<P> There was some concern that the children involved in the study would only see their Halloween costumes and not their own self reflections, so a second condition was performed in Beaman, Diener, and Svanum's experiment . This second condition was called individuation manipulation . The individuation manipulation condition was performed in the same way as the self - awareness manipulation . After greeting the children the woman at the door would ask each of the children their name and where he or she lived . These questions were asked in such a way that the children would think nothing of it because many other homes asked the children their names on Halloween night; however, no effort was made to identify the children involved . Just as in the first condition, a mirror was used half of the time and was removed for the other half of the experiment . </P> <P> The children involved in the experiment were split into several different categories based on the results of the experiment . The criteria consisted of age, group size, and gender . Out of the 363 children involved in the study, 70 children transgressed when instructed not to . Children who arrived in groups were more likely to transgress than those children who arrived alone; 20.4% to 10.3% respectively . Children arriving with adults were not included in the study . </P> <P> The genders of those who participated in the study were recorded by the unobtrusive observer from behind the festive backdrop . Out of the 363 children, only 326 children's genders could be determined because they were wearing Halloween costumes . Of those children whose genders could be determined there were 190 boys and 136 girls . While Cooley suggests that girls have a far higher impressionable social sensibility it was not the case in this study, as boys transgressed more often than girls . Fewer boys transgressed with the mirror present, than without; 15.6% to 35.8% . This trend was the same for girls; 8.4% to 13.2% . </P> <P> While the exact age of each child could not be determined due to the children's anonymity, approximate ages were given to each child by the unobtrusive observer . The average age of the children was eight years old . The results of the study were split up into different categories based on the approximate age given to each child . The age groups were as follows: ages 1--4, 5--8, 9--12 and 13 or older . The rate of transgression rose with the age of the child; the 1--4 year olds had a rate of transgression of only 6.5% while the 5--8 year olds transgressed 9.7% of the time . The two older age groups transgressed far more often than the younger groups; children aged 9--12 transgressed 23.6% of the time while the children aged 13 and older had a rate of transgression of 41.9% . </P>

Which is not a component of cooley’s theory