You will develop a research design with research problem, hypothesis and operational definitions for variables; then you will conduct another 1 hour of observations.
See the attached document for specific instructions.
NOTE: For additional information on hypotheses, operational definitions, and other research methodology concepts, see the following Research Methodology Resources:
1.Research Methods Overview
2. Key Concepts in Research Methods
3. Qualitative Field Research PowerPoint
Meets the following course objectives:
Explain the ‘self’ as a key concept in interaction and socialization
Identify social psychological sources of and consequences of structural inequality
Compare and contrast key social psychological theories including Symbolic Interactionism, Exchange Theory, and Micro-structural
Sociology as tools for analysis in varied areas of social life
Analyze interpersonal interaction from a variety of social psychological frameworks including dramaturgy, ethnomethodology and exchange approach
Critically evaluate sociological research and theories on how larger structural conditions impact the individual, emphasizing issues of race, class, and gender.
Apply concepts and theories to analysis of field observations, interviews, and archives