagues, business partners, people at social gatherings
• Australia and Nigeria - up yours
• Some Asian and Islamic countries - rude and offensive
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The Thumb Down Sign
• Sth is bad or sth you do not approve of. • Sth or someone has failed. • Not used as often as the thumbs up sign. It is a
✓ Four categories: intimate, personal, social, and public distance.
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Categories of Distance
• Intimate Distance (0-45cm) - for the closest relation, e.g. a couple
• May damage your image if you neglect your postures
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2.4 Eye Contact
Direct eye contact • Chinese: avoid • North Americans: appreciate • The British: avoid