Exercise 10.1 Your assignment is to observe and understand the social dynamics o
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Exercise 10.1
Your assignment is to observe and understand the social dynamics of jaywalking—defined narrowly for our purposes as "pedestrians crossing the street against the light at intersections." You are to make three separate observations of at least 15 minutes duration each.
Your specific tasks are to discover:
1. What are the characteristics of people who are the most likely to jaywalk and what are the characteristics of those least likely to jaywalk?
2. What are the characteristics of people who are likely to stimulate jaywalking by others? That is, what are the characteristics of those, when they jaywalk, who seem to be followed by people who were previously waiting for the light to change?
Record your field notes below.
Note: Exercise 13.1 will involve qualitative data analysis of the results.
Please don't get arrested for jaywalking!
FIELD NOTES:
Explanation / Answer
1. What are the characteristics of people who are the most likely to jaywalk and what are the characteristics of those least likely to jaywalk?
The characteristics of people who are the most likely to jaywalk are :
These people are always rushing for things, always in hurry and do not have patience to wait or when they see there are no people around so they do it.
The characteristics of those least likely to jaywalk:
They are obidient people, follow moral ethics, follow all the society norms
2. What are the characteristics of people who are likely to stimulate jaywalking by others? That is, what are the characteristics of those, when they jaywalk, who seem to be followed by people who were previously waiting for the light to change?
The people who are likely to stimulate jaywalking by other decide to not wait and they stop vehicles. some people see it who are also in hurry and try to take advantage of the situation. Rest of the People jaywalk out of sheer pressure from watching others cross and follow them.
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