DOI: 10.5176/2251-1865_CBP19.72
Authors: Hironori Oto
Abstract: This study examines whether the social closeness experienced by people in relation to others affects the spatial distance they perceive between themselves and others. In this experiment, participants within the same social group stood facing other participants at a distance and estimated the spatial distance between them. Next, they were instructed to evaluate their social closeness with the participants facing them. The results indicated that male participants estimated distance as further from others whom they regarded as socially distant and nearer to those whom they regarded as socially close to them. This finding provides new evidence of the impact of social interaction on perception with not only out-group but also in group members.
Keywords: Distance perception, Judgment of distance, social closeness
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