NCIDQ IDFX Relationship between
Human Behavior and Designed
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, what are the names of the 4 distances from closest to farthest? - correct answer
✔✔intimate, personal, social, and public
What theory did Abraham Maslow propose? - correct answer ✔✔he proposed a hierarchy of needs
ranging from basis needs to advanced needs
Which of the table and seating configurations is most appropriate for a committee meeting? - correct
answer ✔✔the circular table tends to encourage cooperation
What is a design theory? - correct answer ✔✔this is a mental construct based on a set of beliefs, that is
used to direct a design
What is Gestalt psychology? - correct answer ✔✔people perceive their environment as a whole and add
structure to what they see
what psychological principle is illustrated by our ability to see two triangles in this diagram? - correct
answer ✔✔the principle of closure - Gestalt psychology
In Gestalt psychology what is grouping? - correct answer ✔✔this is the tendency to perceive separate
elements in a visual field as a single whole
Human Behavior and Designed
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, what are the names of the 4 distances from closest to farthest? - correct answer
✔✔intimate, personal, social, and public
What theory did Abraham Maslow propose? - correct answer ✔✔he proposed a hierarchy of needs
ranging from basis needs to advanced needs
Which of the table and seating configurations is most appropriate for a committee meeting? - correct
answer ✔✔the circular table tends to encourage cooperation
What is a design theory? - correct answer ✔✔this is a mental construct based on a set of beliefs, that is
used to direct a design
What is Gestalt psychology? - correct answer ✔✔people perceive their environment as a whole and add
structure to what they see
what psychological principle is illustrated by our ability to see two triangles in this diagram? - correct
answer ✔✔the principle of closure - Gestalt psychology
In Gestalt psychology what is grouping? - correct answer ✔✔this is the tendency to perceive separate
elements in a visual field as a single whole
