How much personal space you need for You?

Personal space is an interesting phrase that has incredible value not only for psychologists but also for us. The invasion of your psychological territory of any perceived negatively. Someone hide this kind of emotions in yourself, someone will show to others. But, anyway — this is a problem that needs a solution.
The beginning of the violation of personal space takes many thousands of years ago: no wonder the cops did not allowed me to close even a very faithful servants, and a ball at Louis XIV's guests were in a small distance from each other. In our time the protection of personal space has not lost its relevance, but on the contrary even acquired that need that may occur in a person living in a big city near a million people.



Psychologists have identified 4 zones of personal space:
1. Intimate (it is called the area of the arm) 40-50 centimeters from the human body. Only very close people, entering the intimate zone can be trusted not to cause feelings of anxiety.
2. The personal zone is from 50 to 150 centimeters from the human body. This area is also called "partnership". These norms are always tied business relationship. Pedagogical communication is included in this space.
3. The social zone is from 150 to 400 cm.
4. The public zone starts from 400 centimeters, the zone no upper bound. Most free of all the other zones. The invasion of this space is only superficial and only in extreme cases, there is any discomfort.



Naturally, each person has its own border of each zone. It can either shrink or expand.



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