Experiment Sociology 
Shelby Weaver
Kara Nunemaker
Sociology
11/8/2013
Experiment
We chose this experiment to observe the bystander’s reaction to an unknown student with an abnormal situation. We picked less known students without any younger or older siblings in high school.
We picked Emma Schafer, freshman, and Laura Bairdon, senior. These girls walked threw the lunch room during the opposite lunch shift with toilet paper taped to their shoe. We taped some toilet paper to their shoe and had them walk a path in the lunch room where they passed by everyone at least once. We chose this time because it has the most diverse group of people at one time. We got to see how different people reacted.
Emma walked threw the junior/senior lunch. When she walked in the first person to notice her was Shane Karkosh and he hit and told all of his friends to look. They all were laughing and pointing at her. Jesse Murray stood up and pointed. We asked him why he did it and he said “to get a better look”. All of these boys say her but none of them told her because they didn’t know her, it was funny, and it’s impossible for that to happen. Emma walked up and asked Sheila a question, and Julie told her. We asked her why she told her and she said
“I didn’t want her to be embarrassed.” Emma was really embarrassed after it was all done and hurt that those boys were laughing at her and didn’t tell her.
Laura walked threw the freshman/sophomore lunch. She walked past a group of freshman girls and they just whispered and didn’t do much else, but when she walked past a table of sophomore boys they made a big deal of it. John Roth was the first one to notice her
and point it out to his friends. When we asked them why they didn’t tell her Tanner Peterson said “ I would be more embarrassed if someone I didn’t know, stopped me.” The boys after felt regret and guilt for not saying anything. They said they felt like jerks. They said they didn’t want to yell across the room and tell
Kara Nunemaker
Sociology
11/8/2013
Experiment
We chose this experiment to observe the bystander’s reaction to an unknown student with an abnormal situation. We picked less known students without any younger or older siblings in high school.
We picked Emma Schafer, freshman, and Laura Bairdon, senior. These girls walked threw the lunch room during the opposite lunch shift with toilet paper taped to their shoe. We taped some toilet paper to their shoe and had them walk a path in the lunch room where they passed by everyone at least once. We chose this time because it has the most diverse group of people at one time. We got to see how different people reacted.
Emma walked threw the junior/senior lunch. When she walked in the first person to notice her was Shane Karkosh and he hit and told all of his friends to look. They all were laughing and pointing at her. Jesse Murray stood up and pointed. We asked him why he did it and he said “to get a better look”. All of these boys say her but none of them told her because they didn’t know her, it was funny, and it’s impossible for that to happen. Emma walked up and asked Sheila a question, and Julie told her. We asked her why she told her and she said
“I didn’t want her to be embarrassed.” Emma was really embarrassed after it was all done and hurt that those boys were laughing at her and didn’t tell her.
Laura walked threw the freshman/sophomore lunch. She walked past a group of freshman girls and they just whispered and didn’t do much else, but when she walked past a table of sophomore boys they made a big deal of it. John Roth was the first one to notice her
and point it out to his friends. When we asked them why they didn’t tell her Tanner Peterson said “ I would be more embarrassed if someone I didn’t know, stopped me.” The boys after felt regret and guilt for not saying anything. They said they felt like jerks. They said they didn’t want to yell across the room and tell