Name and describe 3 Social Roles you have adopted for yourself. How do these social roles influence your behavior? Does your behavior vary, depending on which social role you are engaged in? If yes, please explain how each particular social role influences/dictates your behavior. Please provide some information to support your answer. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .

Select a social norm to break and then break it. You may choose an item from the below "List of Social Norms to Violate" or you may come up with your own.

a) Predict how you believe others may behave when you violate this social norm.

b) Describe the scene/location and how others actually reacted when you violated this social norm.

c) Did anyone conform to your behavior while you violated the social norm? How did you feel before/during/after violating this social norm? What did you learn about yourself and/or others as a result of this social experiment? List of Social Norms to Violate

1. Break elevator norms: face wrong way, sing a song, tell jokes, have a picnic, dance etc.

2. Go shoeless

3. Bunny-hop instead of walk

4. Proximity norms: sit/stand too close or too far from people (friends and family only)

5. Walk backwards

6. Eat non-finger foods with your fingers (i.e. pasta, soup)

7. Wear clothes backwards or inside-out

8. Wear flip-flops with socks

9. Sit in back of car when there's only 2 people

10. Walk with umbrella open on a sunny day or indoors

11. Avoid eye contact/make intense eye contact with others

12. Smile, say "hi" to everyone

13. Always answer "How are you?" with an elaborate answer

14. Talk too loudly/softly

15. Carry stuffed animal/doll to restaurants/class/friend's house etc.

16. Sing in odd places

17. Take an unusual pet for a walk (i.e. cat, hamster, snake)

18. Stare up at the sky

19. Wear sunglasses indoors

20. Stand backwards in line/stand in line "wrong"

21. Walk everywhere on the left side of the hallways/sidewalks