Reflection on obervations

In both observation, I observed multiple targets. I found that I was never able to focus on all the objects--always had to shift attention from group to group.When I was observing a new group, I had totally no idea what the group I had been observing was doing, no matter how long I had observed it and how well I thought I had known their behavior pattern already. That is a perfect example of the hidden bear--I cannot observe everything even all are in my eyes.

A difference between observing strangers and acquaintances was that when I observed strangers, I paid more attention to their pattern of behavior and predicting what they might do next while when I observed someone I already knew, I focused more on figuring the reasons behind their behavior--I tried to find an explanation to the behavior based on the facts I knew of them, no matter it was the real reason or not.

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