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Because I was apart of the experiment and not observing, I had a different experience and observation then my peers who were sitting in the seats of the classroom. What I noticed about Jorge and my experiment was that Jorge stopped before I did, causing us not to be touching completely. I was told that the first experiment with the first two students who were males, stopped more then a foot in distance apart, and the third experiment (which I observed) with the two students who were female, did not stop and bumped into each other. I think this shows that males tend to show less expression of contact then girls would. If Jorge did not stop walking, I wouldn’t have had a problem with coming into contact and bumping into him, similarly to the two females in their experiment. I think that overall females have more comfort overall with each other, and males do not. A reason males may feel this way is homophobia, being called “gay” because of the amount of contact two males have with each other.
The perspective that best explains the actions of the two males (first experiment) would be the conflict perspective because the two males obviously had a conflict with bumping into each other and felt a need to stop before contact was made. The conflict they had was based off their own reasons for not making physical contact which could vary. The perspective that best explains the actions of the male and female (second experiment) would be the Functionalist Perspective. Running through my mind was, when Jorge stops, I’ll stop. If Jorge never stopped walking, I would never have stopped walking. Each step closer was sparked from a reason. The perspective that best explains the actions of the two females (third experiment) would be the interactionist perspective because I believe the girls felt comfortable with coming into full contact because they know how girls treat each other, and they know that they would have a comfortable feeling with making contact.
I on the other hand was also part of the experiment and i remember Mr.B telling us to keep walking towards the person until we felt in a comfortable position then stop, he also told us to just do whats natural.And i also remember when i was walking towards casey i kept thinking i don't want to get too close and we ended up being around 2 feet away from each other which is where i felt comfortable.And this shows that it was a conflict perspective becuase i did not want to for example play chicken and bump into another male.Which is a conflict with ones self on when to stop and if that other person is gonna be like you and stop too.Then went the male and female and they walked until they where right next to eachother then turned towards the class.This is in my opinion a interactionist state becuase they just natural walked until they where next to eachother but then they turned to the class which shows that they did not really want to interact with that person but see the classes reaction as to who was doing the experiment and what everyone would think of their decision to get close.And the last group was the females who in my opinion would also be conflict perspective because they kept walking until they where nose to nose and almost bumping into each other.This goes to show that girls are competitive and don't want to stop before the other so everyone thinks different of them. In pretty much playing chicken against each other
Being one of the students who observed the “Face-to-face” interactions being done in front of me, I found it interesting with how each couple interacted with one another. In period one’s class, the three couples were first off Shawn and Casey, and then it was Madison and Freddy, and ended with Jessica and Kaity. When Mr. B told Shawn and Casey to walk towards each other and stop when they were comfortable, they both stopped about two feet away from one another. When Madison and Freddy did the same, they stopped closer to each other and turned shoulder to shoulder to face the class. Lastly, the two girls, Jess and Kaity walked right into each other. I believe that the distinct differences between the couples and the way they interacted with each other came from the idea of symbolic interaction. Since we use symbols as a source for practically anything, we could use them for this reference as a gesture. For Shawn and Casey, they had what some might call “stone-cold faces”. As they walked toward each other, they kept a distinct straight-faced look and didn’t get too close. I think that they did this because it was what was comfortable for them as males to get close to another male. For Madison and Freddy, they had almost comforting looks while walking toward each other, almost in the perspective as if they were reassuring that they were both okay with what was going on. Now if one of them didn’t have as such as a confident look walking toward the other, the distance between them might have been affected. Lastly, Jessica and Kaity were the ones to totally express that they were at ease with what was going on. They both walked toward each other with big smiles on their faces, giggling, and stopped when they were touching. They did leave enough space between their faces that way they weren’t too close for comfort, but they still were much more close than any other of the couples had been. To me, it was a matter of symbolic interaction and what gestures stood for their situation and personal space.
