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?