Sociological Autobiography

Shaneice Rosarion Professor Wonser1/7/16 Social Experiment          Right after I got out of class, I went straight to the mall to conduct the social experiment that I was assign. The social experiment that I was supposed to perform was just too simply stand in the middle of a room and do nothing. I guess by doing this, it allows you to take a look at other people’s behaviors as you watch them and observe their reactions.         I went to the closet place that I could think of, which happen to be the Westfield Topanga mall. As I’m walking through the mall, I started to feel extremely anxious and nervous because I knew it would be really awkward just standing there. There were a lot of people in the mall, so I knew that I was going to be really nervous.          As I’m walking through the mall, I figured out the perfect place to do the experiment. I ended up going to the Apple store. I chose the Apple store because I knew a lot of people would be there, or at least walk by there. I was really intimidated about just standing in front of such a busy store like Apple. Even though I was nervous and intimidated about going forward with the experiment, I ended up going through with it anyways because I wanted to see what other people’s reaction would be. I stood right next to the entrance, facing the customers that were using the store phones. Also by the entrance, were about 3-4 employees standing in front of the entrance. One of the employees notice me standing by the entrance and kept asking if I needed any help, or if I was lost or something. She then walked away after I told her that I didn’t need any help. I began to see some of the customers looking at me like they were confused as to why I was just standing by the entrance and didn’t walk into the store. In my head, I was freaking out because it felt like everyone was looking at me like I was crazy. After about ten minutes or so, I finally just walked away. I felt extremely uncomfortable when I saw a group of people staring at me. But it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. I think the people that were in the store were  uncomfortable as well because, they were looking at me with confusion when I  didn’t walk into the store. For the most part, I enjoyed seeing other people’s  reaction when they saw me doing nothing. The experiment was interesting, but I  don’t think I’ll ever do it again.