Monday, February 18, 2013

Social Identity Among African American Adolescent Females


Select two public spaces where you can observe African American girls. Your observations should focus of girls of two distinct developmental stages and in two distinct social settings.
Analyze your observation according to social identity formation perspectives.
Your paper should include the following:

Describe the setting you chose to observe, and the activities and actors involved in that setting,
State your central finding (an interesting theme/pattern/hypothesis that you found during your systematic observations.)

Describe the process by which you came to focus on the question(s)/theme(s) you're writing about. What hypotheses were you initially interested in observing? Were you able to build on your initial idea, or did your focus change as you began the observations? If so, how? ( If you're using a diary format, this discussion may be worked into the body of the paper.
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Provide ample evidence to support your finding. Use quotes, illustrations, and specific examples from your field notes to bolster all of your points/claims. You can do this either 1) in a diary format, where you describe observations relevant to your finding day-by-day. Reference two empirical studies with regard to your theme.
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Conclude with some reflections on the experience and what you might do differently next time.

 

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