observations

Cards (11)

  • types of observations:
    covert or overt
    participant or non participant
    controlled or naturalistic
  • naturalistic observation
    strength:
    good ecological validity
    weakness:
    poor control over EV’s
  • controlled observation
    strength:
    high internal validity
    weakness:
    low ecological validity
  • covert observation
    strength:
    reduced demand characteristics
    weakness:
    unethical
  • overt observation
    strength:
    more ethical
    weakness:
    increased demand characteristics
  • participant observation
    strength:
    high internal validity
    weakness:
    low levels of objectivity
  • non participant observation
    strength:
    more objective
    weakness:
    questioned internal validity
  • event sampling: number of times of a particular behaviour
  • time sampling: recording behaviour within a pre-established time frame
  • event sampling
    strength:
    you record everything
    weakness:
    hard to measure ‘ongoing behaviours’
  • time sampling
    strength:
    ongoing behaviours, more accurate
    weakness:
    missing behaviours