My Observation Of Stereotypes

This activity was not that hard for me. I always look people directly in their eyes when I speak to them. I was taught at an early age if you wanted someone to take you serious and gain respect for you, to always look at someone in the eyes when speaking to them. The first example I will use is when I am at work and we have people who sign up for a new library card. At the end of signing them up I need to go over the policies and procedures with them. I will take out the pamphlet and give my spiel about the rules. The whole time while looking at them directly in the eyes. This last time I had done this, the person eventually looked away from me, probably because they were uncomfortable. They did respond with a “back channel response” using …show more content…
I was at work and co-worker was trying to talk to me. It was not about anything super important. She kept trying to look at me while talking and I kept averting my gaze. I am sure she thought I was being rude. That was obviously not my intention. You could tell she trying to track my gaze and reign me back into the conversation. I kept my behavior neutral so it didn’t look forced. I think by the time she was done trying to tell me her story she was a little frustrated by the fact that it seemed like I was not paying attention to …show more content…
Introverts could be a good example of this. If you engage an introvert into a conversation they are going to be uncomfortable, add in direct eye contact, that may be too much for them so they may look away from you. Another reason to avoid eye contact is that the person may be trying to avoid conversation all together. The person could have had a bad day and not want to talk. I think someone who is lying would also want to avoid eye contact. People who are lying to someone may avert their gaze elsewhere so that the person they are lying to won’t be able to read it in their