Comments

#1- Grounding

Overall, I thought your presentation was really clear and interesting. I liked that you had such clear results, even though they went the opposite way of your hypotheses. So a few things-- like we mentioned in class, I too thought that SIDE might have some interesting implications for your study. Also, do you think that the ability to think about what you say before you send it on AIM might make people think that the words had a more powerful effect?

Also, I think that the instructions may have played a role in the figures. CMC does have some interesting effects for things that are task oriented, definitely worth thinking about, I think.

I don't know that I ever understood why you asked about public figures-- I forgot to ask in class. Was that a control for something? Also out of curiosity, which Eliot poem did you use?

Still, great stuff overall, I think your findings are really cool.



#2- Emotion

I wrote down a few things while you guys were presenting, much of which we talked about, but I'll reiterate and add some things here. Do you think the "get to know" instruction affects how people emote? Do people "play" happy or extroverted in conversations? I guess this brings up two separate points. One is meeting a new person. That is to say, I would think that people are more likely going to seem extroverted when meeting someone new to such an extent that it could overwhelm the sadness. This might have an interesting effect if friends were talking instead of strangers, I wonder how that could effect things. Also, the very nature of the task, I wonder (even if it were strangers) if a different task other than "get to know" would have different results. Still, I thought your presentatin was well done, loved the matching outfits. And I thought your findings were definitely really cool. To be honest, I didn't think Sophie's Choice would affect people in such a way it could be detectable, but I thought it was super cool that I was wrong. Great job!!