1. Which pair of trends characterizes the U. S. population?

1. increasing in number, increasing in ruralization
2. decreasing in number, increasing in ruralization
3. increasing in number, increasing in urbanization
4. decreasing in number, increasing in urbanization

2.Deindividuation, as set forth by Zimbardo, holds that:

1. all inhabitants of urban areas feel more anonymity than rural persons.
2. crime is more likely to happen in cities because those committing crimes feel less likely to be caught
3. larger social groups form more often in cities than rural communities
4. stress is more likely to be externalized in urban areas because there are more targets for the stress in cities

3. ____________ influences our feelings in situations of high density.

1. Vicarious learning
2. Density
3. Cognitive dissonance
4. The circumstances under which the density occurs
5. both "b" and "d"

4. Researchers have found that students who lived in dormitories of high density frequented the Student Health Center ________ those in low social density dormitories.

1. less often than
2. more often than
3. as often as
4. for more serious illness than

5. Which of the following is not one of the human territories described by Altman?

1. secondary
2. public
3. primary
4. private

6. Human territoriality:

1. has been shown to be as instinctive as most animals.
2. relies on physical indicators.
3. is encroached by occupation, but not destruction.
4. involves symbolic markers, which are not a part of any other animal’s territoriality.

 7. Which type of privacy is present in a shopping mall on the day after Thanksgiving?

1. solitude
2. intimacy
3. anonymity
4. reserve

 8.Behavior by which an organism characteristically lays claim to an area and defends it against intrusion by members of his own species.

1. territoriality
2. staking out
3. despondency
4. none of the above

9. The narrow zone separating flight distance from attack distance is known as:

1. intimate distance
2. critical distance
3. personal distance
4. social distance

 10. Your authors suggest that it is possible to intrude into another’s personal space:

1. only physically
2. only visually
3. only auditorally
4. physically, visually and auditorally

 Answers to Self Test 8

1. c
2. b
3. e
4. b
5. d
6. d
7. c
8. a
9. b
10. d

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