Abstract This is report is about the reactions of personal space when invaded. A total of 20 strangers were tested to see how different genders and ages react to strangers coming to close. The experiment took place in Woden plaza where a student stood behind a subject and watched there reaction from the closeness. It was found that 60% of the subjects did react to the close proximities. This reports also shows different theories to why people act the way they do when they feel violated. Introduction
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visit The Hague. We had a great time exploring the city and visiting the Pier. On the way back to Leiden‚ however‚ we were reminded that we were in fact foreigners to this country. Now I need to preference this with a little psychology. A social norm is an unspoken
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Breaking Ice I walked on a thin layer of ice in high school; every time someone judged me‚ I could hear the ice slowly cracking under my feet. My life was in a fragile and brittle state during my junior year. I didn’t have the support of my parents‚ nor of my closest friends at this stage of my life. My own parents‚ teachers‚ and classmates had lost faith in me; to them it seemed as if I had ruined my life and that I would no longer succeed. On the contrary‚ I was determined to be successful because
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“Breaking Barriers” “I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” -Jackie Robinson. This quote sums up my eighth grade year. To add to all the dread sixth and seventh grade had already put me through‚ eighth grade just came crashing down. Losing my best friend who became very rude did not make an easy year for me. With courage and persistence though‚ I slowly made new friends‚ and I worked through this obstacle in my life like Jackie Robinson
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Breaking a bone does not hurt as bad as people make it out to be. Your body goes into shock and everything goes numb from the tips of your toes to the top of your head. I’ve been planning on going down this hill for months with my friends‚ However‚ someone always seemed to be with their family‚ or their board was broken‚ or they had to do their homework. People were just busy and I had to accept that and just wait until everyone was free. I texted every day asking if they were free every night
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As I slowly opened my eyes‚ all I saw was darkness. I try to feel my surroundings and all I touched were bars. I call out her name and all I heard back was mmm. They came back after a few hours‚ I tried to scream‚ I tried to break the bars‚ pull them apart‚ nothing‚ nothing worked. I hid in fear at the corner of the cell‚ watching them enter the room‚ I hadn’t realized where we were until they turned the lights on. I started screaming at them to let us go‚ or if not me to let her go‚ she is of
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Breaking Norms Paper INTRODUCTION: Giving up a seat to an elderly on a bus‚ sitting down in your seat silently when the teacher enters the room‚ and even going to sleep at night and waking up in the morning are all social norms. We might not recognize it‚ but we follow social norms in our day-to-day activities constantly. Social norms are society-based beliefs on what is acceptable and unacceptable in our society. Breaking a social norm usually leads to confusion or disapproval. It might not
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I wanted to know if just smiling at someone‚ you could get them to genuinely smile back‚ maybe even make them a little happier inside. This is not‚ I learned‚ something I could test at home in the United States. I have found that it is a cultural norm to be pleasant‚ polite‚ and to smile to everyone in the United States. Even if you are strangers. So where could I go? Vienna.
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Week 5 Norm Violation Paper Example #1 Social Norms Experiment: "Do you really want to know how I am doing?" Given that so many of our daily interactions are based on the adherence to social norms‚ I clearly had a large variety of choices in violating one. After much thought‚ I chose a social norm which has always fascinated me: the way in which we greet one another by asking "How are you today?" This innocuous question follow almost immediately after the hello‚ most often without even
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Invasion of Personal Space There are people in this world that do not understand the importance of personal space. The do not easily comprehend how uncomfortable an invasion makes others because they themselves do not have those boundaries. Everyone knows a person like this. For me‚ it’s my little sister‚ Bethany. If you cannot immediately think of anyone‚ than it’s probably you. As far a one’s personal space preferences are concerned‚ people can be broken up into groups. These groups
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