Mice show signs of stress when they are crowded, but humans often seek crowds. Chapter 11 gave us insight into this topic. Integrate the research on crowding with your knowledge from Chapter 8, Behavior in Social and Cultural Context,
concerning cultural differences in personal space and conversational distance.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: A good answer will include the following key points.
• Cultures differ in their rules for conversational distance, that is, how close people normally stand to one another when they are speaking.
• If you are talking with someone who has different cultural rules for distance from yours, you may feel uncomfortable, especially if they are standing closer to you than you are used to.
• Research on crowding suggests that it is not actually being crowded that causes signs of stress, but the perception of feeling crowded.
• It is likely that the feeling of being crowded is influenced, at least in part, by cultural rules for conversational distance and personal space.
• People from places such as England and Sweden, where conversational distance is the greatest, are likely to shows signs of stress after spending a day with Arabs or Latin Americans who have the shortest conversational distance.
• On the other hand, Asians and Latinos typically feel less crowded than Anglos do, given the same number of people.
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a. an IQ in the normal range b. an IQ that is above the normal range c. an IQ that is below the normal range d. It is impossible to say; IQ scores among those with Down's syndrome can be normal, higher than average, and lower than average
Which sense involves airborne molecules passing over five million nerve fibers with the receptor proteins on the surface of these fibers being stimulated by these molecules, causing signals to be sent to the brain?
a. hearing b. touch c. smell d. taste
According to Horney, aggressive types believe that others are essentially:
a. nice b. smart c. hostile d. caring
Descartes argued that
a. the pineal body is the physical housing for the mind. b. mind and matter interact. c. the mind is made of ordinary matter. d. dualism explains the origins of the mind. e. all of the body's actions are driven by the mind.