Psychology -- the Effects of Population Density and Noise Population density affects territoriality, privacy, personal space and noise levels. These four psychological elements involve perception and high population density affects all of them in ways that are physiologically and psychologically harmful to humans. Through decades of experience and study, experts have learned to use perception to reduce the harmful effects of high population density. The introduction of nature and the use

Coffee Shop Social InteractionsFor this assignment, I chose to observe social interactions at my local coffee shop. I spent approximately three hours there on a Sunday afternoon, at peak time when the coffee shop was busy with activity. I selected this setting because coffee shops often serve as a microcosm of society, where various social behaviors can be observed.Throughout my observation, I noticed a variety of interactions. There were groups

Social Norms and Personal Space When people think of communication, they usually think in terms of spoken conversations and words. However, a significant amount of communication occurs on a non-verbal level. The tones and inflections of speech, a person's body language and the proximity between two conversing people are all rife with meaning and messages. Because of these meanings, non-verbal communication is also governed by unspoken social norms. This paper examines the

Vietnamese people are generally polychromic, in particular with respect to privacy and family relations. They are high-context people who value and gather information about their world to be used later to guide behavior in different situations. Vietnam is a high power distance culture, where roles are formally defined and accepted. The have high uncertainly avoidance. For example, when meeting somebody they will first ask that person's age because age guides

Nonverbal Communication: Journal Entry From an early age, I was urged to always make eye contact when I spoke to others. I feel that making eye contact is natural, given that it seems people are more willing to listen to what you have to say, if you gaze directly into their face and eyes. I have since learned that eye contact is not commonly practiced in all cultures as a way

She said that differences are meant not to invoke culture clash. Instead, differences are meant to educate people of the diversity of the world around us and to be more respectful and considerate of each other. Indeed I have learnt a lot of things from her. On to nonverbal communication, I have also observed that Durga would look intently in my eye whenever we talk which somehow tells me how