Sociological Experiment: Breaking Social Norm

For this sociological experiment I broke the norm that led to the ¨personal bubble¨ rule, by getting, “too close¨ to strangers when I talk to them by society's standards. This social norm shows that people are used to having their own space and not having others be within a certain distance. When you talk or interact with another person you both are in control of the personal space given. This leads to me testing others by stepping over boundaries to make them feel uncomfortable, nervous, or embarrassed.
My first location was the Eastland Mall in Bloomington IL, many people seemed to ignore me when I was just simply asking for directions, but when I did get a response I had to be ready to spring into action and willing to get close to a complete …show more content…
I noticed that as people walked passed me and the person I was talking to they stared and I felt the judgment from just the looks on their faces. I felt as if the mall made me feel more judged because of the difference of environments. The people at Target seemed more willing to take time to talk to you than the people at the mall. Majority of the people either ignored me altogether or seemed really confused when I broke personal space. Picking the people I wanted to experiment on was difficult because you never knew if they were going to accept the situation. The norms exercise social control proves that society is a nonstop judgemental …show more content…
People often feel as if they don’t fit in. They often fake their feelings or emotions towards acting out. By breaking social norms it can make one feel as if they are “acting out.” They have this feeling of embarrassment and become anxious. This later leaves them to fade into the way that everyone else acts and never expresses their true thoughts. They are considered followers due to the fact that they do not speak up and share their opinions. Society is something everyone is trying to escape, but at the same time they are the reasoning for this social