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A WESTERN AVERAGE / INTERNATIONALSTUDENT.ORG

WE DEFINE PERSONAL SPACE AS THE AREA SURROUNDING A PERSONTHAT HE/SHE CONSIDERS HIS/HERS TERRITORY OR DOMAIN. CROSSING OR ENTERING SOMEONE ELSE’S PERSONAL SPACE CREATES DISCOMFORTBECAUSE HE/SHE FEELS THE PHYSICAL INTIMACY EXCEEDS THE RELATIONAL INTIMACY. HOWEVER TOO MUCH SPACE CAN ALSO CAUSE 

DISCOMFORT AND INDICATE RUDENESS. 

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70cm_FRONT                 

40cm_BEHIND

  

This was a constructed social experiment to determine and challenge the averages of personal space. I measured peoples perceptions of personal space in CM using; 

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