Human Interaction Observation

Human interactions are important because we are social animals; we depend on each other for our own survival and we live together for the benefit of the whole group. The assignment of this lab, was to observe two people interacting with one another in a public space. Two people were observed during a dinner without being noticed. Person #1 was a male around 18-20 years old. Person #2 was a female around 20-22 years old. Let’s called person #1 John and person #2 Aline. The place of observation was in the Oyate Hall during the Spring Festival dinner. John sat next to Aline. Their interactions were analyzed as adaptations for evolutionary problems that our ancestors faced, and that we are still facing today. L. Meek noted in class that David
Aline and a group of women came in together and sat around a table for about 5 minutes before John came in and sat on the left side of Aline. They greeted each other and sat quietly for a few minutes. John placed his hand close to Aline’s left hand, and simply grasped her hand as she spoke to the woman who sat to the right side of her. Since the dinner had not started they chatted and the women started to laugh at something Aline said. Aline leaned toward John and whispered into his ear. John slightly smiled and nodded up and down. Aline kept on talking with the women and patted on the back of the woman who sat next to her. When their table was called to line up for the food. They went and stood in
West (2009) said that due to the development of culture, human courtship and love develop as well. Humans must acquire new adaptation for courting and spending time together to see if an individual is compatible to be his/her partner. For most animals, Animal Behavior discussed how the males do the courting and females do the choosing in many species such as Bowerbirds (Alcock, 2013). One of the examples in Animal Behavior, Alcock pointed out that the male of Bowerbirds tried to impress the female by spending time building and decorating his bower to attract a female. Similar to modern humans, being a gentleman would please or impress his significant other; the example, John showed by carrying the plates of food for Aline and going to refill the drinks for her and also her friend. Spent time with Aline even though he had to stay at a table full of women. Aline also showed a little more ladylike image when she spoke to or laughed toward John. According to West (2009), courtship rituals in human and animal are the result of evolution, and evolution is the driving force that shapes courtship, whether it is physical or behavioral