Question

a.Plan a visit to a store, restaurant, or other public place where you have never been before and would not normally go—it might be a more expensive store than you would normally shop at or a restaurant based on a different ethnicity or other cultural factor. b.Examine your expectations before going on this observation. c.Compare and contrast the self-fulfilling prophecy and other shortcuts that apply to your expectations for this field observation and list them on the log. Include responses to the following questions: i.Describe the thought process that takes place prior to experiencing self-fulfilling prophecy. Before your field observation, what expectations did you have? What actually transpired? ii.Describe your thought process during the experience. Were you gathering information that supported your initial beliefs? Were you gathering data that was contrary to your initial beliefs? iii.Describe your reaction following the experience. iv.Describe your overall response to the portions of your experience that supported your initial beliefs. Do you think others formed inaccurate expectations of you?

Answer 1

There was this marketplace in a very expensive locality. Here the celebrities lived and shopped in this marketplace. This was on my route so I used to drive around from this place twice a day morning time and evening time. I was very attracted to this shopping complex, it was a small, comfortable and posh looking marketplace. I moved around the route for nearly six months before I could muster the courage to visit this market. Instead of the evening time, I visited in the afternoon considering that the place will be less crowded and the chance for any kind of embarrassment would be low in case I am not able to purchase anything. Initially, I was reluctant to enter any shop, I was just walking around the complex and the shops. But after a while, I liked a clock displayed in a gift shop so much that I entered the shop without thinking and to my surprise, the clock was not expensive at all and was well within my budget. I was so happy and relieved that I bought the clock immediately. Then I went to another shop where nice, expensive looking clothes were displayed. I enquired about the few of them but did not find it worth the purchase. By this time, all the walking and talking had made me hungry so I went to a cafe to have Pizza and coffee. Again to my surprise, instead of the compulsion to buy a whole Pizza, there was the option of ordering a single slice of Pizza. I was delighted at this offer.

My visit to this place was an eye-opener. Before visiting this place, I had the idea that this was a place exclusively for the rich and affluent but this preconceived idea was totally shattered. What I discovered was that the shops had a good range of stuff and on top of it affordable. From that point onwards, I am a regular visitor to this marketplace.