Social Experiment Essay, Research Paper

I was at this rocking party last night. I decided to use this party as my social

psychology experiment. I decided to use this, because there were a lot of people

interacting with one another. As I viewed the area I could see many different

clicks spread around the room. It looked like they were only talking to the

people among their groups. The groups consisted of five or more girls and guys.

I observed the different interactions among the different groups. As I looked

around I could see that some groups were huddled in a corner chatting as other

were running around dancing and having fun. The groups that were dancing seem

like they were much more outgoing as the groups that sat around talking. When I

decided to walk outside the mood of the evening began to dim. People were

gathered around the table speaking calmly. However, when I walked inside the

mood changed quickly from the dim light to a out of control spotlight. People

were dancing like there was no tomorrow. My first impression was that there was

going to be some crazy people on the dance floor would have to be soon removed.

Unfortunately my predictions were correct! I also figured that the different

groups would not interact too much with each other. Some people were acting like

fools just so other people would notice them, and maybe even accept them. I

consider this as a type of conformity. As I stumbled upon many groups, I

realized that the girls were much more in depth with their conversations as

though the guys. Most of the guys were sitting there staring at all of the

different girls shaking it on the dance floor. By observing this crowd I was

able to conclude that girls have higher conversation level than guys. I also

realized that conformity had to of taken place in order for these different

groups to have formed.