Week 7 Blog Post

For this activity, I used one of my friends old show choir dressed as the clothing item that was supposed to be out of my comfort zone. I tried to talk to the few people who were around campus on a Saturday. While I did not take any photos with the people I talked to, ( I figured they were already uncomfortable answering the questions I was asking) I did take notes on their answers. One guy I talked to automatically assumed I was a math major for whatever reason, and guessed my name was Ashley. Another girl thought I looked like a Megan and decided I was a communications major. Another group all guessed my name was Amanda and thought my major was Psychology. They didn’t have many reactions to what I was wearing, which I am assuming was because they were more concerned about what I was going to ask them rather than paying attention to my outfit. While no one guessed my name and major correctly, it made me think about how interesting of an experiment it was. So many people do judge others by the way they look, and in my case, no one judged correctly. It made me think about how I judge others just by looking at them, and how that judgement might be an unfair one. I did think the experiment was fun and the outcome was very interesting.