I was at this “rocking” party last night. I decidedto use this party as my social psychology experiment. Idecided to use this, because there were a lot of peopleinteracting with one another. As I viewed the area I couldsee many different clicks spread around the room. Itlooked like they were only talking to the people among theirgroups.
The groups consisted of five or more girls andguys. I observed the different interactions among thedifferent groups. As I looked around I could see thatsome groups were huddled in a corner chatting as other wererunning around dancing and having fun. The groups that weredancing seem like they were much more outgoing as thegroups that sat around talking.
When I decided to walkoutside the mood of the evening began to dim. People weregathered around the table speaking calmly. However, when Iwalked inside the mood changed quickly from the dim light toa out of control spotlight. People were dancing like therewas no tomorrow.
My first impression was that there wasgoing to be some crazy people on the dance floor would haveto be soon removed. Unfortunately my predictions werecorrect! I also figured that the different groups wouldnot interact too much with each other. Some people wereacting like fools just so other people would notice them, andmaybe even accept them. I consider this as a type ofconformity.
As I stumbled upon many groups, I realizedthat the girls were much more in depth with theirconversations as though the guys. Most of the guys weresitting there staring at all of the different girls “shakingit” on the dance floor. By observing this crowd I was ableto conclude that girls have higher conversation level than guys. I also realized that conformity had to of taken place inorder for these different groups to have formed
