...Observatin Observation A good way to assess a situation between people is to observe their behaviors and actions in conversation. How did they interact with each other? Where their non-verbal messages intertwined with the verbal ones? Where they sitting closely or at a distance? The paper will cover one event where these types of observations were made during the duration of a one-hour dinner at a local restaurant. Background The local Applebee’s restaurant is one of a mixed environment of families’ mature and young adults. On a Saturday early evening, a man and woman were dining at the table next to my table where my family was enjoying dinner. The restaurant was moderately busy but not over capacity and sitting was still open for the patrons. The waitress sat them down at a table, he holding out her chair to sit and then sitting himself. Interaction Behaviors The man and woman were business casual, him with starched kakis and shirt, her with a casual dress and heels. They were not overdressed for the restaurant, but not casually dressed in shorts, tee shirts and sandals or tennis shoes. They sat opposite sides of the table in conversation when the waitress arrived to start the ordering process. The distance between them indicated more of a personal relationship than social indicating they were semi familiar with each other (DeVito, 2009). He nodded to the lady, indicating she should order her first and then gave his order to the waitress. He...
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...1) First impressions of child within initial 15 minutes: The child was very friendly to me right when I came into the classroom she greeted me saying hello. My target child is very quiet she did not speak at all to anyone she would just do her assigned class work. Indeed she is very neat. She had no papers on her desk and inside of her desk was very organized. 2) Describe the activities the child participated in during your observation. During my observation for my first time visit she was seeing her occupational therapist. The first assignment she told me target child to do was to get four marble balls out of silly pudding. She completed this lesson fully and this was a great hands activity. The next activity she did with my target child...
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...I chose to do my child observation at a local school, Lemme Elementary. It was on October 20th right after school ended at the after school program. The child I observed was named Scarlett, she is 5 years old and in Kindergarten. She has nothing atypical and is a great learner. She is very respectful, and loves to color. She is very shy and reserved, but when asked to do something she listens very well. Scarlett is very adventurous in her art and is eager to learn new things in the classroom. Scarlett chose to draw a picture of her mom, playing on the playground with her friends, and a watermelon. She said she always draws pictures of her mom, because she loves her. The playground was where she gets to have fun during school with her friends....
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...For the participant observation project I chose to do Chapters book store, which was located at Orchard park mall. The dates I went were; first 26th of July around 1.00 pm, second day was on the 31st of July around 4.00 pm, and finally on the 3rd of August around 11.00 pm. Through critical thinking and deep observation this article’s focus will be; rituals, gender codes, and consumerism (Schultz et al. 2012). Chapters book store is about selling books: the concept of consumerism is deeply tied to selling books. People buy books they prefer and due to consumer demand more books are brought in and sold. Furthermore, this repeated process of buying and selling has become some sort of ritual. There is a repeated process of consumerism at play here, this book buying process is out of daily routine, then there seems to be a schema which is buying books, all of these fits very well with the definition of ritual (Schultz et al. 2012). The people working at chapters and its customers are performing this ritual on a daily basis. There were other rituals such the process of buying of books as well. The customer has to always head to the cashier, the...
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... The settings I studied were two grocery stores. The first store was a college campus grocery store/deli. This store was small and had few employees. The atmosphere of this store was casual and somewhat relaxed. The atmosphere was created by the employees’, their interactions with the customers, and the types of services being offered. The employees wore jeans and polo uniform shirts which is very casual and nothing like business attire or a full uniform like larger grocery store might make them wear. The interactions were the biggest part that created this casual atmosphere and the reality of this store (Lerum, 2001). The employees and customers had many similarities such as for the most part they were around the same age, they were students, and a part of the same university. For these reasons they had somewhat informal conversations and both parties were friendly in a way that seemed like they knew each other. Occasionally employees would stand and talk with each other or with customers instead of finding something to do to be busy. Sometimes an employee and a customer might know each other and engage in longer conversations. The services being offered was that customers could go to the deli and make their own sandwiches or choose one and have things changed to it. This required the employees to ask questions, interact, and often led to them joking and having conversations with customers. Customers felt free to ask questions and make requests and engage in the process of their...
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...influenced by others, and how they act on their own. I will begin by explaining the children I have observed and the area of development I decided to focus on. Instead of only choosing one child to observe, I was lucky enough to know someone that has three children of all the same age to observe. At the age of 14, my good friend Shelby Nastase became a proud sister of triplet brothers, two of the boys are identical, Jake and Andrew, and one is fraternal, Alec. The boys are now at the age of six, each with their own vibrant personalities. Although all boys look very much alike, especially the twins, each has their own mind and personality that would defiantly make them their own individual. During my observations, I quickly decided that my point of interest in writing this paper would be to focus on the social behaviors between all three of the children. I not only decided on observing how the siblings interact with each other, but I also decided it would be a good idea to see how they interacted with other children their own age. I also decided that when I observed the siblings when they were...
