This document provides instructions for a SOC101 assignment where students are asked to interview someone over age 65 about their experiences with age and happiness. The interview is meant to help students connect course concepts to real life by gaining perspectives from other demographics. Students are given qualitative questions to ask and should write a substantive report summarizing the conversation rather than providing a full transcript, keeping the subject anonymous.

1. SOC101 Assignment Sheet Interview
Goals and Skills: Students are asked to discuss specific concepts, theories and research
findings that they learned in readings to life experiences. This allows students to connect
relevant material to students’ lives and allows for more effective learning.The weekly
activities also allow students to practice different research methods used in social research.
Specific Instructions: Find someone over age 65 (ideally even older) and ask them about age
and happiness in order to gain a broader view of a different person’s and demographic’s
happiness and experience and write about it. This is a qualitative research interview so
substantive questions are included on The following page. You may include direct
quotations, but DO NOT simply include a transcript of the conversation. Write substantively
about the conversation and relate it to class material. Also, please omit real names or other
identifying information about your research subject. This is a good research practice to
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