Exam 5: Proxemics: Engaging Personal Space and Interpersonal Distance

Drawing on the valence factor of Expectancy Violation Theory, compare the impact on an individual in an interaction with a proxemic violator who offers rewards in contrast to the impact on an individual in an interaction with a proxemic violator who offers punishment.

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Answers will vary and should reflect an understanding that interactions with a proxemic violator who offers rewards will likely be overlooked or even welcome in contrast to interactions with a proxemic violator who offers punishment will likely trigger comparatively more intense arousal reactions and be experienced as more threatening.

As compared to our intimate zone, our personal/casual zone ______.

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Which of the following is an example of a social/consultative zone interaction?

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According to Expectancy Violation Theory, we form perceptions about another person who has violated our expectations about interpersonal distance based on valence when we consider ______.

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Question 4

The public zone ranges anywhere above 6 feet and is where we are most comfortable keeping unknown others with no professional obligations

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Question 5

In an effort to seem more similar to a desirable person or to make it clear that we are indeed different from another person, we often make changes in our ______.

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Question 6

The classification of the space ranging from 0-18 in. is known as the ______ zone.

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Question 7

Proxemics is the nonverbal code that involves the use of personal space and interpersonal distance. Each person acquires a slightly different understanding of their own personal space based upon their ______.

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Question 8

______ is the term used to describe the situation that emerges when an individual is more likely to be attracted to things that they see frequently relative to those things that are rarely or never seen.

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Question 9

At home Samantha has her own bedroom, but when she attends college she has to share a tiny dorm room with her new college roommate. Samantha's subsequent difficulty sleeping and concentrating may be attributed to a fight or flight reaction due to her perception of a proxemic violation.

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Question 10

The personal/casual zone ranges from ______.

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Question 11

One of the reasons that we select to have a relationship with another person because of perceptions of similarity is an attempt to ______.

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Question 12

Identify and describe, using an example that includes nonverbal behaviors, the characteristics of each of Edward T. Hall's four zones of interaction distance.

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Question 13

We tend to develop relationships with individuals who we perceive to be unusual or unique ______.

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Question 14

The biological and emotional responses to proxemics violations that one person is experiencing are immediately observable to other people in his or her environment.

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Question 15

While the agreed to amount distance considered "good manners" varies by culture, there is a near-universal understanding that exhibiting "good manners" requires some amount of distance.

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Question 16

When we desire a relationship with a person who complements us, we are generally seeking traits or behaviors that we perceive they possess and we're lacking in.

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Question 17

Our initial perceptions of similarity with another person are almost always proven to be reliable over time.

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Question 18

During social/consultative zone interactions we are generally comfortable keeping others "at arm's length," in contrast to public zone interactions where we are generally ______.

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Question 19

Because its relatively close proximity requires a degree of trust, people in our social/consultative zone are typically people we feel comfortable with or even people that we know quite well.

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Drawing on the valence factor of Expectancy Violation Theory, compare the impact on an individual in an interaction with a proxemic violator who offers rewards in contrast to the impact on an individual in an interaction with a proxemic violator who offers punishment.

As compared to our intimate zone, our personal/casual zone ______.

Which of the following is an example of a social/consultative zone interaction?

According to Expectancy Violation Theory, we form perceptions about another person who has violated our expectations about interpersonal distance based on valence when we consider ______.

The public zone ranges anywhere above 6 feet and is where we are most comfortable keeping unknown others with no professional obligations

In an effort to seem more similar to a desirable person or to make it clear that we are indeed different from another person, we often make changes in our ______.

The classification of the space ranging from 0-18 in. is known as the ______ zone.

Proxemics is the nonverbal code that involves the use of personal space and interpersonal distance. Each person acquires a slightly different understanding of their own personal space based upon their ______.

______ is the term used to describe the situation that emerges when an individual is more likely to be attracted to things that they see frequently relative to those things that are rarely or never seen.

At home Samantha has her own bedroom, but when she attends college she has to share a tiny dorm room with her new college roommate. Samantha's subsequent difficulty sleeping and concentrating may be attributed to a fight or flight reaction due to her perception of a proxemic violation.

The personal/casual zone ranges from ______.

One of the reasons that we select to have a relationship with another person because of perceptions of similarity is an attempt to ______.

Identify and describe, using an example that includes nonverbal behaviors, the characteristics of each of Edward T. Hall's four zones of interaction distance.

We tend to develop relationships with individuals who we perceive to be unusual or unique ______.

The biological and emotional responses to proxemics violations that one person is experiencing are immediately observable to other people in his or her environment.

While the agreed to amount distance considered "good manners" varies by culture, there is a near-universal understanding that exhibiting "good manners" requires some amount of distance.

When we desire a relationship with a person who complements us, we are generally seeking traits or behaviors that we perceive they possess and we're lacking in.

Our initial perceptions of similarity with another person are almost always proven to be reliable over time.

During social/consultative zone interactions we are generally comfortable keeping others "at arm's length," in contrast to public zone interactions where we are generally ______.

Because its relatively close proximity requires a degree of trust, people in our social/consultative zone are typically people we feel comfortable with or even people that we know quite well.

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