Purpose:
What are the qualities you most admire in a friend?
The purpose of this experiment is to determine if people of different ages have different qualities of friendship and how much they depend on them.
Research:
Qualities in a friend are:
- Trustworthy
- Honest
- Loyal
- Dependable
- Listen
- Not judgmental
- Supportive
- Fun
- Confident
Hypothesis:
I think that people’s views won’t change drastically between generations. But I think there view on what friends are to them and how much they depend on friends will have a difference. I think the older generations and young generations will depend on their friends equally. I say this because when you’re older you are most likely retired and have time, to go out for supper and do activities. When you’re young you are with your friends most of the time. For example during school, sports, and other activity’s. Middle age people are usually busy with work and during their spare time they want to relax. So it’s rare they are out to spend time with their friends.
Materials:
- Interview question
- Computer
- Interviewed people
Procedure:
For this experiment I am asking two people of different generations (interview) to see if they depend on their friends the same or if it changes over time. I also want to figure out if they result in the same qualities.
Data:
Young Adult Senior
Honesty Loyal Honesty
Loyalty Good listener Forgiving
Respect Trustworthy Gentle
Truthfulness Funny Compassionate
Trustworthy Empathetic Dependable
Fun There for you There for you
Caring Accepting
How much you depend on your friends:
Young – depends on friends more often than not such as advice and someone there for you.
Adult – depends on friends to solve tough situations and difficult decisions. Friends help them get a different perspective.
Senior – depends on their friends a great deal or tend to be less dependent on friends.
Analysis
During this experiment I realized that all the results collected where very similar in qualities. The results showed that all the generations look for the similar qualities in friends. Each generation said that a friend needed to be honest and there for you. And while researching they were also the top qualities.
All generations depended on their friends for the most part. While asking how much they depend on friends and what for they depended on their friends for was more important advice and decisions. This could be because as you get older you have to make big decisions yourself and need other opinions. I noticed the younger generation depended on their friends more for someone to just be there for them.
Conclusion:
My hypothesis that different generation’s quality’s in friends won’t change but will depend on their friends differently is correct. As the questions were asked to the older generations they depended on their friends for more important advice but not so much just someone to sit down with because they are busy. Overall the data that was collected was a way to understand what friends are around for throughout generations.
Potential ethical:
Some potential implications through gathering data could have been while questioning the people interviewed is them not understanding you or miscommunication.
Bibliography:
Degges-White, S. (2015, March 23). The 13 Essential Traits of Good Friends. Retrieved November 07, 2017, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/lifetime-connections/201503/the-13-essential-traits-good-friends
Argintar, L. (2017, October 09). Qualities The Person You Call Your Best Friend Should Have. Retrieved November 07, 2017, from https://www.elitedaily.com/women/12-qualities-the-person-you-call-your-bestie-should-have
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