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  Space - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The way in which space is perceived is an area which psychologists first began to study in the middle of the 19th century, and it is now thought by those concerned with such studies to be a distinct branch within psychology.
Astrophobia is the fear of celestial space, Kenophobia is the fear of empty spaces and spacephobia is the fear of outer space.
Public space is a term used to define areas of land which are open to all, whilst private property is that area of land owned by an individual or company, for their own use and pleasure.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space   (1377 words)

  
 Personal space - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Personal space is the region surrounding each person, or that area which a person considers his domain or territory.
Thus a resident of India may have a smaller personal space than someone who is home on the Mongolian steppe, both in regard to home and self.
Some train cars are women-only, to allow women to avoid men entering their personal space, providing privacy, and safety from the possibility of being groped.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Personal_space   (423 words)

  
 Personal and shared space: boundaries
If you violate that person's space, he or she will turn on you with the same outraged fury -- and for the same reason -- that you have.
If you do not stop someone in shared space and they invade your personal space, you must either defend yourself or be victimized.
The concepts of personal and shared space -- both mental and physical -- are an integral part of avoiding being robbed or raped by a stranger.
www.nononsenseselfdefense.com /personalshared.html   (3190 words)

  
 Facts about topic: (Personal space)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Personal space is the region surrounding each person, which if entered by another person without this being desired physical intimacy (additional info and facts about physical intimacy), makes them feel uncomfortable.
Attitudes of people regarding someone else entering their personal space may depend on the sex of both people.
Some train cars are women-only, to allow women to avoid men entering their personal space, and groping (additional info and facts about groping) them.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/personal_space.htm   (284 words)

  
 Geometry of Psychological Space   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Personal construct psychology is a theory of individual and group psychological and social processes that takes a constructivist position in modeling human knowledge but bases this on a positivist scientific position that characterizes conceptual structures in axiomatic terms.
Kelly's `construct' in psychological space is conveniently represented by a pair of disjoint concepts corresponding to the construct poles, both subsumed by a third corresponding to the range of convenience as shown in Figure 4.
Personal construct psychology is a theory of individual and group psychological and social processes that has been used extensively in knowledge acquisition research to model the cognitive processes of human experts.
ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca /articles/NewPsych92   (3861 words)

  
 Personal Space for Students in Classrooms
This study compared the personal space requirements of third and fourth grade students of a traditional classroom environment to those of an open classroom environment.
This study of territoriality and personal space (proxemics) revealed that territoriality in human beings may be a far broader concept than has been previously thought.
The characteristics of personal space as it relates to gender, age, personality, acquaintance, and cultural difference are extensively presented.
www.coe.uga.edu /sdpl/articlesandpapers/melissasmith.html   (1501 words)

  
 Personal Space ..................................   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Personal space is the space immediately around you that you claim as your own.
It is an invisible volume of space, sort of like a space-suit that you wear; it's close to you at the back, a little wider at the sides, and bigger in front.
Personal space is also cultural; people in Japan have a larger personal space than North Americans, while people from Italy have a much smaller one.
www.worsleyschool.net /science/files/personal/space.html   (397 words)

  
 Your Personal Space ............................
A female's personal space bubble may be small when talking to another woman.
Each person identifies the point at which they feel uncomfortable because the other person is too close, and the distance nose-to-nose is measured.
For example, the personal space for people in Japan might be much larger than for people in Italy.
www.worsleyschool.net /socialarts/personal/space.html   (616 words)

  
 Salon | Personal-space invaders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
But sometimes the space violation is deliberate: Police investigators are taught to invade a suspect's personal space during questioning to gain a psychological advantage.
Because Mediterranean and Asian countries are more densely populated, their personal space zones are much closer to the body than those of Americans and Northern Europeans.
Once you and your personal space have endured the commute, you then have to contend with the army of space invaders that makes up the American work force.
www.salon.com /health/feature/1999/09/01/personal_space/print.html   (1491 words)

  
 Developing Awareness of Your Personal Space
Basically, awareness of your personal space is having a good sense of where your body is in relation to other physical objects.
A person who has a good sense of their personal space can slip through a crowd without jostling.
The simple act of ‘taking your space’ is the first step in maintaining your personal space.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/personal_power_protection/67883   (475 words)

