The time has come for us to decide what we will be studying for our independent projects. After much thought, I have decided to test to see what physical characteristics of an individual influence a person’s perception of them.
So, in other words, I want to see if you determine the nature of a person simply by their appearance. In my version, I’m going to show participates photos of incarcerated individuals and ask who seems the most likely to commit the most violent crime.
To test for this I am going to need a notebook and writing utensil of some sort to record findings, photos of incarcerated criminals (and yes, Sophie, I know that is redundant), around 100 test participates, and time. I know time is not a physical material needed but I say that it is still needed nonetheless.
The procedure for doing so would follow something along the lines of 1) isolating a participant in a quiet place like our in the hall or in a separate room so that their responses are not influenced by the individuals around them, 2) showing eight photos of criminals to the participate, 3) asking the question, “Which of these would you be believe would commit the most violent crime?” 4) asking the following question of, “What characteristics would lead you to believe that this is the most violent?” 5) and then finally recording the accumulated information.
Some criminals are in halfway houses...
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a very good experiment. The only flaw I see is racism and stereotyping. If you show someone a picture of someone who is a large African-American male, or someone who is Muslim they are more likely to pick them than someone who is white. On the other hand if you show them someone who is covered in tattoos next to someone who is not they are more likely to say that the one covered in tattoos is the one who committed the largest crime. Other than that I see no flaws in this experiment at all.
ReplyDeleteIn the eight, all are white males without facial tattoos. Vogler thought of that too and I fixed it. Thank you though!
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