Problem: Applied Final Project Hide Assignment Information Instructions Applied Final Project - Observation of Social Behavior This assignment will leverage your curiosity. It will invite you to explore your ideas and connect social psychology to daily life. The Observation of Social Behavior project is an integrative assignment that supports synthesis and the third learning outcome for the course: explain and analyze the underlying causes of behaviors to inform decisions in social, personal, and professional interactions Objective: Design, conduct, and report on a brief study that uses naturalistic observation in a public/communal space to answer a research question you develop on a topic related to social psychology. Submit a 4- to 5-page, APA style research paper, that communicates how specific topics, theories, and research findings discussed in this course shaped: 1) your research question, 2) the approach applied and behaviors observed, and 3) your understanding of the observation(s) upon conclusion. What is Naturalistic Observation? In Principles of Social Psychology, our eBook for this course, Jhangiani and Tarry (2014) introduce observational research. In Chapter 1 they outline how observational research refers to different types of qualitative studies in which behavior is systematically observed and recorded in an objective manner. The goal of observational research is to capture a snapshot of the characteristics (to include behaviors) of an individual, group, or set. Need Assignment Help?