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NCIDQ IDFX - Human Behavior andDesigned Environment
What is territoriality? - correct answer ✔✔Human behavior that attempts to lay claim to space and give
a sense of self-identity.
What is proxemics? - correct answer ✔✔The study of the degrees of spatial separation that people
maintain while interacting, and how these distances are related to social, environmental, and cultural
factors.
In proxemics, as described by Edward T. Hall, what are the names of the four distances (starting with the
closest)? - correct answer ✔✔1. Intimate
2. personal
3. social
4. public
What theory did Abraham Maslow propose? - correct answer ✔✔The hierarchy of human needs,
ranging from basic (food and water) to more advanced (self-actualization, order, beauty)
Which of the table and seating configurations shown is most appropriate for a committee meeting?
A. Square table, sitting right beside each other.
B. Circle table, sitting across from each other.
C. Rectangle table, sitting diagonal from each other. - correct answer ✔✔Option B
A circular table and seating tends to foster cooperation, which makes it most appropriate for this type of
activity.
What is a design theory? - correct answer ✔✔A mental construct, based on a philosophy or set of
beliefs, that is used to direct a design.
, What is Gestalt psychology? - correct answer ✔✔Theory of psychology asserts that people perceive their
environment as a whole and add structure to what they see.
What psychological principle is illustrated by our ability to see a triangle in the first image? - correct
answer ✔✔Principle of Closure (or form constancy)
In Gestalt psychology, what is grouping? - correct answer ✔✔Tendency to perceive separate elements in
a visual field as a single whole.
In Gestalt psychology, what is perceptual constancy? - correct answer ✔✔Tendency to perceive a familiar
object or space as essentially the same in spite of changes in position, viewing angle, lighting, so on.
What are some of the visual cues through which people perceive depth and distance? - correct answer
✔✔-linear perspective
-atmospheric perspective
-texture perspective
-interposition
-closeness of objects to the horizon line
-relative size differences
What are the six elements of design? - correct answer ✔✔-form
-scale
-color
-texture
-pattern
-light
In design, what is scale? - correct answer ✔✔The relative size of an object or element in comparison to
another element of known size.
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