Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Psychology and Life

Question:

Match List I with List II

List - I

List - II

 (A) 

 Intimate Distance 

 (I)

 10 feet to infinity

 (B)

 Personal Distance 

 (II) 

 upto 18 inches

 (C)

 Social Distance

 (III) 

 18 inches to 4 feet 

 (D) 

 Public Distance

 (IV)

 4 to 10 feet

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Options:

(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)

(A) - (III), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)

(A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)

(A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)

Correct Answer:

(A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)

Explanation:

Edward Hall, an anthropologist, mentioned four kinds of interpersonal physical distance, depending on the situation:

Intimate distance (upto 18 inches) : The distance you maintain when you are talking privately to someone, or interacting with a very close friend or relative.

Personal distance (18 inches to 4 feet) : The distance you maintain when you are interacting one-to-one with a close friend, relative, or even with someone not very close to you in a work setting or other social situation.

• Social distance (4 to 10 feet) : The distance you maintain when the interaction is formal, and not close. During a formal parent teacher meeting, the interpersonal physical distance is typically social distance. Social distance is the distance that people maintain when they are interacting in a formal setting.

Public distance (10 feet to infinity) : The distance you maintain in a formal setting, where there is a large number of persons. For example, the distance of an audience from a public speaker, or a teacher in a classroom.