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Question 20

Rosa and Arjun meet at a market stall and start talking. Rosa grew up in a community where people stand close together in conversation. Arjun grew up where people stand further apart. As they talk, Arjun keeps stepping backwards and Rosa keeps stepping forwards.

Use cultural differences in personal space to explain Rosa and Arjun's behaviour.

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2.1 Communication Questions

  1. IGCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /2.1 Communication

67 exam-style questions on Oxford AQA IGCSE Psychology 2.1 Communication, covering 2.1.1 Language and thought, 2.1.2 Variation in recall and colour recognition, 2.1.3 Human versus animal communication, 2.1.4 Von Frisch's bee study, 2.1.5 Properties unique to human communication, 2.1.6 Verbal and non-verbal communication, 2.1.7 Functions of eye contact, 2.1.8 Body language, 2.1.9 Personal space, 2.1.10 Darwin's evolutionary theory of NVC, and 2.1.11 Evidence NVC is innate or learned. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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