For me, I was one of the students observing the face to face interaction experiment. All we were told was to observe how the couples interacted, but nothing about what they were supposed to do. When the first pair came out, it was Shawn and Casey. They walked towards each other only to stop when they were two feet away from each other, giving the other a straight faced look until they were told to sit down. The next couple was Madison and Freddy, who started off the same. The only difference was that they stopped and turned to stand arm to arm to make it less personal, but still not a far distance apart as the two males were. Finally Jess and Kaity came out and when they walked towards each other, didn't stop until they were practically touching noses just giggling to each other. I think that this was a very good experiment to show how people's personal space can differ depending on the gender and the gender they are interacting with. For males, it's like they don't want to be too close to each other or show much emotion because that wouldn't be a "manly" thing to do in our society. Their personal space has a larger radius in this case. For that reason I think he conflict perspective would be best to describe that interaction, because the two males had conflict with coming too close and both stopped with plenty of room to spare. describe With a male and a female, a male will allow himself to be closer but not too close, as will the female. I think the functionalist perspective is best used to describe this interaction because it seemed that the male made the decision to turn around and face the front, and the female followed. It could have been effected either way if he didn't decide this or if the female had decided to stay face to face, perhaps they wouldn't have gotten so close. The final interaction of the two females is best represented by the interactionist perspective. Both girls were completely fine coming into contact with the other, and this could be for many reasons. One is perhaps that it doesn't matter as much for girls if they get close to each other because it's considered a "girl thing" to do. It's normal to see girls hugging all the time but for guys to embrace in a full on hug in the hallways is pretty rare. I think in general girls are just more comfortable with contact with either gender than guys are, their personal space bubble being smaller than males'.
As an observer of the "Face-to-Face" experiment it was apparent to me that the whole experience was an interactionist perspective. It showed me how these different individuals of different sexes as well as same sexes interacted with each other. When directed to walk towards each other until a comfortable distance there was a lot of differences between the three different groups. The first group consisted of two males (Shawn and Casey) and when they stood at opposite sides of the wall and looked at each other they had no expression. As they began to walk towards one another the same blank expression remained and the body posture was tall and stiff. It came with no surprise that when they stopped the distance between them was about 2-3 feet the body posture remained the same as well as their facial expression. They did not face the class but rather each other this seemed to me as being conflict perspective because men tend to have a competitive personality when put with another male. They want their space they did not want to become closer than they already were for obvious reasons. When asking a man himself as to why men stand at a further distance from another man he replied saying “It just isn’t comfortable when a dude is up in my space.” When the second couple (Madison and Freddy) went to walk towards each other until a comfortable distance they came almost shoulder to shoulder with one another. As the two were walking towards each other they both walked confidently with a smile or smirk. Instead of standing facing each other they faced the class this came to show that when a female and male that are friends come together they don’t feel comfortable face to face. They too want their space but aren’t competitive about it. When the last group (Jessica and Kaity) walked towards one another they both were smiling and even some giggling. So when they came just about nose to nose with one another it wasn’t shocking or foreign but more expected of how girls act together. Being a girl, myself, does not feel uncomfortable or comfortable being that close to another female, it just is what it is and has always been, the same with two males and similar to a male and female.
While I was observing the face-to-face experiment I noticed differences between the three pairs interactions with each other. When the male pair walked towards each other they stopped 2 feel apart from each other and gave a head nod as a sign of acknowledgement. This shows that it was conflict perspective because males tend to have competition between one another. The next couple was coed and when they walked towards each other they got closer. I think the functionalist perspective best describes there interaction because they both stopped at the same time and a close, but reasonable distance. For the female pair, they didn't stop and walked into each other. This pair shows the interationst perspective because they showed how girls interact with each other closer than males do. This experiment shows that generally girls are more comfortable with each other and males like to have a greater distance.
In this experiment it was very interesting to see how the different characters reacted to eachother and how close they got to one another. First when Shawn and Casey went the were very akward not making eye contact and walking until there was about 2 feet in between them. This shows how maybe males are more comfortable closer to females rather than another male. This can also be shown by the way Madison and Freddy walked pretty close then turned around shoulder to shoulder. This shows that they were pretty comfortable but still didnt hold their eye contact to end face to face. In the last couple, Jess and Kaity walked right up to eachother keeping eye contact the entire time and walking up face to face. This shows how females are comfortable being close to other females. I believe this experiment was an example of the Interactionist Perspective. I believe this because the interactionist perspective studies how different people in society react with eachother. Through this experiment, we can clearly see that the relationships between , male-male, male-female, and female-female are very different.