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...Observation Analysis Constance Clark 506 March 3, 2013 Kim Scoggins Observation Analysis The observation was in Ms. Small, Reading and English classroom. Ms. Small works with 7th graders in Reading and English. Ms. Small uses a theory known as constructivism. When she works with her class she is looking for the meaning behind everything that students say. She calls it “playing devil’s advocate” as students respond to one question, and she immediately leads to the opposite side of the argument. Ms. Small looks at the end result when teaching and says that the facts in isolation do not mean very much. Students have these mental perceptions about ideas and information being taught, but as a teacher Ms. Small brings those ideas into reality visually, verbally, and with direct hands on activities. She says that the quality of the information is more important than the quality. The students are asked not to memorize a story and complete a multiple choice (or multiple guess as she calls it) for her class, but to interpret it, act it out, or defend the characters in a mock trail. Educational theory that I would suggest that could have been used is constructivism. Constructivism is when people construct their own individual psychological models of the world in order to make sense of their experiences. Ms. Small could have enriched the lesson to real life situations to connect to the students in today’s society. A professor can use different educational theories in a classroom...
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...Have you ever met someone and felt instantly connected? What about an entire group of people? I have. I went into this assignment thinking no big deal, ill eat some tacos, write a paper and if anything I got some good food out of it. But I got more than that. I got a new found respect for a new culture and a group of friends that I never would have met otherwise. For my observation I went to Pablo’s Tacos in the town of Blue Island, IL. It is a small town rite over the boarder of Chicago. It is a small Mexican restaurant on Western Ave. It is family owned and unless you asked you might not even know they have a sit down area because it is hidden. My first trip there was supposed to be pure observation I didn’t want to interact much just observe and eat. My friend and I have been at a Cheerleading Competition all morning down the street at the high school. We sat down and began to order when one of the cheerleaders walked in with her family. I coached her the year before and she was very excited to see me outside a cheerleading setting. She ran up and yelled “Coach” The owner congratulated her on doing so well at the competition and gave her a cookie. She sat with us and talked and talked about how this season had gone. We ordered our food and when it came out it was double what I had expected. When we joked about it with the waitress (the owners wife) She told me “we take care of our own.” She thanked me for coaching her granddaughter and said that she really had...
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...| Observation Paper | High School Culture | | | 6/30/2013 | Organizational Leadership BMGT365 | | Having a mission statement for employees to focus on gives them a clear vision of what to strive for on a daily basis. A clear vision that is ethical helps to develop a healthy culture that is strong and cohesive.(Daft, 2011) In my observation of the culture of a high school staff, I find areas that are strongly aligned to the vision and areas that are in need of improvement. The mission statement of the school is to prepare students to learn and be successful in a supportive environment that encourages rigorous standards, celebrates cultural diversities, promotes teamwork, and molds students into leaders and contributing citizens in a technology rich and evolving society. From this mission statement a motto was formed “Learners Today, Leaders Tomorrow”. The school has a clear vision that each student is endowed with the fundamental competence and intelligence needed to commence achieving their individual goals in life. (Westlake High School, 2000) The schools values have worth, merit and importance and start as a solid base to develop the right culture to reach goal or vision of the school. The key values of our high school are that we believe that each student has value; learning should take place in a safe, structured environment that is aware of social, emotional, and physical wellness of each student. Education is the shared responsibility...
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...Social Interaction among students fails because of cell phones Technology to communicate INTRO: Since the last decade, cell phone use has gained an incredible amount of popularity throughout society attracting audiences of all ages. Technology has significantly improved from what it used to be cell phones especially. The behavior I choose to be is the new way that students interact with schools. Walking to school every day I noticed that students don’t talk to each other anymore. Even when they are together on a table, walking or even during class, there is no more a face to face interaction. Technology has become the new face to interact with one another. The theory on this observation is the social behavior perspective. This theory explains how people interact with the environment. Even when they are in groups dung lunch most of them are on their cell phones. Student's face to face communication is fading by the frequency of texting, not merely in the sense that they speak is becoming abbreviated but the focus associated with talking is becoming distracted and scarce. BACKGROUND: “From a survey 800 American young people between ages 12 and17 regarding their use of mobile phones . The researchers report that half of the teens were sending 50 or more messages a day , with older teenage girls sending an average of 100 messages daily”. (Chin, Jen, Fan, 2013). Clearly, text messaging on mobile phones is an important element in the lives of many American teenagers...
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...Running head: Observation of TGI Friday’s Observation of TGI Friday’s Psychology of Human Sexuality – PSYC 332 6380 University of Maryland University College Alicia Montague July 12, 2015 The TGI Friday’s is located not too far from my job. I have never dined at that particular location before, but heard from several people that it is a very lively on Friday’s. I figured TGIF on a Friday should be interesting. As I turned off of the main road I can see the huge TGIF sign reassuring me that I was heading in the right direction. The exterior of the building is really nice. Perfectly manicured lawn, shrubs, trees, and patches of yellow and purple flowers surrounds the brownish taupe structure. There are also several red and white stripped awnings all around the building, except the one by the main entrance, which is black with a red and white TGIF sign. I found a parking space not too far from the entrance. Above the entrance doors is a stripe that says “In Here, It’s Always Friday". I pulled open the F-shaped handles on the door and walked in. As soon as I entered TGIF I was greeted by an elderly woman who offered me a menu and asked how many people would be seated. I accepted the menu and told her that I would prefer to sit in the bar area, so she told me to pick any seat I desired. I usually prefer to sit in booths, but for the purpose of this research, I decided it would be best if I was seated at the high top table in the corner, which gave me a view of the entrance...
