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what are observations?
involve
watching
people and
recording
their behaviour to gain some
insight
can be used in an experiment to access
DV
what are unstructured observations:
writing down
everything
you see
what is a structured observation?
operationalising
(simplifying the behaviour that intended to be observed) e.g behavioural
categories
what are behavioural categories?
Behavioural categories are
groupings
of specific
behaviours
based on
common
characteristics or functions.
what is event sampling?
counting
the number of times a particular
behaviour
‘events’ occur
what is time sampling?
recording behaviour with a
pre-established
time
frame
what is the difference between inter-rater and intra-rater reliability?
inter-rater
consistency
between
observers
intra-rater
consistency
for the
same
observer
what are the types of observation?
naturalistic
controlled
overt
covert
participant
non-participant
what does naturalistic mean?
conducted in an
everyday
environment where participants behave
normally
what does controlled mean?
conducted in an
artificial
environment- may be
set
up e.g a
two-way
mirror
what does overt mean?
participants
know
they are being studied
what does covert mean?
participants
don’t
know they are being studied
what does participant mean?
observer becomes
part
of the group that they are
observing
what does non-participant mean ?
observer takes a
step
back from the group
what does the term ‘go native mean’
to
join
in with the group / become
apart
of the group