Hall (1973) suggested that cultures differ in their time perspective and orientation. He analyzed differences among people of different cultures in their use of time and how these differences manifested themselves in actual behavioral practices with such context as business. We interact with various people in our daily lives. However, the point is whether people present different behaviors to different people in terms of time. Suppose you have an appointment to meet each of the following people somewhere outside. If your partner did not show up at the appointed time, how long can you wait or are you willing to wait? Write the minutes you can wait for each person below.
| Target Person | Minutes |
| Your parent | All day 24hr |
| Your older sibling | All day 24hr |
| Your boyfriend or girlfriend | N/A |
| Your best friend | 1 hr |
| Your colleague | 1hr |
| Your client | 2hr |
| Your boss | 4hr |
Did you find any differences in the results?
Yes
If you said “yes” in the previous question, who will you wait for the longest time and who will you wait for the shortest time? Why?
I will wait for my parents the longest because, they are my mom and dad and my oldest sister. The shortest will be my best friend ,client,colleague. I will wait for them the shortest amount of time because, I don’t have a attachment to them.
Visual artifact idea: include a representative image of your perception on “time.”
What I learned from this assignment is that Time waits for no one if you are closer to the person your waiting on then I believe you will wait on them the longest. Our perception of time is created by our brains. Certain drugs can alter this mechanism and make time seem to pass slower or quicker. If you think this is weird, it gets weirder. Our perception of time also depends on our culture. The way we experience time in the West is different to that of people who lived in other cultures in the past.So perhaps the best way to live life is to keep busy doing lots of things, but also keep track of the passing of time. Maybe keeping a diary is the best way to do this. That way time won’t seem to fly past quite so quickly, and you will also have plenty to look back on.For young children, it’s easy to see how this would work in reverse, since the majority of information their brains are processing would be brand new, and require more time to process.
Reference:
Hall, E. T. (1973). The Silent Language. Anchor Books. Garden City: New York.