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...Name: Maybelyn S. Mendoza Professor: Edwin Maestro Year/section: ABMC CAS 301 We as a group made an observation into different places where they we live in that each of us belonged .So, I was appointed to the place I am an integrate at Bantayog St., Concepcion 1, Marikina City for the surveillance we needed toward the compilation of our grade to Development of Communication. For almost three(3) years of my residency in Marikina I thought that it is enough to know the people I getting along from our place but when I started my observation to the place I am now dwelling in our compound, The first step I have tried to people nearby me through observation toward them by watching without knowing of them. And the second step I check out the people at hand throughout the conversation I had ended. Although the people surrounding me is we are not just close enough, may be because I am not that amicable for others but because of this my communication experience dig me up for more development. And I had knew that there are things we cannot wipe out easily from those people even if they are not in their place before also still using that dialect, I was watching the family walk by from our house they continuously using their language/dialect when they talk to each other. They use the language from bicol and when I spend another walk I heard strange words from my ears, my another neighbor use other dialect, I was curious and wanting to know...
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...Running head: SENIOR CITIZENS AND ADVANCE CARE Senior Citizens and Advance Care Deborah Stokes Troy University Abstract Society in America has a growing population of senior citizens that is reaching an alarming rate and many are plagued with health issues that need moderate to immediate attention. Many of the elderly are in nursing facilities that look after the well beings of these citizens and some are in facilities that assist them in the day-to-day living. The need for advance care for these citizens consist of individuals of license and/or certification professionals such as nurses, nursing assistants, doctors, nurse practitioners, and others that looks after the well beings of these individuals to maintain a quality of life that is beneficial for the final stages of survival. Key words: senior citizens, advance care, nurses, nursing assistant, quality of life Introduction Senior citizens face an enormous amount of change in older years than in formal years of youth, because of many change that take place in the formal years of growing older, senior citizen began to prepare for the late stage of life. The elderly that are in considerable good health continue to maintain active life styles, while those that are in moderate to poor health seek aid to maintain a quality of life that will be beneficial to them. Senior citizens that find themselves in moderate to poor health or often relocated...
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...Every person has their own desire, outlook, or opinion on relationships. We grow up watching and observing others around us; such as family, the cute couple holding hands walking down the street, or the beautiful princess swept off her feet by Prince Charming in the movies. From the very start, we see these actions of people involved in a relationship, rather it a romance or the relationship had between family members, and begin form opinions and grasp hold of the concept of what a relationship is, or supposed to be. Throughout the years, media has played a huge role in the world impacting people’s thoughts and wants in everything from gossip to image. We tend to know while watching programs like the news, that we are gaining knowledge and forming opinions on what is going on in the world; but overlooked, can be the impact of your favorite funny sitcom or the romantic comedy you saw in theaters last week. Women leave the theatre wanting a big, strong man just like the one from the film to come and be the man of her dreams, and men leave wanting to be that image of the “Mr. Macho” smooth operator who gets the girl in the end. My point being, shows and films have a much larger impact of how we see relationships, but what exactly are these movies and shows saying about relationships? Do we as viewers creating these opinions for our own lives truly even know what these forms of media are saying? To take a closer look, I hope to better clarify the messages being sent through...
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...Mandi Lurkins October 26, 2010 ENG-105 (12) Ms. Duncan Do Fish Ever Sleep? Brilliant shades of blue, green, yellow, orange and red flashed all around me as I peered into a view of life as we know it. It was as if a box of crayons had exploded, with wonderful accuracy, all around the room creating a kaleidoscope effect on my eyes. This fantasy land gave me the chance to stare face to face at nature’s natural rawness; its awe-inspiring beauty. It was nothing but a bountiful blossom of blooming colors that attracted my eye in more ways than one. I had a strange feeling of being a native in this far distant land with all elements coming forth; earth, air, some artificial fire, and most abundantly water. I was, after all, at the Rainforest Café so this scene only seems fitting. Eating at the Rainforest Café is always a great adventure, but on this particular Sunday it proved to be an eye opener for me. As the lovely hostess sat my family down at our table I began to take in my surroundings more so than ever before. I became lost in the world of tropical plants and animals. To my left was a family of gorillas looking mighty fierce and highly mischievous, especially the youngster swinging about on a vine. Straight ahead of me was a baby grey, and his large tusked mother flapping their ears and trunks about. Finally to my right was the piece that struck me with the most fascination. Perhaps it had to do with the contents inside that were actually real rather than synthetic...
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