Observation Assignment

To be able to do social research you must observe people either formally or informally. Our observation assignment will involve informal observation (that way we do not have to get people’ s permission). Make sure to hang on to all parts of the assignment because this stretches over the entire semester and you will need all parts to complete it at the end. Make sure to let me know if you have any questions.

Part 1

Your first step is to actually observe. Follow the directions listed.

1. Go to a public place (like McDonalds/Burger King, park, concert, sporting event, mall) and sit down for a minimum of one hour. Make sure to pick a place that you have either never been or is a version of a place you frequent but is in a different geographic area than you usually frequent. (If you want to observe community college students, You can be adventurous with this; go somewhere really different from where you would normally go (please note, however, safety is an issue. Do not go somewhere that either obviously puts you in danger or even makes you feel like you are in danger).
2. As you sit there for at least an hour, observe what the people around you are doing (so obviously you must pick a spot that has a lot of people).
3. Take notes. I expect you to be constantly scribbling while you are there. You can take a few minutes to orient yourself in the beginning, but otherwise you should be always writing something down. Notice I’m not telling you what to write, just write what you observe. Take thorough notes. You should turn in at least 2 typed pages of notes. You will not receive the full 10 points if your notes are too brief.
4. Rewrite your notes when you come back home (it’s best to do this immediately; otherwise cryptic notes that you wrote yourself may become incomprehensible when it comes time to write your paper).
5. Type your notes up into a sequence form. The form is your choice; it can be either chronological (i.e., at 12:04 pm this happened) or sectional (all of this kind of behavior, then a section about another kind of behavior). Once you have it all nicely typed up MAKE SURE your name is on it at the top. Post by clicking on Turn in assignments link under the Observation Part One heading. This part is worth 10 of the 60 points.

Part 2

Here is where the sociology comes in. Now you are actually going to label what you observed with actual sociological terms.

1. Reread your original observation notes and your original observation part one.
2. You are now going to apply your sociological knowledge from this class. This part must be formally-written, in paragraph form.
3. You will expand on course ideas as they apply to what you observed.
4. I expect you to use SPECIFIC sociological terms and theoretical concepts. By the time this assignment is due you will have read many chapters and have had lectures on them. I expect that you will be able to section out specific examples of different sociological phenomena and label it appropriately.
5. You must remain objective in Part 2. Only include what you actually observed (do not include your own experiences/opinion) and ideas from the course.
6. Each of the course concepts should be in bold font or underlined.
7. At the end of the paper you should include a concluding paragraph explaining what you noticed during your observation now that you have taken this course. If you had done this assignment before you had taken this course, do you think it would have turned out differently, or the same? Why?

• Completed papers (not including part 1) should be 4-5 pages, typed, double-spaced, 12-point (Times New Roman font in black ink) with 1” margins.
• Course concepts must be in bold font or underlined.
• Pages must be numbered.
• Part 2 should be written in past tense.

• Grammar, spelling, and format are important. Be sure to use your spell/grammar check and proof read your work. Proper spelling & grammar are important indicators of a well-prepared paper. Excessive errors will result in a reduction of points.

• This is an academic paper, therefore the explanations must be written in formal language (no slang, limit contractions, such as can’t, don’t, won’t ).
• OBSERVATION SUGGESTIONS:Coffee house
  Concert
  Sporting event
  College
  Public library
  Grocery store
  Shopping mall
  Cafeteria or food court
  Bus station
  Church service
  Tattoo parlor
  Hospital
  Airport
  A gym
  Restaurant
  Night club
  Casino
  Beach
  Venice Beach
  Fast food restaurant
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• -use your own word please and DO NOT COPY ANYTHING ON LINE! I will be turn in this home work in turn it in! Please Use easy grammar and you you are all word to answer all these questions.
• -for this assignment you will be using the book as a reference!

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