Look at the sets of figures pictured on and then answer the questions below.
In the first set of figures (Intimate distance), would this amount of distance be appropriate for couples in public in your home country? What about for two male friends or two female friends?
In the second set of figures (Personal distance), would this distance be comfortable for you with a friend of the same gender? With a friend of a different gender (men and women)?
How different do you think are the standards of social distance in your home country and in the U.S.? Provide your own experiences for examples.
Choose which seating arrangement (or something else) would be preferable to you for the following situations and then explain why.
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