Naturalistic Observation of Social Interaction

Naturalistic honoring is a form of data collection where the researcher assumes the role of an observer, which may be participative or non-participative (Gonnerman, 2007). each way, this method aims to make studies on organisms (i.e. human) fashions in their natural environment, unhindered by control parameters that studies in a laboratory, for example, impose.It is understandable that human beings, just homogeneous other organisms, act differently under the watchful eye of all observer, most especially due to self-consciousness. However, it is also understood that even as we are not under scrutiny (there is an absence of outside scrutiny), in the external environment, in a world beyond our own cheer z ane, we still experience a feeling of being watched, or the so-called spotlight effect. Hence, naturalistic observation does not guarantee the absence of behavioural alteration, and the best that could probably be hoped for is a decrease in such(prenominal) that may lead to ob jective conclusions.In this project, the researchermyselfchose to make behavioral observations on subjects who are unaware that they are being observed, in the hopes of avoiding possible alterations in their behavior pattern. The setting is the department store, where twain girls are shop for clothes. The behaviors observed during the first twenty minutes are that fille whizz is phlegmatic and submissive, in her attempt to avoid conflict while miss deuce is demanding.A hypothesis, consequently, was made that little girl 2 would speak more of 10 and in a louder voice than girl ace. The results of the second observation, however, constitute that girl Two radius more often still in hushed tones, and missy Two was the one who spoke less but in a louder voice. It is therefore concluded that the hypothesis is wrong, and that human behavior could not be readily predicted, only justified.Naturalistic Observation of companionable InteractionI observed a conversation between t wo girls shopping for clothes on please insert clock and date of observation. We are at a department store should the client give care to insert a particular department store, please do so, rest amid racks of clothing. matchless has dark hair cropped short near her chin she was corrosion a plain, light-blue, long-sleeved shirt, whom I shall refer to as girlfriend One. The other girl, Girl Two, has curly, shoulder-length, brown hair, and she was wearing a pink sleeveless shirt with a butterfly embroidered across the chest. There are only a hardly a(prenominal) people about, including myself and the sales lady.Girl Two picks up a gallant sleeveless dress with gray stripes and holds it against herself for her friend to see. Girl One circles around the clothes racks, but does not pick any point out. Girl One slowly turns back around when Girl Two calls her. Girl One goes with Girl Two to the dressing room Girl One waits outside, leaning on the wall with her feet stretched out in look of her as Girl Two takes her time inside the dressing room. When Girl Two emerges from the dressing room, Girl One looks at her from head to walk and nods her head. All of this takes place during the first ten minutes of the observation. During the second ten minutes, the conversation went like thisGirl One The dress looks okay, you should buy it.Girl Two Are you sure? Or are you just sexual relation me that so we can go now?Girl One No Im not. Come on, just buy it.Girl Two You wouldnt be pushing me into buying this if it was alright with you to go shopping. You shouldnt strike come.Girl One Alright, maybe youre right. I wanna go now but I dont wanna spoil your drama so just get on with it and take all your time if need be.Girl Two Alright then, just let me postulate another dress to compare with this one and well go.Girl One Sure, any(prenominal). base on the narrated observations, I have reached a possible hypothesis that one of the girls, Girl Two is probably a dema nding sort of person, a tyrannical persona who can manipulate people like Girl One into doing what she wants. A parallel hypothesis is that Girl Two is a phlegmatic, and approximately submissive persona who simply does not want to be fazed or does not want any conflict, and so goes along with whatever Girl One asks of her. In line with this, I decided to assemble observation that would enable me to determine which of the girls would eventually become more browned off by the other and urge on her voice more often, and this girl would be Girl Two, with the demanding character. The parameters I used are of course the number of generation that the subject spoke, and the number of multiplication the voice was brocaded within the 20 minutes of observation.I followed the girls two their next destination which was a java shop, bringing with me a few of my friends to cover me. We sat on the stalling next to them, and I proceeded with my 20-minute observation. Based on my notes, Girl Two spoke more often, having used eight opportunities to talk in twenty minutes, whereas Girl One spoke less often, speaking only three times within the time span. However, Girl One raised her voice at all speaking opportunities, while Girl Two never raised her voice and spoke in a lowered voice. I therefore conclude that the hypothesis is wrongGirl Two, even with her demanding personality, did not raise her voice, and did not seem exasperated by Girl Ones passive attitude. Instead, it was Girl One who got fed up.The exercise was super challenge because first and foremost, I had to pretend that I did not exist. Or at least, assume a role that did not directly take part in their world. In other words, it was as if I was stalking them or spying on them. I had to persuade my friends to come with me and serve as my cover. I was also nervous because if I did not do well with pretending I was also looking at the dresses, or recording some descriptions about the clothes in my notebook a nd not about them, I probably would be blacklisted in that department store. It was challenging also, to keep my mind off formulating biased opinions I had to concentrate on being the unattached social scientist role.One insight I have learned is that even some personalities that seem to clash all the time somehow complement each other and form what they call a love-hate relationship that defies all odds and expectations. And another is that human behavior, although inferences may be made out of them, can never be truly predicted by an outside observer because there are other factors to consider than the setting, and whatever is in the natural environment of observation at that point in time. One has to consider what happened before the trip to the mall which upset Girl One so greatly, so much so that she belied expectations.Through this exercise, I have learned that non communicatory behavior is hard to observe and exposit without biases, or forming opinions about them. However, w hen I do try to formulate opinions, I find that nonverbal behavior gives an insight into what the subject may be thinking as much the same way as verbal behavior would. Either way, human behavior can never be predicted we can only understand the whys and hows touch a certain action and reaction.ReferenceGonnerman (2007). Surveys and Naturalistic Observation. Retrieved February 9 2008 from http// fp.uni.edu (2007)