Population Density and Noise Paper
The Effects of Population Density and Noise Paper
Psy/460
The Effects of Population Density and Noise Paper
Introduction
There are quite a few people who believe that territoriality, privacy, and personal space mean the same thing, but that is not the case. As noted in this paper, they are completely different things. The author of this paper will describe the concepts of territoriality, privacy, and personal space; examine how these concepts have become increasingly important as populations become denser, clarify the effect nature has on individuals living in urban environments, describe the concept of noise and the effects it has on people, and examine two strategies that can be used to reduce noise in a work environment.
Describe the concepts of territoriality, privacy, and personal space Territory is a set of boundaries that is imposed on something by an individual person or a group agreement. The individual or the group can decide or agree to change this pattern of boundaries (King, 2001). The pattern comes from a set of rules that define the pattern and changing the pattern would mean changing the rules. When our territory is threatened; we attack the territory of the attacker, defend it, change the rules of the territory, or suffer the effects of the attack. We consider physical territory, social territory, and psychic territory as all parts of our overall territory. Physical territory is our body, real and personal property. Social territory includes our clan, family, intimates, peer group, associations, tribes, clubs, etc. Psychic territory is our opinions, theories, plans, purposes, thoughts, philosophies, memories, time, and dreams (King, 2001). According to "What Is Privacy?" (2003), “Privacy has been used many times to describe concerns with the modern world. Privacy is a personal and subjective condition. One person is cannot decide for someone else what their sense of privacy is or should be” (para. 4). A good protection method is to
Psy/460
The Effects of Population Density and Noise Paper
Introduction
There are quite a few people who believe that territoriality, privacy, and personal space mean the same thing, but that is not the case. As noted in this paper, they are completely different things. The author of this paper will describe the concepts of territoriality, privacy, and personal space; examine how these concepts have become increasingly important as populations become denser, clarify the effect nature has on individuals living in urban environments, describe the concept of noise and the effects it has on people, and examine two strategies that can be used to reduce noise in a work environment.
Describe the concepts of territoriality, privacy, and personal space Territory is a set of boundaries that is imposed on something by an individual person or a group agreement. The individual or the group can decide or agree to change this pattern of boundaries (King, 2001). The pattern comes from a set of rules that define the pattern and changing the pattern would mean changing the rules. When our territory is threatened; we attack the territory of the attacker, defend it, change the rules of the territory, or suffer the effects of the attack. We consider physical territory, social territory, and psychic territory as all parts of our overall territory. Physical territory is our body, real and personal property. Social territory includes our clan, family, intimates, peer group, associations, tribes, clubs, etc. Psychic territory is our opinions, theories, plans, purposes, thoughts, philosophies, memories, time, and dreams (King, 2001). According to "What Is Privacy?" (2003), “Privacy has been used many times to describe concerns with the modern world. Privacy is a personal and subjective condition. One person is cannot decide for someone else what their sense of privacy is or should be” (para. 4). A good protection method is to
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