All of the following are true about personal distance EXCEPT
A) Personal distance is subdivided into two zones: a near zone for private discussions with
close friends and a more distant zone for people we don't feel as close to.
B) Police intentionally enter the personal distance zone of a suspect to increase the suspect's
discomfort.
C) In U.S. mainstream culture, the boundaries of our personal distance zone are from six
inches to about arm's length.
D) It's difficult to maintain a sense of personal closeness in groups if they become too large to
fit within the boundaries of personal distance.
E) At work, the size of our distance zone is influenced by the nature of the task we're
working on as well as the nature of our relationships.
C
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