Kingma, Renske (2022) Social-Spatial Perception from an Observer’s Perspective. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
In communication, non-verbal communication is an important source of information. One form of non-verbal communication, called proxemics, involves the use of physical space by individuals. There is an extensive line of research on proxemics behaviour, such as proximity and degree of eye contact. Surprisingly, there is not much research on the interpretation of proxemics from people who are not part of the interaction. However, observing others can provide us with important information about their relationship, for instance. The aim of this exploratory study is to make a start in this line of research. In an online questionnaire, we asked 100 people to interpret a collaboration in a university setting. The respondents were asked to tell something about a collaboration between two individuals for eight different pictures, where the position of the individuals varied in distance and orientation. For each picture, they were also asked to interpret the successfulness and pleasantness of the collaboration on a scale from 0 to 100. The findings suggest that people are consistent in their interpretation of successfulness and pleasantness to some degree. There seemed to be a tendency for respondents to give either a positive or negative evaluation for most of the pictures. The data also suggest consistency between men and women. This study aims to inspire and provide a basis for more research into the topic of social-spatial perception from an observer’s point of view.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Epstude, K. and Scholtens, S. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2022 07:15 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2022 07:15 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/993 |
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