SA 21 A Chua, Dy, Gecosala, Giroud, Lugtu, Montalbo, Remo

1. What norm did you violate?
1. When using the elevator, the norm is that people enter the elevator then they face the door until they reach their level then get off without any interaction
2. Describe the breaching experiment in detail. What was the activity? Where did you do it?
1. What we did was we entered an elevator with people on it already and when the door closes, we faced the people behind us and stare at them or at the wall behind them. So instead of facing the elevator door, we were facing the other way. We did this both inside and outside the the school to present a better comparison. Inside the school, we did the experiment at the CTC and the Rizal Library elevators. Outside, the experiment was done in SM Berkeley and SM Blue.
3. What were the different reactions of the people? List all possible reactions you observed. Why do you think they reacted this way? What caused these reactions? Did the deviant act reaffirm/reinforce the existing norms based on these reactions?
1. CTC- We were able to observe 3 people while doing the experiment here. One male student just glanced at us from time to time until he got off. Two female students did not even notice the experiment as they were talking. And a female professor was hesitant and she moved to the corner when she entered, then she moved near the door when she was getting off so as to get out more quickly.
1. The reaction of the male student was expected since the experiment creates an “unusual” atmosphere inside the elevator because normally, there are no interactions between strangers inside the elevator
2. The reactions of the two female students show that the effectiveness of the experiment decreases when there are interactions between the participants, in this case, among friends.
3. The reaction of the female professor was also expected. She was as if almost frightened. When we were looking at her, she switched positions. Then when getting off, she made the effort to move closer to the elevator doors to get out as quickly as possible. This highlights the norms in place when using the elevator
4. Overall, in CTC,  the experiment reaffirms the existing norm

1. SM Berkeley - we were able to observe two people of the opposite sex. Both were feeling uncomfortable when we were doing the experiment. The man looked at us as if he were going to start a fight or an argument, but he was not able to because he had to leave the elevator already. The woman on the other hand, tried to move to different locations inside the elevator and continued to feel uncomfortable since we were following her.
1. Both of the reactions showed signs that there was something different about the happening inside the elevator. There was clearly a reaction that does not appear when no experiment is conducted.
2. The experiment was clearly effective because we were able to get what we expected of them.
3. Kids will only look once and not mind the activity again, but for adults and young adults, they will try to be discreet when they look at the person doing the experiment.

https://youtu.be/UeWLNB45Uko

1. SM Blue - We were able to observe two people during the experiment. They were clearly friends, or at least knew each other. The experiment was done in between them which made the situation more awkward. Both passengers giggled at one point and tried to make small talk to hold their laughter in.

                       i.              The reactions observed were expected due to the awkward nature of this  

                      experiment.

                     ii.               The experiment was a success because it proved that the common norm  

                      of looking towards the elevator door instead of the wall was breached  

                      when the subject passengers expressed unease.

                     iii.             The norm of not making interaction with strangers, however, persisted

                      when the subjects tried to pay no attention to the individual conducting       

                      the experiment despite the proximity.

               

4. Rizal Lib - We were able to observe two sets of people composed of groups, individuals, staff, and students. The first batch, made of individual students, were observed to be very wary to the environment and started to look for things that may explain why this certain situation is happening. The second batch, made of individual staff and groups of student, were observed to be less noticing of the environment and more focused on what they were doing. The staff was carrying a movable shelf, while the group of students were talking to each other.
1. The reactions of individuals differ from groups. When people were together they would not notice surroundings or rather just disregard them. However, when individuals reacted they were more cautious of what was happening and react accordingly.
2. People who are distracted tend to not mind the surroundings but rather focus on what they were tasked to do.
3. As compared to the students the experiment had less impact to the staff, this is most likely due to the number of these experiments they have encountered during their stay in the Ateneo

https://youtu.be/im8BNoowvZ0

https://youtu.be/3hGyoMbb324

4. Aside from the norms, what sociological themes are at play for people to react in a certain way? Is it a function of gender (gender norms/roles), social class (norms of the rich and the poor), values/beliefs of institutions (religion, family, peer group, etc.)
1. Peer groups also affect how one would react to certain stimulus, as seen on the experiment. When people enter in groups there is little to no reaction between them and their environment and the interaction tends to stay within the group. However when one react to the stimulus the whole group would react to the stimulus.

5. How did you feel when you did the experiment? How does it feel to deviate from the norms? Were you hesitant to do the activity?
1. We were definitely hesitant to do the experiment because we had no idea what to expect. We had no idea what to tell the people if they would react violently. The task of recording the whole experiment definitely gave us second thoughts if we would still pursue the task. We already had an idea in the back of our minds that  there is a possibility that people would report us to the authority for invading privacy or recording without consent.
2. It was rather uncomfortable and felt awkward to do something that is generally not considered  “normal”, especially in a public area. In fact, it was embarrassing.

6. Other observations and analysis that you may have on the activity and on deviance in general.
1. People definitely change their actions if there is something new or unusual in norms in society. Conducting an experiment on people I see everyday (Neighbors in the condominium), I could tell that there really were differences in their actions when we conducted the experiment. In other words, there were reactions whether may it be positive or negative if people experience something new in life.