Homeward Bound A
Participants were asked to draw their route to their fictional home from a fictional bus stop. No information was provided other than the time and the map shown below.
The idea was to see whether people would take the shortest route, or whether they would take any other factors into consideration, such as the number of street crossings, etc.
Homeward Bound A
Homeward Bound B
Like HB-A, except that in this scenario the participants are provided with much more information as to what's going on around them in the mapped area.
This experiment hoped to show how people's attitudes changed to an area when they knew what else inhabited it with them.
Given the new information, many of the responses changed, and the most obvious change was seen when the time was changed from 8pm to 2am.
Homeward Bound B
Homeward Bound C
This experiment presented participants with a choice of shortcuts to their fictional home in a housing estate. The shortcut went through a forested area, but directly linked the local tube stations to the house. This scenario allowed exploration into how far out of their way people were prepared to go in the search for safety, and provided fertile topics for further conversation on the subject.
Homeward Bound C
Mystery Box Dare
The mystery box awaits you!
This experiment focused on finding out whether people learn from their mistakes, and just how trusting they are willing to be. I asked people to put their hand into a nondescript box and tell me what was inside. Some people refused, and some people were happy to do it right away. Others took a bit of persuasion and in the end their curiosity tended to get the better of them.
When they put their hand into the box it was submerged in a bowl of water. This didn't get the reaction I was looking for, but I carried on with the experiment anyway. The next step was to get people to put their hand in the next box, despite the first one having been a trick one.
When I repeat this experiment tomorrow I'm going to use 4 boxes, and put some horrible (but harmless) objects in the first box...
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