Sociological Autobiography
Essay by shaneice • January 29, 2016 • Term Paper • 477 Words (2 Pages) • 3,172 Views
Shaneice Rosarion
Professor Wonser
1/7/16
Social Experiment
Right after I got out of class, I went straight to the mall to conduct the social
experiment that I was assign. The social experiment that I was supposed to
perform was just too simply stand in the middle of a room and do nothing. I guess
by doing this, it allows you to take a look at other people’s behaviors as you watch
them and observe their reactions.
I went to the closet place that I could think of, which happen to be the
Westfield Topanga mall. As I’m walking through the mall, I started to feel
extremely anxious and nervous because I knew it would be really awkward just
standing there. There were a lot of people in the mall, so I knew that I was going
to be really nervous.
As I’m walking through the mall, I figured out the perfect place to do the
experiment. I ended up going to the Apple store. I chose the Apple store because I
knew a lot of people would be there, or at least walk by there. I was really
intimidated about just standing in front of such a busy store like Apple. Even
though I was nervous and intimidated about going forward with the experiment, I
ended up going through with it anyways because I wanted to see what other
people’s reaction would be.
I stood right next to the entrance, facing the customers that were using the
store phones. Also by the entrance, were about 3-4 employees standing in front
of the entrance. One of the employees notice me standing by the entrance and
kept asking if I needed any help, or if I was lost or something. She then walked
away after I told her that I didn’t need any help. I began to see some of the
customers looking at me like they were confused as to why I was just standing by
the entrance and didn’t walk into the store. In my head, I was freaking out
because it felt like everyone was looking at me like I was crazy.
After about ten minutes or so, I finally just walked away. I felt extremely
uncomfortable when I saw a group of people staring at me. But it wasn’t as bad as
I thought it was going to be. I think the people that were in the store were
uncomfortable as well because, they were looking at me with confusion when I
didn’t walk into the store. For the most part, I enjoyed seeing other people’s
reaction when they saw me doing nothing. The experiment was interesting, but I
don’t think I’ll ever do it again.
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