Research Log Entry (due Thursday, October 11, 2007)

1. Do we profile people based on their age?

2. Do people of differing ages, in general, treat each other differently? If this is true, then why? What about people with similar ages? If this is the case, then why? If we do profile based on age, is it done simply by appearance or by other means?

3. I first asked if the problem existed, then I asked to provide evidence that the problem exists. Furthermore, I asked what the possible cause of the problem may be.

4. My final question is: If this problem exists, then what effect does it have on age groups within society? The question brings the problem out of theory, and into its concrete significance in our world. It's more complex than the original question because the original asks if the problem exists, which can be easily answered with observation; the final question asks why it is problematic, which may have all sorts of possible answers. I could expand the concept of why this question is problematic, to why is anything problematic, and then how can we identify problems... and probably even further.

5. What is profiling and why do we use it? Is profiling ethical, and why? If profiling is an unavoidable reality, then what results of it are our responsibility? And many more questions on profiling and its nature...