Observation

The focus of this paper was an exercise designed to observe and explore nonverbal communication. In order to observe nonverbal communication, my husband and I went to eat dinner on a Saturday night at a local Applebee’s restaurant. We chose this restaurant because our daughter works there as a waitress and we could ask to sit in her section. I was not sure how a waiter/waitress who was not known to me would react to my observing and taking notes about my fellow diners. If the waiter/waitress had…

The observation that I participated in was at the Starbucks Coffee in the Wanek Center. The lighting is dark, especially where everyone is doing homework right outside the Starbucks area. The lighting is the brightest at the back wall where the people are making the Starbucks drinks. The sound is quiet outside the Starbucks area, but loud where people are getting their drinks. The energy is a mixture of people laughing, while having a good time with friends and others look focus while doing…

centers to work at during the day. She also enjoys the home living center. When she is over there she dresses up and plays the part. For example, when she was the cleaner, she had the broom, but she also had on the gloves while she was working. My observations of her working and practicing different concepts have led me to feel as if she may be a perfectionist. She likes to practice a skill until it is exactly correct. She also likes to design and organize different areas. When she was playing…

Participating and observing the different interactions in Oliver Hall among the students and Sodexo workers I focused first on students I knew, because I did not want to assume their race/ethnicity based on looks. From observing this I noticed that students whose race/ethnicity fell under the category of a minority (Black/African American, Latino(a)/American) seem to have more meaningful conversations than other races/ethnicities. It was difficult to analyze each conversation because there was…

addition, for my norm violation I decided to go to a public place and do something that people are not expecting to see. I went to an In-and-out that is located on Panama ln and I started working out in front of costumers. For my norm violation observation I observed a co-worker that is always picking up soda cans from everyone. I arrived at In-and-out with two of my friends that knew what I was going to do. They were going to help me observe people’s reactions. It was around 12…

For this observation, I decided an appropriate setting would be the mall, due to the fact that people from many different races, ethnicities, and backgrounds tend to be present on any given day. I observed people mainly near Barnes and Noble and Starbucks, however, I also examined people walking about the mall in general. To narrow the scope of my observation, I decided to focus on a number of interconnected themes: gender roles, race, ethnicity, and kinship. Gender roles is a major theme…

enrolled there. I did my observations in the Purple Room, which is the room that correlates with three and four-year-olds. I had three observation visits to Purple Room, all of which were in the morning and the total amount of time spent observing was around four and a half hours. My first observation was Monday, September 21, from approximately 9:00 am to 10:30 am. My second observation was Monday, September 28, from approximately 9:00 am to 10:30 am. My third observation was October 2, from…

This semester, I observed in a preschool classroom. I have learned that patience is a virtue. All the students in my class were four years old. Considering they are at such a young age, my preschoolers need constant reminders, one after the other. Mrs. Lamplugh, their teacher, would tell them to be quiet. Not even five seconds later they are talking again. They are supposed to sit “crisscross-applesauce” on the rug. Give it a few minutes and they will be sitting on their knees or in a different…

Garrett, the energetic four year old who I had previously observed, was somewhat quiet when observing him the second time. It was three in the afternoon and the teacher was finishing up circle time. Garrett was seated on the red rug in the middle of the first row and sat with his feet tucked under him and his knees bent. The classroom was fully decorated with Fall colors which consisted of numerous paintings and art projects plastered on the walls and hanging from the ceilings. There was also…

For my clinical observation, I observed Shivanni. She is in a self-contained preschool classroom with six other children. I have seen many instances where she has grown in her development and I have also notice some instances where she has stayed the same. She mostly keeps to herself and seldom talks. Since Shivanni is in a self contain room, I have decided to take notes on the different developmental areas instead of using the rating scale. Her scores were all very low, so I took notes about…