SOC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Participant Observation, Reference Group, Statistical Hypothesis Testing
29 Dec 2017
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Scientists try to make typi cations of typi cations. Try to record the patterns and then makes a generalized concept(s) about them. Records these patterns and then creates concepts that nail them down . It"s okay to look at someone from far away but as you approach 8-10 feet you look down or look somewhere else the 8-10 feet are the no-contact zone. Ex: go to the doctors of ce if there"s magazines then they become something to avoid the awkward contact . discovered by ervin go man. De nition: people are regarded as sacred objects we use rituals to convey this respect. Civil acknowledge the presence of the other (glancing at someone or in their direction) Inattention one removes ones eyes to show respect for the other. Reverse: if one continued to look at the other, one would reduce the other to a mere surface (reducing someone from the sacred thing)