  
 Personal SPACE
This is the reason that ambience — a sense of acoustic space — plays such a vital role in capturing realistic sounds.
In confined spaces — a room, for example — the waves bounce off of walls repeatedly at various time intervals and in many directions, creating reverberation.
Or maybe in the space you're visualizing, the snare is bouncing off the walls stronger than the kick because of the virtual room materials you've created.
remixmag.com /mag/remix_personal_space/index.html   (3172 words)

  
 SolaRoof Open Eco Wiki | SolaRoof / Personal Space
Personal Space explores a feature that is underdeveloped on most WikiWebs but which I encourage here at the Sola Roof Wiki.
Thus our personal activities in communicating and working with teams will not obscure the ongoing work on the development of the Knowledge Base of the Sola Roof Wiki, or the structural development of the Sola Roof Community and the Open Eco Community, all of which is tracked by Recent Changes.
This page is the portal to your Personal Space where links will direct other members to information that is of wider interest to the community.
solaroof.org /wiki/SolaRoof/PersonalSpace   (304 words)

  
 SPACETOURIST.com   Space - the new playground for tycoons, adventurers, and thrill seekers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
But it should not be necessary to wrap one's quest for fun in altruistic garments or justify one's personal zest for adventure in terms of social benefits or scientific aspirations.
The habit of justifying every space endeavor in terms of social goods is a political relic from the days when space activities had to be justified to voters and existed to further the goals of the state.
With space perhaps becoming as much a playground as a social program, there will be no more need to justify one's desire to zoom into space than there would be for justifying scientific or social benefits of buying a sports car.
www.spacetourist.com   (670 words)

  
 Personal Web Space Policy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Personal Web space is provided for students' use as a tool to further the development of their skills in using Internet resources.
Students are free to use this space as they please, provided that they comply with all applicable federal and state laws and university policies.
Due to disk space limitations, Web space will remain accessible to students for a period of six months after graduation, or after the last semester in which they are registered for classes.
www.kent.edu /Administration/is/Personal-Web-Space-Policy.cfm   (186 words)

  
 Personal Space - Kindred Spirits
And our personal space is what we must assume the invisibility boundary that surround us all and that we only let in who or what we want willingly.
Harry is the person who Hermione feels more comfortable with to let him enter, to share her personal space with.
I would be very surprised if Hermione isn't the first person to tell him that she loves him (in whatever sense), words that I'm sure he doesn't remember hearing and something of an invasion of his 'emotional' space.
talk.portkey.org /index.php?showtopic=11482   (4580 words)

  
 Personal Space Observer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Tracking a person's physical movement throughout the day is a new type of violation, one that naturally conjures up rather nasty comparisons to the East German Stasi and similarly thuggish outfits.
She ruled that "a reasonable person holds no expectation of confidentiality" when using E-ZPass on a public highway, and an administrative subpoena—a simple OK from a police higher-up—was enough to compel the MTA to hand over the goods.
Use of the meter is solely at the user's discretion to identify personal exposure to non-ionizing electromagnetism of the strength and types believed (as of May 1992) to pose a possible health risk.
personalspaceobserver.blogspirit.com   (10978 words)

  
 Personal knowledge space   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Given that it is personal, one also gets to decide what parts of that space to share with others.
The essence of the post is that people today have to be smart about their several web spaces to keep them properly connected, both for their own KM and to help visitors find relevant content.
Alger looks at the specifics of a weblog as personal space and the techniques for enhancing one's use of the archives, search features, article titles and tagging.
blog.jackvinson.com /archives/2005/01/26/personal_knowledge_space.html   (572 words)

  
 Personal Space   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Sometimes personal space (PS) is thought of as a portable bubble.
Discussions of personal space and human spatial behavior in general must include a consideration of the concept of privacy.
Both territoriality and personal space can be considered as mechanisms the goal of which is to achieve a desired level of privacy (privacy regulation: Altman).
condor.stcloudstate.edu /~jaz/psy373/personalspace.html   (691 words)

  
 EDUCAUSE Quarterly | Volume 27 Number 4 2004
The LPWS will store searchable content (personal, educational, social, business) that was important in a user’s past and make it accessible for future use, as well as current projects.
This personal Web space would be structured according to the user’s unique concept map and learning style, not by predetermined institutional or commercial templates, though templates would be available.
The work of an LPWS need not be limited to a person’s active engagement in the space, however, not even to the here and now.
www.educause.edu /apps/eq/eqm04/eqm0441.asp   (2248 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- Personal Spaceflight Leaders Eye New Federation
Space entrepreneurs that envision a flourishing public space travel market want to create an industry association to ensure that public treks into space are not only safe, but also help grow the personal spaceflight industry.
The group of space entrepreneurs believe that adherence to new and rigorous safety standards that go beyond the letter of the law will be essential to promote the safety and growth of the industry.
Astrosociology is the study of astrosocial phenomena (social/cultural patterns related to space), a multidisciplinary field open to all scientists and engineers interested in "space and society" issues.
www.space.com /news/personal_spaceflight_050209.html   (772 words)

