1) Observation
Create a field log (example). For one day, observe and record the key interactions and institutions in your
lived experience. Starting with waking up, 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 be in contact
with different social institutions (education, government, health, etc). Type or photograph your field log and
submit it with your written Assignment.
2) Application
Try to wait one or more days before starting this step. Revisit your field log and apply sociological analysis
to your observations.
Describe how our day is shaped and constrained by social norms.
Analyze how at least four sociological concepts learned in class (eg. 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, dig in with specific
concepts in this from our text (refrain from using dictionaries).
Sample Solution