Archives 1998 MIT-INT   Situation Reactions

Please respond to the following hypothetical situations, saying

how you would react.

State the first thing you would think/feel or do.

 

• Someone of the opposite sex (someone you don't know) walks towards you with a big smile
  
• You can't find your favorite sweater. Last time you saw it, it was at the student cafeteria
  
• You meet one of your neighbors on the street. He/she does not say hello
  
• One of your guests (the friend of a friend) goes and helps himself/herself in your fridge without asking for your permission
  
• You see a mother in a supermarket slap her child
  
• You are sitting at a table, in the non-smoking section of your favorite bar/café/restaurant, and someone sitting at the next table lights up a cigarette
  
• A distant friend from abroad calls to say if he/she can stay at your place for a few days. You have no extra room for him/her to sleep.
  
• You see a student next to you cheating at an exam
  
• You believe that your teacher did not give the grade you deserved on your final exam
  
• It is midnight. You hear very loud music coming from your neighbors' apartment.
  
• You are at the movies. The people sitting right behind you make loud comments about the film
  
• You have been waiting at a line for ten minutes. Someone cuts the line in front of you.
  
• You have just lost the expensive camera your parents lent you for a special occasion
  
• You are walking along a city street and you see someone in front of you throw a greasy, empty sandwich bag on the sidewalk
  
• It is midnight. You are at home. You are not expecting anyone. Someone rings the bell.
  

Thank you and see you in a few days for the next part of the project...