Family vs Friends
Friends vs. Family vs. Coworkers: Reactions vary upon affiliation and environment
Daniel Cooper
University of Houston
Introduction The experiment that I conducted consisted of three groups of people which included friends, family and coworkers. I altered different aspects of my personality in order to try and determine the reactions of three groups that were previously listed above. Some information about me should be known in order for me describe how I changed some aspects of my personality. The simplified version of my personality is that I love to laugh, crack jokes, and I smile pretty much all day. Sometimes it is because I am laughing, and sometimes I just do it unconsciously for no apparent reason. In order for me to measure the reactions of the three groups, they would have had to be completely caught off guard seeing how this experiment was to be conducted in one day. So therefore, the day before the experiment, nobody was informed or had any clue what I would be doing the next day. My experiment was conducted on the Tuesday of April 10th. To conduct the experiment, I simply had to be as direct and straight forward with people as possible. No smiles were made and no jokes were cracked or even initiated. If someone tried to crack a joke, a deep gaze of displeasure was displayed upon them.
To conclude my experiment I had to hypothesize on a couple of different factors. My original hypothesis was that during my experiment my family would response to my new characteristics would be more attentive and caring. My friends would feel withdrawn and some would probably get angry with me. I came up with this conclusion based on prior knowledge and the history that my friends and I have. With my coworkers, I was not exactly sure what to expect from them. There are so many different personalities combined in one environment. It was a toss-up. I felt as if coworkers would not really care because, it is a work environment. This meant that whatever
Daniel Cooper
University of Houston
Introduction The experiment that I conducted consisted of three groups of people which included friends, family and coworkers. I altered different aspects of my personality in order to try and determine the reactions of three groups that were previously listed above. Some information about me should be known in order for me describe how I changed some aspects of my personality. The simplified version of my personality is that I love to laugh, crack jokes, and I smile pretty much all day. Sometimes it is because I am laughing, and sometimes I just do it unconsciously for no apparent reason. In order for me to measure the reactions of the three groups, they would have had to be completely caught off guard seeing how this experiment was to be conducted in one day. So therefore, the day before the experiment, nobody was informed or had any clue what I would be doing the next day. My experiment was conducted on the Tuesday of April 10th. To conduct the experiment, I simply had to be as direct and straight forward with people as possible. No smiles were made and no jokes were cracked or even initiated. If someone tried to crack a joke, a deep gaze of displeasure was displayed upon them.
To conclude my experiment I had to hypothesize on a couple of different factors. My original hypothesis was that during my experiment my family would response to my new characteristics would be more attentive and caring. My friends would feel withdrawn and some would probably get angry with me. I came up with this conclusion based on prior knowledge and the history that my friends and I have. With my coworkers, I was not exactly sure what to expect from them. There are so many different personalities combined in one environment. It was a toss-up. I felt as if coworkers would not really care because, it is a work environment. This meant that whatever
References: Aronson, E, Wilson, T. D., & Akert, R. M. (2007). Social Psychology (7th ed.). New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.