Cultures vary widely in their touch behaviors. In the 1960s, psychologist Sidney Jourard observed the conversations...

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Cultures vary widely in their touch behaviors. In the 1960s, psychologist Sidney Jourard observed the conversations of friends in different parts of the world as they sat in a caf for about the same length of time. In England, the two friends touched each other zero times. In the United States, they touched each other twice. In France, the number shot up to 110 times. And in Puerto Rico, those friends touched each other 180 times. Why do you think these different cultures exhibit such dramatic differences in touch behavior? What impacts do you think these touch behaviors have on individuals living within these cultures? And, how do you think these touch behaviors might impact cross-cultural communication interactions between individuals from these cultures? Cultures vary widely in their touch behaviors. In the 1960s, psychologist Sidney Jourard observed the conversations of friends in different parts of the world as they sat in a caf for about the same length of time. In England, the two friends touched each other zero times. In the United States, they touched each other twice. In France, the number shot up to 110 times. And in Puerto Rico, those friends touched each other 180 times. Why do you think these different cultures exhibit such dramatic differences in touch behavior? What impacts do you think these touch behaviors have on individuals living within these cultures? And, how do you think these touch behaviors might impact cross-cultural communication interactions between individuals from these cultures?

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The observed differences in touch behaviors across cultures are likely due to a variety of social cultural and perhaps even climate factors that influ... View the full answer