“A basic element of human life is that people approach things they like, things that appeal to them; and they avoid things that do not appeal to them or that induce pain and fear.[i]” Witnessing a Proxemic Pull gives you a great feeling as a profiler. You can look at that interaction between two people (or a person and an object) and draw conclusions about them with a high degree of accuracy. While Albert Mehrabian’s quote at the top of the post is the essence of the Proxemic Pull and the Proxemic Push, we expand our definition slightly in Tactical Analysis to offer up other meanings of the Proxemic Pull as well. For two people to be drawn towards each other and to close the distance between them tells me that they may:
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“A basic element of human life is that people approach things they like, things that appeal to them; and they avoid things that do not appeal to them or that induce pain and fear.[i]” Witnessing a Proxemic Pull gives you a great feeling as a profiler. You can look at that interaction between two people (or a person and an object) and draw conclusions about them with a high degree of accuracy. While Albert Mehrabian’s quote at the top of the post is the essence of the Proxemic Pull and the Proxemic Push, we expand our definition slightly in Tactical Analysis to offer up other meanings of the Proxemic Pull as well. For two people to be drawn towards each other and to close the distance between them tells me that they may: