On Saturday, November 14th of 2015 I visited the Maine Mall from around 2:50 pm to 4:30 pm to make observations of adolescents from another culture. I chose to visit the Maine Mall because it is a place where adolescents frequently visit to socialize with friends in a public place. The place that seemed most obvious to observe was clearly the food court. The food court gathers people of all ethnicities and ages to sit down and be themselves while enjoying a meal. I found a comfortable table on the
Social Observations I decided to go the Southlands Mall in Centennial, to observe people interactions. I choose to head over to the mall around 11 am on Friday, September 15th. This was a great time for me because my son was in school and I knew I needed at least two hours where I could just sit and observe people without any distractions. When I was observing, I was looking for norms of behavior and American values. To Begin, let me give you a visual of the mall. The Southlands mall is a large
Introduction: The mall is commonly known as a social hub where people of all ages can go to meet friends, go shopping, enjoy a meal, or simply relax. With this in mind, it was the perfect spot to observe, record, and analysis any cultural norms. For this observational report, I conducted my observations at the Pacific Centre Mall on Saturday October 8th, 2016 from 1:30 pm to 4:30pm. Since it was a Saturday just after lunch time, I assumed it was going to be busy and crowded. When I arrived
The place that I observed is inside Queens Center Mall, a mall that most people go to shop or to hangout. The mall is located on 92nd Street and 57th Avenue. Although the mall is split into two parts, JCpenney and Macy’s, it still consist everything necessarily to make the place a fun and exciting outlet for people to walk around. Between the two malls, there is a bridge that people could walk on to get to the other side of the mall. In that bridge, there are all sorts of rest areas for people to
For my observation, I decided to go the Town Center Mall in Boca Raton, Florida to observe the advertisements that are present in our community. I went to the mall to conduct research because I need to make a purchase for a vacation, so I thought this was the perfect place to go. Each store I walked into, there were advertisements for instant savings, but the further I walked into any store, the prices climbed higher. Truthfully, I was shocked by the amount of people who did not care that they
I chose to observe the library I work for, which is the Squirrel Hill location of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh system. I performed my observation around 3:30 PM on Monday, September 19th. There are technically three outdoor entrances, but two of them actually lead to the main inner entrance. You can see the main entrance from the street, which allows paid parking. The library itself is positioned above a parking lot (also paid parking), which is where the second main entrance is seen. Both
The kind of observations that was used is “Running Records”. The place is Desert Sky Mall in the play area in the middle section of halls. The time it took place is on Saturday afternoon. This is the time chosen, because there are many families at the mall during the weekend hours. The respect I show for the families is by sitting back in the seats provided for the public, and not interfering with any interactions that were happening between the child and father. Also, being respectful, by not being
18, 2017, I began the first component of my observation assignment. In contemplating where I was to do my observation, I wanted to find a location with a lot of people, a location that was indoors, and a location that would provide me with a wide point of observation that would allow me to peacefully and conspicuously observe people while taking notes in my notebook. As a result, I decided on the second floor above the lounge area in the Santa Anita mall, located in Arcadia, CA, on a Saturday afternoon
techniques used to gather data in sociology. For this study, we are utilizing techniques of observation, this was done by going out somewhere, like a mall, and watching what the people around you are doing and the activities that are taking place. My observations took place at the Steeplegate Mall in Concord New Hampshire on a Friday in mid-April around four o’clock. I was shocked by what I saw, the mall was no longer as active as it was when I use to go while I was in middle and high school. Our
Cover Research Bias For this observation assignment I positioned myself directly outside the HMV store in Woodgrove Mall. I set myself in the mall food court which allowed for a clear view of 75% of the store. I have a good view of the front half and the point of sale system, but a large poster obscures a large area of the left side of the store. I personally rarely shop at HMV, as I purchase my entertainment digitally or stream it from online sources. Recently HMV has moved into