Uprzedzenie‘Prejudice’

By: Matthew O’Neill and Nicholas Damoulianos

For our project, one of us had put on a Polish accent and

asked people for help in the Fairview mall

OUr Hypothesis

Our hypothesis was that we would be met with anger or frustration because we did this experiment on December 23rd

Volume of voice

Tone of voice

Facial expression

Eye contact

Body language

Employee or Shopper

Changes that we looked for

Test #1

Starbucks employee

Asked for ice coffee

No noticeable change in her voice

She squinted and paused indicating confusion

Test #2Shopper

Asked for a music store

No change in voice

Squinted very much out of confusion

Looked as though he was in a hurry

Note: Asked in view of HMV

Test #3HMV employee

Asked for a Polish singer

No change in voice

Very cheerful, smiling, joked often

Kept eye contact and no noticeable body language

Test #4

Shopper

Asked for a game store

Voice was calm

No noticeable facial or body expression

Kept eye contact

Test #5

Sports Experts Employee (Shoes)

Asked for a Polish size 39 shoe

Voice began cheerful, then became angry

Face started smiling, then became angry

Test #6Shopper

Asked for a girl’s shop for a girlfriend

Voice was slightly loud and angry

Squinted and furrowed his brow

Leaned in one direction showing he wanted to leave

Believe he said “filthy foreigner”

Test #7

Detox employee

Asked for a bright yellow shirt

Voice was quiet and confused

Looked away often and scratched her arm

Test #8

Shopper

Asked for the exits

Voice remained calm

Squinted slightly

Seemed to be in a rush

Test #9

A&W employee

Asked for a burger

Her voice stayed calm, paused at times

Squinted, kept eye contact

She kept repeating what was said

Test #10Shopper

Asked for a bookstore

She looked around and glared

Talked as condescendingly

Note: Asked within view of the book store

Our ResultsSurprisingly, most people were quite friendly and helpful

The employees were nicer than the shoppers

Conclusion

In conclusion, people were surprisingly nice

Employees were more helpful than shoppers

Despite the amount of people and the time of the experiment most people were pleasant