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Proxemics,NinthGroup,CONTENTS,01,Caseandquestions,02,WhatisProxemics?,03,TheexamplesofProxemics,04,ThereasonsfordifferentProxemics,目录,05,Thesolutions,Case,Susie，anAmericanlivinginChina,broughtherfour-year-oldsontoaparkoneafternoontolethimplay.Ashewasplayingbesideher,however,shelookedaroundandnoticedmanypeoplestaringatherchild.Shestartedatherchild.Shestartedtobecomequiteupset.Then,suddenly,onemantookouthisphoneandstartedtotakeaphotooftheboy.Susieconfrontedtheman,“Whatareyoudoing?Youhavenorighttophotographmyboy!”Sheangrilytookherboyandmovedtoanotherpartofthepark.Afterafewminutes,Susiestartedtoclamdown.However,justasshewascomfortableagain,anelderlyChinesewomanwalkedupwithabigsmileandreacheddownandpattedtheboyshead.“Hessocute!”shesaid.Shethenproceededtorubhischeekswithherhand.,Case,Asthewomanwastouchinghisface,however,Susiequicklyreacheddownandpickedtheboyup.“Howdareyoutouchmyson!”sheyelledatthewomanangrily.Beforethewomanhandachancetorespond,Susiestormedoffwithherboyandneverreturnedtothatpark.,Questions,1、Whydoessusiegetsoupsetatthepeoplestaring,themantakingthephoto,andthewomantouchingherson?,Susieisupsetbecauseeachofthesepeopleisinvadingtheprivacyandpersongalspaceofherson,2、HowdoesthisreflectAmericanproxemics？,Americansgenerallypreferalargedistancebetweenthemandstangers.Thisisespeciallysowhenonesownchildisinvolved.easterncountriestendtorequireamuchsmallerpersonnalspaceandareaccustomedtostaringatchildrenofotherpeople,commentingonthem,andtouchingthem.InAmerican,though,thisisseenasdisrespectfulatbestorchildendangermentatworset.Parentsmayevencallthepoliceiftheythinksomeoneapperstobetakingtoomuchofaninterestintheirchild.,Questions,3、HowshouldtheChinesepeoplehaveactedwhentheysawherboyplaying?,TheChinesepeopleintheparkcanlookatandadmirethechild,buttheyshouldnotstare.Theyshouldnottakeanyphotoswithoutthemotherspermission.Andtheyshouldnevertouchanotherpersonschildunlesstheyarefamilymembersorveryclosefrends.,WhatisProxemics?,Proxemicsisasubcategoryofthestudyofnonverbalcommunicationalongwithhaptics(touch),kinesics(bodymovement),vocalics(paralanguage),andchronemics(sructureoftime).Proxemicscanbedefinedastheinterrelatedobservationsandtheoriesofmansuseofspaceasaspecializedelaborationofculture,Persomalspacethatwecarrywithus,thebubbleofspacethatyoukeepbetweenyourselfandthepersonaheadofyouinaline.,Physicalspace,suchaswhydesksfacethefrontofaclassroomratherthantowardsacenterisle,DiagramofEwardT.Hallspersonalreactionbubbles(1966),showingradiusinfeet,TheexamplesofProxemics,InChina,theyoungwomenoftenwalkhandinhandandthemaleisclosetoeachothertoshowtheircloserelationships,HoweverinAmericabesidesrelatives,lovers,excellentfriends,thesamesexfriendsrarelykeepclosedistance,otherwiseitwillbemisunderstoodasgay,TheexamplesofProxemics,Arabsliketogettogetherinpublicplacestotoucheachother,feeleachother,hugeachotherandtoucheachothersnose,smelleachother,However,theGermanshaveastrongsenseofself,theircomprehensionofinvasiondistanceisvisionforthem,eveniftheotherpeopletoseeafeweyeisalsoaviolation,TheexamplesofProxemics,InAmerica,peoplewillqueueupforthebus,ifsetsarepermittedtheywillseparatesittingeventhereisnosetstheywillkeepthedistancetoavoidphysicalcontact,andkeepquietanddoesntpeekothersnewspaper,InChinaitscommontoseeChinesepushingotherstogeton,ThereasonsfordifferentProxemics,1、ChinesecultureiscolonycultureandclusteringculturesoChinesecultureismoreemphasisoncooperationEnglish-speakingcountriescultureisdistributedsoAmericansaremoreemphasisonindividualismandrespectforpersonalprivacybecausetheybelievetheycancontroltheirprivacysothatgetemotionalrelaxationandprotectthecommunication,2、Comparingwithothercountries,Chinahaslargedensityofpopulationsothatthepersonalspacedistanceismuchshorterwhichmakesusaccustomedtothecrowdedsituation,especiallyinparkandotherdenselypopulatedplaceandweakenourterritorydesiretoletussharespaceTheUnitedStatescoversanareaof9629091squarekilometers,withapopulationdensityof31peoplepersquarekilometer,whichcreatesAmericansstrongterritorialdesire,ThereasonsfordifferentProxemics,3、ChinesevaluesthathumannatureisgoodsotheyareclosedWesternvaluesthathumannatureisevilsotheyalwayskeepadistancewithstrangers,Thesolutions,Itisnecessaryforustounderstandeachothersculturalspatialassoc