Social Norm Violation.

Cynthia Ganote's psychology class did their first social experiment today. The entire class walked to Bardstown Road ( a famous "weird" section of Louisville) to violate the "norms" of society and watch people's reactions. This project goes back to the fundamental psychology question: nature vs. nurture. Are human behaviors embedded in DNA or are they learned from social contact? In this particular norm violation, several girls stopped random people on the street and asked them to do a screen test for a potential TV show. This chick was really funny to watch. We completely expected her to just look at us like we were freaks but instead she got really into it and started actually reading the lines. This was an awesome way to take what we've learned in GSP out into the "real world" and perform experiments.