Unit VI Essay
PSY 3140 Social Psychology
Darian Fisher
Waldorf College
I was in the mall. I went to the food court looking around as if I was lost. I playfully ran
into the pole and dropped my plate of food that I had already eaten from and was going to
throw in the trash anyway. There were people standing and some eating at tables. 6 people
came to my rescue to help me up and cleaned up my plate that was spilled on the floor.
Others just stood around and watched, I did see some concern on their faces. One of the 6
people that came to help me offered to take me to the emergency room; I told him that I
was fine. I did feel kind of embarrassed even though I knew it was an experiment but I
totally laughed it off after I left.
Another experiment I did in an area where there were no heavy traffic but people were
there. I had a folder of fake resumes and I pretended that I was going on for an interview.
There were 2 women standing by their cars having a conversation. I dropped the folder and
the papers went flying all over. A few went over by them and they only gave me what
landed by them. Never-mind the others that were lying all over. They didn’t try to help me
pick up the papers or anything; they just went back to their conversation.