In the face-to-face experiment during class, I observed three different observations throughout the experiment. The first experiment was a pair of males that stood across the room from each other and walked towards each other. Casey and Shawn stopped around a foot away from each other awkwardly stared at each other and then went back to their seats. At first I was confused because I had no idea what was happening. The second couple that came into the room was Madison and Freddy, a male and a female. Although Freddy stopped when he got to the middle of the room, not so much as being concerned to how far away he was from Madison, she kept going until she was shoulder to shoulder with Freddy. This tells me that Madison didn't really have a problem being that close to Freddy, but he seemed to want his own space and although him and Madison are friends, it showed me that he still wanted some level of "personal space" to himself. The last couple that came in was Kaity and Jess. They kept walking until they were chest to chest in front of the room. This shows me a lot about the relationship girls have between each other because they are comfortable enough to get so close that they are touching each other. However I do not think that would've been the case if it were two girls who didn't like each other. If two girls in our class were chosen at random that had drama between them I do not think that they would have gone so close to touch each other. I also believe the same for Casey and Shawn. Because they aren't close friends, I believe that may have had an impact on how the finishing result was, because if Casey was to be paired up with one of his close male friends, they may have stopped touching chest to chest such as Kaity and Jess did. But for Madison and Freddy I do believe that is how people really are. Madison, as a female, doesn't really care about personal space when it comes to being close to guys because that's how the female mind works. However on the other hand, Freddy stopped a little before Madison did and wanted his own personal space to feel comfortable.
I was part of this experiment with Alexa, and everyone saw that we didn't hesitate to walk into eachother because we are both females and we are close and comfortable with eachother. This explains the interactionist perspective because our reactions were based on our interactions with eachother because we are friends. What I noticed about the others was that the two boys stopped walking when they were getting close to eachother because they didn't want to come that close. I think the perspective that best explains this example is the conflict perspective. This is because the boys felt that it would be "weird" to come that close and bumping into eachother because they have different perspectives of interaction. The next experiment was with a male and a female. What I noticed is that the male stopped before the female did, which then made the female stop. This explains the functionalist perspective because when one person stopped, the other stopped. These experiments showed that males react differently in certain situations because they think it is weird for them to come that close to eachother, whereas girls don't really care how close they come. It also shows different interactions with people who are close, and people who are not so close.
While observing the "Face-to-Face" experiement I witnessed three different groups of people walk as close as they felt comfortable with the other person. The three groups consisting of a guy guy pair, guy girl pair, and a girl girl pair all came out with different results. Watching Chris and Mark walk, the two stopped the farthest apart. Jorge and Gigi had walked and stopped very close to each other, but not touching. Lastly, Alexa and Jordan continued walking until they ran into eachother. After watching this occur, its clear that depending on the gender of one an other people will interact differently. One can conclude that guys tend to stand farthest apart with another guy but closer with a girl. Girls are most comfortable around other girls, hence the small to no distance between them.
One could also argue that the first experiment, the two males, is a conflict perpsective because they did not feel comfortable with walking closely to eachother. However, with this being stated, the experiment is more easily explained through the interactionish perspective, which shows how individuals interact with one another in society.
Since i was one of the people who was observing the experiment, i thought it was very interesting how the people stood. This is because when it was boy to boy they stood arm length apart. When it was boy to girl they stood arm to arm. When it was girl to girl they stood chest to chest. All Mr. B said was to walk towards each other until they feel comfortable. The men showed that they do not like to be that close because it is not truly the way of society. If men are really close they would probably be called "gay". The girl/boy experiment were arm to arm because in society it is okay for men and women to be close, even if they are just friends. The girl experiment showed that girls are very close to each other. In society it is okay for women to be close with each other and they would not be considered gay. In society girls are more comfortable being close to each other than males are.
Being part of the experiment I did not get to see the first group of males who went, but I was told when they came to a complete stop they were a good arm distance apart. I was part of the 2nd experiment where Greg and I had to walk towards eachother and I didnt notice it at the time but Greg stopped while I took an extra step towards him. The 3rd experiment witch included Jen and Nicole was different than the previous two because they actually walked straight past eachother brushing shoulders. This whole experiment made me see that girls are alot more comfortable at our age than boys are. If Greg had not stopped walking I most likley would have walked right into him just like Jen and Nicole did. By the first two boys not coming into contact at all it shows they are not comfortable with it. I think a big reasoning boys tend not to be comfortable being touchy with on another is due to the fact they are held at high standards by their piers and being 'close' too another guy would consider them 'gay.'
Being part of the experiment I did not get to see the first group of males who went, but I was told when they came to a complete stop they were a good arm distance apart. I was part of the 2nd experiment where Greg and I had to walk towards eachother and I didnt notice it at the time but Greg stopped while I took an extra step towards him. The 3rd experiment witch included Jen and Nicole was different than the previous two because they actually walked straight past eachother brushing shoulders. This whole experiment made me see that girls are alot more comfortable at our age than boys are. If Greg had not stopped walking I most likley would have walked right into him just like Jen and Nicole did. By the first two boys not coming into contact at all it shows they are not comfortable with it. I think a big reasoning boys tend not to be comfortable being touchy with on another is due to the fact they are held at high standards by their piers and being 'close' too another guy would consider them 'gay.'
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