Interpersonal Interactions and Space

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Presented here are diagrams of tables and chairs. Imagine that the setting is the school cafeteria and that this is the only table not fully occupied. In the space marked X is seated the person described above the diagram. Place another X in the circle where you would sit.

Exercise (in PDF format)

After completing all six situations, consider some or all of the following issues:

This activity contains 4 questions.

Why did you select the positions you did? How does the position you selected better enable you to achieve your purpose?

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Assume that you were already seated in the position marked X. Do you think the person described would sit where you indicated you would? Why? Does the sex or status or your liking for the other person influence your choice of seat?

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What does the position you selected communicate to the person already seated? In what ways might this nonverbal message be misinterpreted?

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Do you notice cultural influences on seating preferences? For example, in the United States seating arrangements would unite men and women; in Taiwan, however, seating arrangements would separate the sexes (Cline and Puhl 1984).

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