Social Experiment: Good or Bad News First?
Anthropology is the study of humankind and it is important to understand. As we studied anthropology in geography class over this year, doing a social experiment is extremely beneficial for us because we can learn more about anthropology through our own experiences.
The four main parts that anthropologists study are cultural, biological, linguistic and archaeology. My experiment is one of cultural anthropology. My question is: If someone tells you there is a good news and a bad news for you, which one would you like to listen to first and why? This is important because we now know how the receivers of the news think about the announcements, so we can figure out a good way to comfort, or even a better …show more content…
Bad Being sad at first will not cause an influence of your happiness
10. Bad Soften the blow
11. Bad No matter how bad it is, there is still something good with hope to future☺
12. Bad I got good news to make me feel better lol~
13. Bad I will feel better when I hear the good news ☺
14. Bad You’ll feel better when you hear the good one after the bad one
15. Bad Good news after bad news makes me feel better
16. Bad Good news may have a comforting effect on me that possibly recovers me a little from the bad news
17. Bad It’s always better to hear something good after the bad things rather than being sad forever after you hear the bad thing
18. Good Just choose the bad news ☺
19. Bad I want the blow to come first. Once I hit the bottom, there’s going to be good news that lifts me up, even if slightly. And I’d probably be more concerned and curious about the bad news.
20. Bad It’s better to just face the bad news straight on instead of beating around the bush
21. Bad Hopefully the good one will cheer me up a little after hearing the bad one
22. Bad When I hear the good news, I will feel happier this way
23. Bad So the conversation ends with a happy tone
24. Bad If I hear the good news first, then the bad news will make me feel sad at the …show more content…
Bad No reason As I picked a relatively easy question, many people responded me. Among the 60 people, 46 of them chose to the bad news first so that they would feel better with the conversation ending happily. From this feeling, we can see that the receivers of news tend to avoid the bad news about themselves and others around them. Psychologically analyzing, most people still has a coward deep inside their heart of avoiding what they have done wrongly that they would not want to be responsible for.
From this experiment, we can find a better way to deliver the good and bad news. As some want to end the conversation with a good tone, we can divide the news into half, and say in the sequence: good, bad, bad, and good. For example, you got a great score on Math, but you are still below average. You got a 76, however, it is still a great improvement for you! This way, the result can be satisfied for everyone.
Meanwhile, for all those who chose to listen to the bad news first, try to listen to the good news first because this is a direct way you face your defects. Without avoiding, you can know how to make the bad news into good news. For example, when my mother told me I work too slowly, I would try my best to finish my homework as quickly as possible to prove that I can do this. Then, she would definitely praise me with a graceful
Anthropology is the study of humankind and it is important to understand. As we studied anthropology in geography class over this year, doing a social experiment is extremely beneficial for us because we can learn more about anthropology through our own experiences.
The four main parts that anthropologists study are cultural, biological, linguistic and archaeology. My experiment is one of cultural anthropology. My question is: If someone tells you there is a good news and a bad news for you, which one would you like to listen to first and why? This is important because we now know how the receivers of the news think about the announcements, so we can figure out a good way to comfort, or even a better …show more content…
Bad Being sad at first will not cause an influence of your happiness
10. Bad Soften the blow
11. Bad No matter how bad it is, there is still something good with hope to future☺
12. Bad I got good news to make me feel better lol~
13. Bad I will feel better when I hear the good news ☺
14. Bad You’ll feel better when you hear the good one after the bad one
15. Bad Good news after bad news makes me feel better
16. Bad Good news may have a comforting effect on me that possibly recovers me a little from the bad news
17. Bad It’s always better to hear something good after the bad things rather than being sad forever after you hear the bad thing
18. Good Just choose the bad news ☺
19. Bad I want the blow to come first. Once I hit the bottom, there’s going to be good news that lifts me up, even if slightly. And I’d probably be more concerned and curious about the bad news.
20. Bad It’s better to just face the bad news straight on instead of beating around the bush
21. Bad Hopefully the good one will cheer me up a little after hearing the bad one
22. Bad When I hear the good news, I will feel happier this way
23. Bad So the conversation ends with a happy tone
24. Bad If I hear the good news first, then the bad news will make me feel sad at the …show more content…
Bad No reason As I picked a relatively easy question, many people responded me. Among the 60 people, 46 of them chose to the bad news first so that they would feel better with the conversation ending happily. From this feeling, we can see that the receivers of news tend to avoid the bad news about themselves and others around them. Psychologically analyzing, most people still has a coward deep inside their heart of avoiding what they have done wrongly that they would not want to be responsible for.
From this experiment, we can find a better way to deliver the good and bad news. As some want to end the conversation with a good tone, we can divide the news into half, and say in the sequence: good, bad, bad, and good. For example, you got a great score on Math, but you are still below average. You got a 76, however, it is still a great improvement for you! This way, the result can be satisfied for everyone.
Meanwhile, for all those who chose to listen to the bad news first, try to listen to the good news first because this is a direct way you face your defects. Without avoiding, you can know how to make the bad news into good news. For example, when my mother told me I work too slowly, I would try my best to finish my homework as quickly as possible to prove that I can do this. Then, she would definitely praise me with a graceful