This paper is an attempt to explore the possible research stances available to me involved in participant observation of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) of the Lehigh County. For this field study I chose to be a complete observer. I have to stay in many assignments I’ve done I never thought I had to study a group of people with a drinking problem‚ it was quite sad to listen to a young girls story. I felt like some sort of snitch‚ spying on a serious group of people‚ so please take this study seriously
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Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the strengths and limitations of using participant observation methods to investigate gang culture. Item A: Venkatesh was a student at the University of Chicago in 1989 when he became interested in the housing projects surrounding the university where 27‚000 people lived. He approached a group of Black youths hanging around a stairwell in one of the project buildings but instead of answering his carefully prepared questions he found himself held
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and useful to my study. The participants made me feel accepted and comfortable while observing their interactions with one another. I chose the Main Dining Room at Ohio State University around noon lunch time in order to ensure that a sample of my target group was represented. The first task I made sure I completed when I sat down was to inform the people what was going on. I told them for the next half hour or so I would be conducting a participant observation experiment and all they needed
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sSeven excerpts from Erving Goffman’s 1974 remarks on fieldwork can serve as his virtual preface to this narrative about his legacy. I begin with Goffman’s definition of participant observation: “By participant observation‚” he said‚ “I mean a technique . . . of getting data . . . by subjecting yourself‚ your own body and your own personality and your own social situation‚ to the set of contingencies that play upon a set of individuals so that you can physically and ecologically penetrate their circle
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conceptualization of participant-observation sit in the landscape of modern anthropological fieldwork? A primary objective of the modern ethnographer is to glean insights into the ways people relate to and interact with one another and the world around them. Through participant-observation‚ Malinowski (1922) offered a valuable tool with which to uncover these insights and understandings‚ the ethnographer. The ethnographer as research tool has become the basis of much modern anthropological research. As a method
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Omar Khattab What problems face students when they join university? As we know there are several problems face people when they join a new place. People face obstacles in new places like if they go to a strange country or apply for a new university. However‚ university is where fresh students may face difficult issues. The challenges divide into two parts social challenges and educational challenges. First‚ educational challenges are always a concern as well to the first year students at university
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PYC4805/101/0/2013 Tutorial letter 101/0/2013 Developmental Psychology PYC4805 or PSY484X Year module Department of Psychology IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. CONTENTS Page 1 1.1 2 2.1 2.2 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 5 6 7 8 8.1 8.2.1 8.2.2 8.3 8.3.1 8.4 8.5 8.6 9 10 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 11 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................
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SHOLUD JUVENILES BE CHARGED AS ADULTS WHEN THEY COMMIT CAPITAL CRIMES? Controversy exists on the question of whether a juvenile criminal should be punished as an adult. The topic is significant because‚ juveniles are committing violent and vicious crimes everyday. These juveniles are being charged as minors even when they commit crimes such as murder and rape. The question is why are they getting off so easily. Does dysfunction in their homes influence them? Do their peers cause them to commit
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obstacles a teacher can face in terms of professionalism‚ behaviors of the students and motivational strategies. However‚ it is important to achieve a positive and productive learning environment by implementing solutions to benefit that of the students and teacher equally. The process of how an individual learns is based on the theories surrounding behaviorism‚ conditioning‚ modeling and self regulation. Students can be problematic if proper resolutions aren’t put in place when a dilemma arises. There
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Examine the contribution of functionalist sociologists to an understanding of the family (24 marks). Functionalists regard society as a system made up of different parts that depend on each other such as a family. They see family as an important “organ” in the “body” of society. This is because they tend to look at the family in terms of the functions it performs for the benefit of society and the individual. They see the nuclear family of 2 parents with 2 children as the “ideal”. George Peter
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