For my naturalistic observation assignment I’m going to be walking around campus smiling at everyone that I pass by. Then I’m going to observe how many males and females smile back at me. Smiling at people is something that’s natural to me, I do it all the time. I usually smile at the people I walk by without even looking at them. What I never did is observe how many people smile back at me, or if there’s a sex difference in smiling.

After almost half an hour of walking around and smiling at people, I’ve learned that gender has nothing to do with how nice a person is, or if a person smiles back at you. Before I started this observation I thought more females were going to smile back at me, because women are generally kinder and more empathetic.