How
much living space does a person need? What happens when these space
requirements are not adequately met? Sociologists and psychologists are
conducting experiments on rats to try to examine the effects of overcrowding on
humans. Recent studies have shown that the behavior of rats is greatly affected
by space. If rats have adequate living space, they eat well, sleep well, and
reproduce well. But if their living conditions become too crowded, their
behavior patterns and even their health change perceptibly. They cannot sleep
and eat well, and signs of fear and tension become obvious. The more crowded
they are, the more they tend to bite each other and even kill each other. Thus,
for rats, population and violence are directly related. Is this a natural law
for human society as well? Is adequate space not only desirable but essential
for human survival?
Source: Kumpulan Soal Ganesha Operation,
UMPTN/1999/R-A/43,hlm. 798
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