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30 Cards in this Set
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Privacy
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-defined by Altman, as access to to self
-can be visual, auditory, or informational -is essentially boundary-free -can feel a loss of privacy when territory is invaded. |
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Territory
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-any tact of land
-name for area not yet a state -area animal defends -must be distinguished by personal space, privacy, and crowding. (A FIXED GEOGRAPHIC SPACE AND THEREFORE IS SEPARATE FROM PERSONAL SPACE) |
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Home Range
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-the area an animal may occupy in a year or a lifetime.
-can be the same as the hunting or grazing territory. |
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Marking
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-an aspect of territorial behavior
-done so that other animals can detect the boundary -done with urine, feces or glandular secretions |
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Behavioral Range
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-the number of behavior settings a person enters in a year.
-has usefulness in describing a persons lifestyle and in making an individual aware of the amount of activity in a given time frame. |
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Primary, Secondary and Public Territories
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Defined by Altman (1975)
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Primary Territories
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-those over which one has most control (ex:home)
-usually owned or has a sense of ownership |
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Secondary Territories
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-more public but occupied exclusively for a time (ex:favorite table at tavern, park bench)
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Public Territories
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-those one temporarily occupies (ex: park or table in restaurant) if they are frequented or become favorite, they become secondary.
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Home Territories
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-defined by Sebba & Churchman (1983) as four distinct areas (Individual, shared, public, and jurisdiction)
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Individual (Home Territory)
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-(ex: bedroom of a single child, father's study)
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Shared (Home Territory)
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-(ex: parents room, and all shared bedrooms)
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Public (Home Territory)
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-family room, hallways and bathrooms
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Jurisdiction (Home Territory)
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-kitchen was the mothers, even though the whole family used it.
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Arena
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-a tuft of grass that is a territory for attracting females but that is not further defended.
-the concept of it is to build or occupy some area and/or display to attract mates |
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Transitional Object
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-is one a person takes from one environment to another.
-(ex: dog toto) -object not always displayed -helps soften contrast between one place and another. |
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Defensible Space
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-coined by Newman (1972)
-a minitheory which relied heavily on how a potential robber perceives a neighborhood, building etc. -contains 4 characteristics:territoriality, surveillance, image & milieu |
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Informal surveillance
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-defined by what people can see from the windows or lines of sight.
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Disorder Thesis
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tested by Perkins, Meeks, and Taylor (1983)
-found that neighborhoods that were experiencing incivilities felt less capable of defending their territory, & this led to attracting more criminals. |
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Personalization
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-more then just marking
-when someone moves into an office, the desk is immediately decorated with pictures, a name plate etc. |
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Carrying Capacity
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Carrying Capacity
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Display
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-items of personalization are display
-raise important issue of purpose... Why do people display? -displays of wealth |
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Noyau
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-congregating at the periphery
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Periphery
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- a boundary at which animals can congregate to vilify
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Objects as role models
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-Rochberg-Halton's theory of the use of objects concerns how they help define identity.
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Altman (1975)
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-defines privacy as access to self.
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Veblan (1899)
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-his display of conspicuous consumption characterized the material display of the upper classes, display of wealth has been an official part of our culture.
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Sommer (1969a)
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-defines personal space as an invisible bubble people carry around with them.
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Taylor (1988)
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-sees the street block as the largest reference for human territoriality.
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Brown (1983)
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-found that houses robbed had less territorial displays than those not robbed.
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