Class project social psychology This project is an observational study of human behavior. The topic is on Cell Phones and Driving/Walking. Due to Covid 19 this project may be converted to a research proposal Only.

Final Applied Project: Observation of Social Behavior The applied final project is an observational study of human behavior. For this project, you are to conduct observations (more than one) of human social behavior in a public place (supermarket, church, shopping mall), but not in a private area (e.g., bathroom, personal residence). Specific references should be made in the observations to principles discussed in class. Your topic must be selected from a lit of topics provided by your instructor. Topics no on the instructor-provided list will not be approved. Some possible topics include the following: Cell Phones and Driving/Walking Project Components 1. Title Page: On your title page, in addition to your name, e-mail address, course title and number, and title of your observational study, name the site of the observation. 2. Abstract: This section summarizes, or abstracts, your entire observational study. It is typically 1-2 paragraphs and highlights all of the major parts of your write-up: Introduction, Method, Results, and Discussion. 3. Introduction: This is the section that introduces your topic. You are to provide a literature review, incorporating professional journal articles related to your topic. You also end this section with your specific research question and hypothesis (es). 4. Method: This section outlines exactly what you did for your observations. Who did you study? Where did you study them? How did you study them? Enough detail must be included in this section that someone else can read it and replicate your study down to the last detail. 5. Results: This is the section where you analyze your results. While this is not a statistics class, I do expect that, at a minimum, you can provide very basic statistics on your data: descriptive statistics like the mean. You should be able to compare at least two different groups using numbers. This section will also present your data analysis in terms of graphs and data tables, if appropriate. 6. Discussion/Conclusion: This is the last major section of your paper that summarizes everything you did: 1) briefly summarize your literature review presented in the Introduction; 2) Bring up your research hypothesis (es)--did your study support your hypothesis (es)/; 3) Discuss your results and present some overall conclusions. 7. References: the last page presents all of your professional references. Psychologists use APA style, however, I will not be grading on style since this is not a research methods course.