Fruita Observation Essay

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In this observational lab, I went to Fiesta Guada La Hara in Fruita at 1:20 pm on the twelfth of January, with Emily Kavanaugh, Sierra Raines and Colby Paulson in order to conduct this experiment. The overall experiment lasted two hours. Upon entering the restaurant we as a group were very close together whereas the waiter was distancing himself. This can be seen as a sign of dominance so that we would be noticeable and led to a table quickly. During the conversation we would openly laugh and smile at the person talking in the group. Colby was very close to Emily and tried his best to engage her in conversation as much as he could. This is because Colby has a very large crush on Emily while he was doing this and angling himself to see her in the conversation she would …show more content…

This differs from the norm of people and the three feet apart rule with strangers. Our server though was about three feet from us as well while we were huddled together with inches between us. The leader at the table was Emily by her choosing the topic flow of conversation and her attention to those around her and their opinions as she guided the conversation. This normally can be her role but it is not always her specific role. Colby and I were the followers as we would go with the flow of the group. For Colby yes this is his normal but for me it depends on my mood if I am a follower or not. Sierra for the most part wasn't necessarily a leader but a buffer, she would fill the silence during a conversation with her own speech. Emily and sierra instigate the conversations. Sierra does this by, maybe subconsciously, using her voice volume to control the conversation while Emily uses eye contact and open body language to control the conversation. We discussed our family issues at the current moment, this is chosen because we all have something rough going on and it's a positive influence to have others there for you. We don't discuss our grades or Junior because we don't all agree on those

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