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SOCI111 Assignment 3: Field Analysis Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to recognize sociological concepts at play in your lived experience

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SOCI111 Assignment 3: Field Analysis Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to recognize sociological concepts at play in your lived experience. Keeping a field log of your social and institutional experiences for one day, you will critically discuss how your daily life is shaped and constrained by society. This will allow you to engage with many of the sociological concepts and theories you learned in class. A presentation that offers additional assistance in completing the assignment is available at Field Analysis (https://prezi.com/view/DTakPcZ9NlkobNn93EMi/) See the attached example of an A-graded Assignment #3. Please note that the correct use of commas is missing in some sentences! :) Instructions 1) Observation Create a field log (an example is provided below). For one day, observe and record the key interactions and institutions in your lived experience. Starting with waking up, you might want to log the following: who is the first person you talk to? What do you do next - take family members to school, go to the gym, go to work and interact with coworkers? Throughout the day you will take on different roles by interacting with different people and in different situations and will be in contact with different social institutions (education, government, health, etc). Type (preferred) or photograph your field log and submit it with your written Assignment as the very last page of your Assignment, after the References page(s). Some students have their Log as page 1 of their paper. Please have it at the end of your paper. 2) Application Try to wait one or more days after completing your one-day log before starting this step. Then, revisit your field log and apply sociological analysis to your observations by doing all of the following: Describe how our day is shaped and constrained by social norms. Analyze how at least four sociological concepts/theories you learned in class (e.g. roles, institutions, interactions, impression management, stage theory, emotional labor) apply to your field log observations. This part of the paper should not be focused on the general social norms you described earlier. Rather you are to dig in deeper with specific concepts/theories from our text (refrain from using dictionaries, encyclopedias, sociological web sites, other than those provided within the course materials, and anything WIKI!). Remember to cite all outside information and use our textbook as your main source. For at least two of the concepts, find and incorporate an appropriate source FROM OUR LIBRARY that highlights how sociologists study this concept in everyday society (for example, emotional labor in the restaurant industry). As a further example, here is a student's paragraph when discussing gender socialization (do not use this in your paper): A study by Crespi (2011) who researched gender socialization and gender roles within the family showed that a cross-gender relationship between fathers and daughters and mothers and sons has emerged as significant in determining traditional and non-traditional gender attitudes. This research suggested that the relationship with the parent of the opposite sex could be a strong factor in reducing stereotyped attitudes regarding gender roles (Crespi, 2011). Again, use a different example in your paper, as the purpose here is to show your research skills rather than repeat this student’s research skills. ? This example also shows how to cite within text and how to paraphrase! Remember to cite all outside information and use our textbook as your main source; however, all sources are to be included on the References page(s) – and, in correct APA 7th ed. format. 3) Reflection In this third part of your paper, you are to reflect on your role as a larger part of society (i.e. your motives, instincts, feelings, and/or structural constraints). Discuss ways other people affected you and the ways you affected others in the social experiences of your day in which you kept the log. Sample Field Log (Remember to attach this at the end of your paper, after the References page.) Below is a brief field log to give you an idea of the social interactions and institutions you might look for in your day. With each of your observations, write course concepts (in italics, if you like) that relate to that particular observation. Doing this will help you know which concepts/theories to incorporate in your paper when discussing that part of your day. Be creative in exploring and applying concepts - we will all apply concepts differently even if the scenes we observe are very similar. ***The way to reference and cite our textbook is within the instructions for Assignment #1. Again, do NOT use unverifiable, secondary sites such as Wikipedia, about.com, ask.com, Crossman, and similar ones, and do not use dictionaries or encyclopedias for any writing in this course. Use only our course materials, peer-reviewed journal articles from the library, and other scholarly sources. Again, this applies to all writings for this course. Also, avoid using direct quotes in all work. Paraphrase (in your own words) all information from your sources, including the textbook and still have citations. General requirements: Submissions should be typed, double-spaced throughout, 1" margins on all four sides, typed in left justification, and saved on your computer as an MS WORD document with this title: your last name your first name Assignment 3 and then make sure you have saved it with the extension .doc or .docx (preferred), e.g., Stone Susan Assignment 3.docx. Use Times Roman font size 12. Use APA 7th ed. format for citations and references. Please see my Announcement for APA 7th ed. which includes several attachments to help you learn and use this format, including what your title page is to look like. View the grading rubric so you understand how you will be assessed on this Assignment. The suggested organization for your paper is to use headings for each part, e.g., Introduction, Application of Concepts/Theories, and Reflection. Also, please start a new paragraph when shifting topics within those headings. Again, see the attached example of an A-graded student paper. Please note that the correct use of commas is missing in some sentences! :) Disclaimer- Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results. https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-sociology-3e (for citing use this link for intro to sociology 3e Please also use the field study I attached.