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SOC 112 Module One Worksheet Sociological Observation Before your observation, think about the following behaviors you might observe:  Eye contact: Do people avoid making eye contact with you?  Body language: Do people change their posture near you? Do they move away from you? Do they stop to see what you are doing?  Facial expressions: Do people give you a strange look? Do they appear to be confused by your behavior? Suspicious? Amused? Indifferent? What does their facial expression look like and what does it suggest?  Ignoring you: Do people simply ignore you? What about their behavior suggests that they are ignoring you?  Social Factors: Did you feel your gender, race, ethnicity, or age affected how people responded to your presence? Did you see differences in how people were treated differently based on their gender, race, ethnicity, or age? In choosing a location for your sociological observation, consider how your race, ethnicity, and gender could affect how people (i.e., management, security) respond to you. Please choose a location where you can feel comfortable and safe to conduct your observation. After your observation, answer the following questions in complete sentences (1–3 sentences per question). You must include at least one APA reference related to your observation. Explain whether it supports your observation, and cite it correctly in your explanation. Refer to the module Resources section in the course for help creating APA citations and references. Your responses will be graded using the Module One Worksheet Rubric. To complete this worksheet, replace the bracketed text with the relevant information.

Questions Your Answers 1. Where did you conduct your observation? I did my observation at the Fine Arts Museum in Houston Texas. 2. At what time of day did you conduct your observation? I did my observation from 11am-5pm. 3. How did your appearance as an individual affect your observation? For example, gender, race/ethnicity, age, dress, hairstyle, and so on. I dressed work casual, blouse, pants, sandals. I am a white female, 50 years old, 5’9”, and have short hair. 4. Did anyone react to you? What did they look like, and what was their reaction? The reactions that I received from people were mixed. The museum was extremely busy since it was spring break for all of the school districts and universities in the area. I found that some people were very well mannered and made sure they did not inconvenience my daughter and myself while we were admiring the artwork. There were others that would just walk in front of us and block our view all together…. like we were not even there. I found there were a lot of rude and inconsiderate people at the museum. The “older” group (40-60 y/o) of people that were there were well dressed and very considerate of others around them. The “younger” groups (18-30 y/o) of people were mixed with their interactions. There were some that were dressed casually and there were some that were there that were dressed like they were going out to the club. The dress did not determine the manner of discipline or interactions with other people. 5. How did you feel while you were conducting the observation? Was it difficult for you to be the observer? How did this observation differ from your life as an everyday actor? There is a method for observing in an exhibit, it’s called time and tracking observations. T & T, for short, is a way of understanding how people behave while observing. When using this method, you observe a person from the time they arrived, what exhibits they stop at and how long they are at the certain exhibit (Sigmond, 2022). Even though I did not use this method for just one person, I did use it for observing the people at the museum. I felt completely at awe at the way some people were acting. Unaware that they were being watched, they were not observing the artwork at all, but it was more of a “hangout” scene for them, and they were walking around joking and laughing loudly. Others were standing at the artwork and studying it. Reading the information that was provided and looking at all the details of the pieces. Being in that position, it made me wonder how many times in the past had someone looked at me and wondered why I was acting or presenting myself the way I was. I will be more aware of my surroundings and the way I present myself in the future.

References Sigmond, C. (September 2022). Going Undercover: 3 Ways We Unobtrusively Observe Visitors in Museum Exhibitions, Kere Collective. https://keracollective.com/blog/3-ways-we-unobtrusively- observe-visitors-in-museum-exhibitions#:~:text=Timing%20and%20Tracking %20Observations&text=Each%20observation%20is%20recorded%20using,crowded%20is%20the %20gallery%3F).

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