Social Interactions During College Life

On a daily bases one encounters multiple social interaction situations. The main social interaction that I encounter is the college roommate situation. This social interaction is one that I constantly am analyzing, and observing. So one can assume that to effectively study/research this situation the appropriate research method to use would be participant observation (Fieldwork) method.
In this particular roommate situation there are three individuals, to keep their private lives private their names would not be revealed. As for this “roommate-ship” there are two females and one male, female 1 and the male are cousins and where the initial pair of roommates. Later on female 2, friends with female 1 moved in and completed this trio. The length of this social situation has been in for four years and has become a primary group. In such way, that they have become a support system for each other and have a sense of responsibility to each other. Also, the roommates spend a significant amount of time together.
Spending so much time together, the roommates have created learned that they have a different social structure than other roommate situations. For examples they feel free to come in their home screaming and excited whenever they feel like it. Once the individuals step into the house it is not uncommon to let out a scream. As opposed to when they go food shopping they follow the social structure that is at play at the grocery store.
Although Female 1 and the Male come from working poor class and female 2 comes from lower middle class, all according to the Gilbert and Kahl Model. There is a commonality between them when it comes to social class. All three graduated from high school, were accepted to Pennsylvania University a...

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...o know what would be acceptable to do because of the Males devotion to the religion. As most college students engaging in deviant behavior for the Females partying and drinking is common. As of today they have figured out how to be respectful of each other’s choices.
As mentioned in the beginning Participant Observation would be an effective method to study this “roommate-ship” situation. This is a good strategy because any one of the roommates can conduct it, and give one a chance to be directly involved. For example, if one was participating in a Participation Observation specifically for this social situation. One could see what effect living with new people has on one’s behavior and attitudes? Participant Observation gives the person access to the group that they want to study. it would be real results because the participants would be in their normal setting.