PSY309H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Observational Techniques, Analysis Of Variance, Statistical Hypothesis Testing
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There are three types in the descriptive category: observational research: natural settings, case study research: single person (piaget and freud, survey research: questionnaires. So, for example you may look at how person"s behaviour changes before nal exams vs. behaviour during their normal term in the school. Cialdini experiment: experimental design with observational techniques (video: Three questions to ask: will the observations occur in natural settings or contrived settings, will the participants know they are being observed, how we will observe them?, types of observations: Naturalistic observation: observe behaviour in a natural setting (where behaviour ordinary occurs) as unobtrusively as possible. Participant observation: engage in the same behaviours as the people being observed to observe their behaviour: rosenhan"s (1973) mental health patient study (no one realized students were not patients), cults, gangs, homeless. Cons: it is very time consuming, it might be potentially dangerous, loss of objectivity (observer develops relationships with groups)
