Personal Space Invasions

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I am a member of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Greenville Technical College. I will evaluate a researcher’s proposal regarding the claim that personal space invasions produce physiological changes. Before I proceed with the evaluation I would like to mention that the distance around each of us is divided into four zones which includes: intimate, central, social and public space.
According to Susan Whitbourne a Professor of Psychological and Brain Science the intimate space is the one closets to us and only goes to about 18 inches from our face, central zone which is also called personal space covers about another 2-1/2 feet, social space ranges from 4 to 12 feet, and public space is anything beyond 12 feet from the face (Whitbourne,2012). …show more content…

First, the participants should be given the chance to decide if they want to partake in the experiment. The participants could be under age or concerned for their safety which are valid reasons for them not to participate in the study. It does not matter if the study was single blinded, it was vital to tell the participants that they are being studied (Cicarelli and White, 2015, p. 33). Second, participants are not allowed to withdraw from the study. Due to the participants not being informed of the study they are unable to withdraw. Third, investigators do not inform the participants of any risks. While the researchers do not use equipment that could cause bodily harm the participants can suffer a greater risk that involves their privacy. Privacy helps people maintain who they are as an induvial and when that is violated they lose the ability to trust not only others, but themselves in certain situations. Lastly, the investigators do not debrief participants. Debriefing is a critical part of any experience because it not only allows the experimenter to share their findings, but it gives participants the opportunity to ask questions. Due to the importance of ethics in an experiment I would correct the four violations that were discussed

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