In order to perform a naturalistic observation‚ I went to the University of Arizona’s food court in the Student Union to observe a convenient sample of people. On September 18‚ 2011 at approximately 7:15 pm. I observed 23 people for 15 minutes. There were 16 males and 7 females present during that time period. Without intruding‚ I watched as these people ate‚ socialized‚ and passed through the food court‚ but I paid particular attention to one target behavior: frequency of phone usage.
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1. Go to a public place and OBSERVE the community of people in that place for at least 30 minutes; perhaps as long as 60 minutes. In your report‚ describe the setting and note the date and time of your observation. Describe the element of “community” that you observed. This past Saturday‚ at 10:00 in the morning‚ my seventh grade son had a basketball game. It was an away game and in attendance was average amount of people there for such an early game. It was fairly cold out that morning‚ as
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For the field observation‚ I went to Friends of crown heights educational center. Friend of Crown Heights is a Universal Pre-kindergarten program. This program prepares 4 year olds with language‚ literacy‚ cognitive‚ physical and social skill needed to excel in Kindergarten. The school was very welcoming. The teachers and staff were helpful and the students were friendly. In the classroom‚ I was assigned to observe there were three teachers and about 15 kids; mostly all girls. The classroom was made
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When preparing for my court observation‚ I began wondering what could possibly effect a judge’s decision when it came down to deciding a sentence for a juvenile. After some brainstorming‚ I decided to observe factors that juveniles themselves displayed‚ and attempted to see if those factors influenced a judge’s decision. When originally starting my observations‚ I went in with five variables to look for which included the gender of the defendant‚ the defendants attire‚ the attitude in which they
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Anthropology observation Observation report I began my observations in one of my favourite Coffee shops at 2.55 PM and finished around 3.45 on a Wednesday in late August. In order to ‘activate’ my role of participant observer‚ I ordered a caramel favoured coffee together with my friend‚ whom I had brought along to help me observe. I sat opposite the serving counter‚ where two female servants were now making my coffee‚ over in one of the corners so my observation wouldn’t be too obvious. Lit
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surprised by this because it is one of the biggest corporations in the United States. Everywhere you go‚ there is a Wal-Mart around the corner. Thus‚ employees of all different types will be a part of the business. After I completed my observations
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For my fourth observation of Jaelee‚ I was looking to see if she can follow through with one clear‚ simple direction. When I went to her class‚ she was outside playing. She played out in the playground for a while and then Ms. Reta asked the children to line up to go back inside. Ms. Reta had to ask Jaelee once and she got in line; she followed directions so well that Ms. Reta had her get a toy drum and had her hit the drum while screaming line up to the other children. Jaelee really enjoyed helping
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Observation: In this video‚ a 2-3 year old boy is at what appears to be a daycare by the looks of it. In the beginning of the video he is seen playing with 2 other boys going down a slide on his stomach. After sliding down the little boy runs to go play toys with 2 little girls and copying what they are doing with the toys like dropping them and placing them in spots. He finds a toy‚ and soon becomes uninterested until he sees another boy playing with it and he starts playing with it again. At this
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Subjective Observations Introduction into what subjective observations are and how it can improve performance Short Corners When I first started hockey‚ I was training against the first team‚ but mainly against a German international on the weekend. Because of this I had to face a much better quality of shooting and skill. Although I found it hard to save his flicks‚ the ones I did save gave me confidence‚ as he was almost 3 years older than me at the time and I had only been playing properly for
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I was given an opportunity to do my field observation assignment at Renaissance Charter School at Central Palm again. It was absolutely amazing! I was reassigned to Ms. Pickholtz’s 1st grade class again as well. It was actually a much more interesting and eye opening experience this time around because I was able to get to know the class better. Unlike last semester‚ I was much more confident with myself because I know I’m working towards a career I can see myself doing the rest of my life. Ms. Pickholtz’s
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