Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS YOU CAN TRY!
Fake News Story:The next time that you are in a social group, make up a fairly realistic news story, and ask the others about it. My favorite is the hit and run of a State House Representative. I like to start out by asking, "Did anyone see that story about the State Representative that got killed in the hit and run accident?" One out of five people will say yes. I will then ask those who said yes, "Did you see what State he was from?" One out of five of those people will give you a state.People do not like to appear that they do not keep up with social happenings. Many people will tell little white lies just to look knowledgeable.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Don't Stand So Close to Me
Middlemist, Knowles & Matter (1976) designed an experiment to test how the speed and flow of men's urination in a public bathroom was affected by invasions of personal space.
They forced unknowing urinators to use one out of the 3 of the urinals provided, then one person who was in on the experiment stood either directly next to the subjects or one urinal away, and sometimes was not present at all.
Hidden in a stall was the “urine measurement officer” Equipped with a specially designed periscope hidden in a stack of books ready to measure the urine streams of unknowing test subjects.
The experimental confirmed the following: With no one present, unselfconscious urinators' average onset of urination was 4.8 seconds, with the accomplice present one urinal away, mildly self-conscious urinators' average onset of urination took up to 6.2 seconds. Finally with the accomplice in the next urinal, it was 8.4 seconds before bashful toilet-goer's could relieve themselves.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Would you delay instant gratification?
MORAL OF THE STORY: Good things come to those who wait. I may have been the 1st kind of kid who gobbled up the marshmallow right away.
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