PSYC1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ebbinghaus Illusion, Blind Experiment, Sensory System
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> should be objective (someone observing something else, not (cid:498)looking within(cid:499) The systematic observation of one(cid:495)s own consciousness, generally accompanied by a verbal report of one(cid:495)s observations. Non-scientific paradigms of early (cid:498)mentalistic(cid:499) psychology someone observing themselves) > scientific psychology must be objective, so no introspection. Objectively studying events as they naturally occur, without intervention. Often a good starting point and used in some applied research. Similar to, but distinct from the participant observation method in anthropology. Sometimes difficult to do in practice: > must not structure things. > observing people is very hard to do without interacting. Biographical information pertaining to a single individual, obtained retrospectively and often through interview. Tells you about one individual only, not to generalize: > but science aims to generalize from singular observations. > e. g. there may be another case history showing the exact same phenomenon. Quantitative measure of responses to questions (interview or questionnaire) asked of a large sample.
