Science+Experiment+1

=Science Experiment 1 =


 * Topic:** Comfort Zone


 * Question:** Do people let other people of the same gender get closer to them than the people of the opposite gender?

http://designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/proxemics-designing-comfort-zone.html
 * Background Information:** A comfort zone is something that everyone has. A comfort zone is like a personal bubble, and everyone's comfort zone is different. My way of explaining a comfort zone is that it kind of lets people know how close they can get to one another, or it is how comfortable someone is when you are by them and how close you are to them. Some peoples comfort zone can let you get an inch away from their face and other peoples comfort zone you can't get any closer than 3 feet. Normally when someone says to you that you are in their personal bubble that usually means that you are too close to them, and they probably want you to move away from them. Some people can get mad when you are too close to them and others will just ask you to move away. I think that when someone is invading someone elses comfort zone that it can affect peoples mood. One way that you can get people to stay away from you for the most part is by talking on the phone, because if people see you talking on the phone they wont come up to you cause they see that you are busy. Another way is having earphones in and listening to your ipod, because if you have earphones in that will kind of give people a sign that says i dont want to be bothered right now, so people will leave you alone. Sometimes if someone is sitting alone in a corner or away from someone that normally means that they arent wanting to talk right now or it means stay away.

In the U.S. there are four different types of comfort zones. Intimate distance is for embracing, touching, or whispering, A close phase would be less than 6 inches. So you could be with your boyfriend/girlfriend and you guys could be hugging and kissing or sitting next to eachother or holding hands and they wouldnt mind. If someone is telling you a secret then im pretty sure that they wouldnt mind you being so close to them. Personal distance is for interactions among good friends.A close phase would be 1.5 to 2.5 feet away. This could be for like if two friends are wrestling or talking or if they are playing tag they wouldnt care of you bumped into them or were that close as long as you guys are pretty good friends, or if they were practing for something or reading to eachother. Social distance is for interations among acquaintances, or someone you know but you are not super close friends with. A close phase would be anywhere from 4 to 7 feet. This means that if you guys are discussing something important or you guys are explaining something to eachother. This is something that you might not want to get to close to them if you arent too close to them, becuase they might start to feel uncomfortable and that could be hard to make a good connection with them if they are uncomfortable. Especially if its someone that you have no idea who they are and you are trying to get to know them. Also saying the wrong thing or asking the wrong question could also make someone feel uncomfortable. The last one is public distance which is used for public speaking. A close phase would be 12 to 25 feet. This is something that is used when you are giving a speech for a contest or making an announcement in front of and audiance, or a classroom. If you dont know them you would want some space to try to relax and calm yourself cause it doesnt help if you dont know the people and they are really close to you. That makes everything worse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxemics

Comfort zones all depend on who you are talking to and what situation you are in. Comfort zones can vary throughout cultures. Some cultures let people get closer to them than other cultures. Sometimes people can be comfortable when they arent facing the other person but the person is about 1 foot away from them, but them when they turn around and the other person is still standing a foot away the other person could now feel uncomfortable cause they are facing eachother now. The gender of a person has a significant impact on proxemics. For example, women tend to have a larger comfort zone, especially when it comes to interaction with other women. When women talk they lean in more during conversation; they also have a tendency to touch more. When women approach others they present themselves in a more intimate way, meaning that they bring themselves closer to the subject to have a conversation. People have found that women prefer standing side-by-side rather then face-to-face. When it comes to gender and proxemics, the findings for men may not seem very shocking. Men generally want more personal space; this is the case even when it comes to personal distance, which is reserved for trusted friends.Men don’t tend to do the long, lingering touches, women do. While women tend to approach others in an intimate way, men have been shown to approach in a way that is considered an invasion of personal space. This is especially true when it comes to men approaching women. The way men and women act towards others has everything to do with the differences in the way they were raised. Women spend a lot of their time as a kid and teenager talking and sharing their feelings where as men are taught to be less emotional. Women from Latin cultures are physically closer when they speak, even to acquaintances and strangers, which American women do not allow. Studies have shown that women allow those of the opposite sex who are dressed well to share more of their personal space. http://www.successinlife.in/2008/02/22/proxemics/ http://www.lifescript.com/Soul/Self/Growth/Can_Proxemics_Cause_You_Problems.aspx

**Hypothesis:** I think that girls will let other girls get closer to them then they will boys. So People of the same gender.


 * Procedure:**
 * 1) First you need to take about 6 people, 3 boys and 3 girls.
 * 2) Then take a yard stick and some tape and tape the yard stick to the ground. Make sure the tape is on every 8 numbers, or 7. Ex. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17, the tape would be on 8 and 16.
 * 3) Next you need to take a piece of paper and write boy 1 boy 2 and boy 3. Girl 1 girl 2 and girl 3 until each person was matched up with each other at least once.
 * 4) Then you need to take them and have 1 person stand on one side of the yard stick to be the one that says is they are comfortable or not, and have the other person stand on the other side of the yard stick.
 * 5) Next have the person the is coming closer to the opposite person start taking tiny steps until the other says they are uncomfortable.
 * 6) Then as you are doing the experiment you can start recording the data.
 * 7) When you are finished with the experiment you can figure out your conclusion.


 * Materials:**
 * paper
 * pecil/pen
 * 3 boys
 * 3 girls
 * yard stick
 * tape


 * Experiment:** Do the experiment.


 * Data/Results:**
 * **Girl-Girl** || **Boy-Boy** || **Girl-Boy** ||
 * 1 in. away || 8 in. away || 16 in. away ||
 * 1 in. away || 16 in. away || 8 in. away ||
 * 2 in. away || 10 in. away || 2 in. away ||
 * 1 in. away || 8 in. away || 8 in. away ||
 * 1 in. away || 8 in. away || 16 in. away ||
 * 1 in. away || 6 in. away || 8 in. away ||
 * ||  || 1 in. away ||
 * ||  || 5 in. away ||
 * ||  || 1 in. away ||
 * ||  || 16 in. away ||
 * ||  || 16 in. away ||
 * ||  || 11 in. away ||
 * ||  || 1 in. away ||
 * ||  || 6 in. away ||
 * ||  || 1 in. away ||
 * ||  || 1 in. away ||
 * ||  || 7 in. away ||
 * ||  || 1 in. away ||


 * Conclusion:** My hypothesis was I think that girls will let other girls get closer to them then they will boys. My hypothesis was correct. It was correct because I did the experiment and about half way through it i started to see that the girls had a lower amount of inches away, so i started to predict it. The girl-girl one only had one number that wasn't an inch away, which was 2. I don't think that i had any mistakes while i was doing the experiment, but one thing that i could of worked on was being a little more organized, and took a little more time to think about what i was going to do so i wasnt doing everything while i was trying to conduct the experiment.