  
 Ice Cooling Machine Cools Your Personal Space - Free Shipping - Portable Air Conditioners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
This portable air cooler will cool a small personal space and is not recommended for areas over 25 square feet.
These personal coolers are very energy efficient and consume very little power, when compared to a portable air conditioner.
If you have a smaller personal space that you need to relieve the heat from, this is a very cost effective and efficient way to do it.
www.rewci.com /icecomacoyop.html   (222 words)

  
 CSIndy: Personal Space (June 30, 2005)
Although she's an expert at divining a person's life and future from tarot cards, Ruth Perez Gonzalez scoffs when she's simply called a tarot card reader.
By laying down cards bearing symbols such as The Fool, The Wheel of Fortune and Death from the 78-card tarot deck, she can tell a lot about a person's fate.
Personal Space I want my public TV Personal Space Wild style
www.csindy.com /csindy/2005-06-30/personalspace.html   (281 words)

  
 Decorating : Office / Workspace : Personal Space : Home & Garden Television
Previously the space was used as storage for an orange grove, but Pila-Gonzalez overcame this dilemma and created a charming work-from-home space.
She created storage space with milk-stained, mahogany built-ins and two desks, one large desk in the center of the room and a smaller desk near the entertainment center.
She added seating space near the window with an Indonesian-style bench and two chairs in front of the larger desk.
www.hgtv.com /hgtv/dc_design_office_workspace/article/0,,HGTV_3378_1383927,00.html   (251 words)

  
 eduPASS | Cultural Differences | Personal Space
(The major exception is family members and other loved ones.) This personal distance is not due to body odor or bad breath, but because closeness lends a sense of intimacy that is at odds with their relationship to the other individual.
Interestingly, the average personal distance varies from culture to culture.
Try to be aware of this, so if the person to whom you are speaking backs away a little, don't try to close the gap.
www.edupass.org /culture/personalspace.phtml   (224 words)

  
 How's your personal distance -- watch this space   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Personal distance, or interpersonal space, is what anthropologists and sociologists might define as the distance consistently separating members of non-contact species.
Conversely, they all had a terrible time getting sales clerks to respond at counters when using the standard American method of simply staring at the clerk till she says "Can I help you?" Fact is, around here you can stare for a week and not get service until you politely say "Devooshka?" ("Girl?").
Understanding personal space in a different culture from your own is a matter of reading the signs right.
www.friends-partners.org /oldfriends/spbweb/lifestyl/122/how.html   (887 words)

  
 Personal 'space' important
When these couples were working, sharing personal space 24/7 wasn't an issue.
Each person can enjoy a place of his or her own.
One person might want to finally enjoy puttering in the garden, while the other wants to travel the world.
www.azcentral.com /rsslinks/95644   (715 words)

  
 Personal Space   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Backing off doesn't mean you will lose the person on the contrary if you back off when she wants you to back off you're more likely to become close to her in the future.
It is important not to try and force oneself into the other persons space when one is not welcome and also not to become hostile because one's partner needs some space.
Even then partners may need some personal space and for a happy marriage it is important to respect that.
unicorn.phoenixrising-web.net /shelp/shpspace.htm   (448 words)

  
 UMW - Personal Web Space
Whenever a new student, faculty, or staff member arrives at the University, he or she is granted 30 MB of space on the network servers where files can be stored.
This space is in directory that is named after your "User ID".
The persons who maintain pages in these environments control their own content and do not speak for the University.
www.umw.edu /technology/web/personal/default.php   (246 words)

  
 NASA sets stage for personal aircraft - Space News - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The concept of personal flying machines seems to be as old as the aviation itself, yet cars, trucks and buses still claim the transportation throne.
The Personal Air Vehicle Exploration program at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., for example, is working to develop easy-to-use aircraft that may one day take you from your garage to the airport and on to your destination, saving time — and hopefully, dollars — that would otherwise be spent on a public flight.
An artist's interpretation of the Gridlock Commuter, which NASA researchers are studying as a potential personal aircraft of the future.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5750922   (1292 words)

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