Here's the quick summary.( I may have a few detail a little off, but this is the gist of it)
Jenni, Ashley and Maria who are friends and my classmates in psychology hung out together last week quite a bit. I do believe that it was thursday or friday of last week that they got a great idea! ( Or NOT!) They wanted to do a neat experiment for their general psychology grade. So they decided on certain rules to there project.
1. Each one could not talk to a certain male for a week, except for one worded answers if asked a question.
2. The two other girls could talk to the other males, just not the certain they chose.
3. They could not text, message, call, speak, chat, etc with the chosen male.
4. They could not tell outsiders of this project. They could only refer to it as "the project" in public.
With rules like these they began there "project". I of course saw changes in the girls, but was for sure not going to get in a females way. lol. I thought, "Maybe I did something to offend them. Maybe they're are just going through a difficult time. etc". You know? I just didn't want to get involved. Laugh if you want, but I made it something bigger. I prayed about it, I was like, "God, I don't care, just deal with it, cause I'm not."
The great part was I was one of the male victims. The other two guys were ...one random guy on campus that is an acquaintance and the other one was a close friend that lives far away.
The funny thing is girls cannot go that long without talking to their male friends. They ended the experiment yesterday( two days early). One of the girls was really stressed out, which made the other girls stressed too. I heard they were crying for each other and going crazy. lol. I had no idea I was a victim, but I wasn't totally surprised or happy when I found out. These girls claim that I was acting really different during this time, but most of the people I talked to didn't see a difference in me. I think it is only the 3 girls views.
I personally think they deserve the results. They were the ones that decided to do this project for their grade and they could of done something that wasn't so emotional and stressful for them. I just laugh now.
Wow, from a purely objective view I'd have to say that's pretty cool! Any time you are conducting a social experiment like that and notice a behavioral change that extreme, even if it's in yourself, it's a success! I'd like to read their project report...Oh, um, sorry for your inner anguish, too...
ReplyDeleteYou have to admit Jon that it was an awesome project.
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