The norm that I chose to violate was not speaking to people in what we consider a “normal” tone of voice. This norm acts as a mechanism of social control by accepting a normal tone of voice as a response from someone on a daily basis. It is accepted by society to use a different tone of voice than usual depending on the situation you are facing or the environment you are surrounded by. For this reason, people automatically predict that when they are interacting with a person it will be in a normal tone of voice. Therefore, to violate the norm I chose to whisper every time a person spoke to me and whenever I spoke to a person without any given reason.
To begin my experiment I was in the basement of my dorm in which I decided to participate in …show more content…
As I continued to whisper during conversations everyone still made weird and confused faces, but I also noticed that it caused them to also respond by whispering. In addition they did not realize that they were doing it. Finally, they started to question me whether I was sick and had a sore throat. They would also try to guess the reason for me whispering. My close friend started to become concerned on why I was whispering. I denied all of their predictions and just told my friend was nothing to worry about, so she after that she did not take me serious.
As I was violating the normal tone of voice in the situation I was in, I felt kind of outcasted. I felt that way because everyone would have conversations and when I started a conversation with them they would look at me weird. When I was violating the norm, I did not really know what to expect on how people would react. It was really difficult trying to keep a straight face when whispering especially when I noticed that people whispered back to me I thought it was pretty funny. Something I learned about this norm is the way people form what is an accepted and not accepted tone of voice regarding the situation. I found it very interesting the reactions I got especially how some people would respond back
To begin my experiment I was in the basement of my dorm in which I decided to participate in …show more content…
As I continued to whisper during conversations everyone still made weird and confused faces, but I also noticed that it caused them to also respond by whispering. In addition they did not realize that they were doing it. Finally, they started to question me whether I was sick and had a sore throat. They would also try to guess the reason for me whispering. My close friend started to become concerned on why I was whispering. I denied all of their predictions and just told my friend was nothing to worry about, so she after that she did not take me serious.
As I was violating the normal tone of voice in the situation I was in, I felt kind of outcasted. I felt that way because everyone would have conversations and when I started a conversation with them they would look at me weird. When I was violating the norm, I did not really know what to expect on how people would react. It was really difficult trying to keep a straight face when whispering especially when I noticed that people whispered back to me I thought it was pretty funny. Something I learned about this norm is the way people form what is an accepted and not accepted tone of voice regarding the situation. I found it very interesting the reactions I got especially how some people would respond back