From my idea generation (which can be found here), I found that a lot of the topics that I liked - such as random acts of kindness and surprises - all fell under an wider theme: contagious behaviour. I find it interesting how humans, being social creatures, are prone to mimicking the actions of others purely through witnessing them.
Below is a table that lists the resources I have looked at to find out more information.
To view my thoughts, hover over the name and click 'open'.
Using the examples I found from various articles, I made a quick mood board of the different behaviours that are widely known to be contagious. These included:
I took two popular videos on YouTube, one of people yawning and one of people laughing. I thought it would be interesting to see if I could witness behavioural contagion in action myself by setting up a small experiment with some classmates and 1st year students. I made them watch both videos without telling them what the aim was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3QYDtSbhrA&ab_channel=BuzzFeedVideo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYnhckZcllU&ab_channel=NewsFunnies