Deck 3: Proxemics Personal Space

Question 1

You and your significant other are sitting on the couch and watching a movie. You notice that you are about 3-4 inches away from each other. Which classification of space are you using?

A) Personal Space.
B) Intimate Space.
C) Public Space.
D) Social Space.
E) None of the above.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Social space is defined as space you and your boss should keep. Which measurements should that be?

A) 4 to 10 feet away.
B) 0-4 inches away.
C) 4-12 inches away.
D) 10 feet and beyond.
E) None of the above.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

As a situation becomes more intimate, we reduce space; other people perceive this intimacy when they watch others converse. What factors are being displayed?

A) How the age of the invader will influence spacing.
B) How the level of attractiveness of males and females affects spacing.
C) The things that affect our body zones based on our cultural backgrounds.
D) How status affects spacing norms.
E) None of the above.

Answer 3

E

Question 4

It is more likely that your boss or professors will invade your space than that you will invade theirs. What does this reflect?

A) How the age of the invader will influence spacing.
B) How the level of attractiveness of males and females affects spacing.
C) The things that affect our body zones based on our cultural backgrounds.
D) How status affects spacing norms.
E) None of the above.

Question 5

You will let a 3-year-old invade your space but will not let the person sitting next to you in class do the same. What issue does this refer to?

A) How the age of the invader will influence spacing.
B) How the level of attractiveness of males and females affects spacing.
C) The things that affect our body zones based on our cultural backgrounds.
D) How status affects spacing norms.
E) None of the above.

Question 6

The best definition of personal space is:

A) The inflexible bubble that surrounds us.
B) Space used in interactions between employees.
C) Space used when you construct your living areas.
D) Space used by a doctor conducting an examination.
E) None of the above.

Question 7

You go to a party, where there is NO drinking, and a student you have known from classes is there. In class, he/she has always been quiet, stand-offish, and hard to get to know. At the
Party, he/she comes up to you, hugs you, and stands within 12 inches of you. You react by being surprised as well as a little uncomfortable. What is this an example of?

A) Definition of personal space.
B) Expectancy Violations Theory.
C) Tips about racial differences and spacing.
D) Effects of the degree of liking on spacing.
E) None of the above.

Question 8

We approach others we think are more physically attractive, we establish closer distances when we wish to demonstrate that we care about someone, we establish closer distances from someone we are acquainted with than with someone who is a stranger. What do these refer to?

A) Expectancy violations examples.
B) Norm of reciprocity issues.
C) Thermal codes if distancing.
D) Effects of the degree of liking on spacing.
E) None of the above.

Question 9

We meet someone in a wheelchair and we keep a "wide berth" from him/her. We meet someone who has a horrible reputation as being "easy and loose" and we keep a "wide berth" from him/her. What do these examples refer to?

A) Definition of personal space.
B) Expectancy Violations Theory.
C) Tips about racial differences and spacing.
D) Effects of the degree of liking on spacing.
E) None of the above.

Question 10

Men will often expand when sitting down in a chair; women will often use shrinkage behaviors in the same setting. To what does this refer?

A) Thermal Code.
B) Olfactory Code.
C) Postural Sex Identifiers.
D) Kinesthetic Factors.
E) None of the above.

Question 11

You are sitting in class and the person who sits in front of you smells horrible after having sweated profusely in the hot and humid weather. You move away from him/her because you cannot stand the smell. What factor is this?

A) Postural Sex Identifiers.
B) Olfactory Code.
C) Expectancy Violation factors.
D) Kinesthetic Factors.
E) None of the above.

Question 12

It's winter and you're freezing cold. You find a group of your friends sitting on a couch in the lobby of your classroom building, and you squeeze into the group in hopes of getting warm. Which factor is this?

A) Thermal Code.
B) Olfactory Code.
C) Postural Sex Identifiers.
D) Kinesthetic Factors.
E) None of the above.

Question 13

You are a man who sits down next to a friend on a bench. Your knees are touching, which is OK, but then another friend comes up and sits down. This means you have to squeeze in, and now your thighs are touching. This spacing now makes you uncomfortable. Which factor is this?

A) Thermal Code.
B) Olfactory Code.
C) Postural Sex Identifiers.
D) Kinesthetic Factors.
E) None of the above.

Question 14

We avoid conversation, we avoid eye contact, we place objects between ourselves and others, and we focus attention, body orientation, and eye contact elsewhere. What do these behaviors indicate?

A) The ways we can predict outcome of spatial violations.
B) The violations of acoustic space.
C) The "body excreta" violations.
D) The behaviors we engage in when our territory has been invaded.
E) None of the above.

Question 15

Blaring music (when you don't wish to hear it) is an example of:

A) Spatial expectancy violations.
B) The violations of acoustic space.
C) The "body excreta" violations.
D) Space issues of only the younger generation.
E) None of the above.

Question 16

Direct touch, body odors, heat transmission by other bodies, and leavings on a plate or table (such as food). What are these?

A) The ways we can predict outcome of spatial violations.
B) The violations of acoustic space.
C) The "body excreta" violations.
D) The behaviors we engage in when our territory has been invaded.
E) None of the above.

Question 17

Tell the indicators of strong physiological and psychological needs in terms of reactions to personal space needs.

Question 18

Tell the issues of males approaching females more closely than females approach males.

Question 19

Tell the personality differences that affect spacing issues and know what the differences might be.

Question 20

Tell the way you can predict the outcome of spatial violations.

Question 21

Using yourself as an example, discuss your "body buffer zone," comparing yours to that of someone else you know.

Question 22

Using yourself as an example, discuss how you have seen yourself use one of the male/female differences as they apply to spacing.

Question 23

Using an example, discuss how you have seen a stigma affect either you or someone else when it comes to spacing yourself from the person with the stigma.

Question 24

Using an example, discuss how you have seen someone with "reward power" affect the spacing you assume with him or her.