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Personal Space
Title: Personal Space
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 1403 | Pages: 6.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Personal Space
Running head: PERSONAL SPACE
Personal Space:
A Gender Difference Study
Jon Sherman
Southern Illinois University @ Edwardsville
Abstract
This study explores the differences in reactions in genders when personal space is breached. Personal space is an invisible unconscious personal comfort zone that varies in size depending on the size and environmental context. Depending on the situation, feelings such as aggression, intimacy or general discomforts are common when an individuals personal space is compromised. The study attempted …showed first 75 words of 1403 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1403 total…reason for the invasion of space. The debriefing was mostly concerned with saving face for the researcher who tends to utilize those facilities often.
Results
Observational results suggest that there is a significant difference in the way that females respond to close interpersonal proximity than what males do. Looking at the means females were friendly 68% of the time whereas males were only friendly 39% of the time. A chi-square was utilized and the results were ƒÓ2 (1)=3.84, p
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