Ashley Witucki Alita Reque-Peterson General Psychology: 16 September 2016
The Shopping Groups: A Naturalistic Observation There are diverse types of shoppers in this world due to each person's ideal reason for shopping. A basic way to categorize them is by separating them depending on their age. Last weekend, during the Little Falls Craft Fair, was able to observe many people. After shopping for awhile in the crowded area, I started to wonder whether adults took longer while shopping in a stand versus teenagers and children. The fair was a perfect opportunity to study my theory due to the multiple diverse stands and people that spread across downtown. This way, no matter where I go, I will be able to observe a random sample of both groups. Before I officially began, I came up with my hypothesis that adults tend to take a
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I counted fifteen groups of adults and about seven groups of just teenagers and younger. (There were few just children groups without parents). On Saturday, around three and again at four I stayed at the same place. Altogether I counted, thirty-eight adult groups and twenty-two children groups. And finally on Sunday, at noon, for fifteen minutes one more time, I counted five adult groups and three younger groups. I used the amount of groups as a deciding factor for length during the fifteen minutes. Overall and even off the clock, I came to the conclusion that I was correct that adults were more likely to stop and stay longer than three minutes those of younger ages. So, my hypothesis was, in this observation, accurate. I think it was correct because perhaps adults like to take their time looking objects over and discussing things with their friends or family. Whereas psychologically, teenagers may be more likely to look than to buy and may tend to decide quickly just by judging the stand without stopping to actually observe something. Adults are more likely to spend