Psychology 2800E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Target Australia, Convergent Validity, Implied Consent

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2800E
• Professor: Doug Hazelwood

Document Summary

Descriptive and correlational methods 1: describing events (or the relation between events) without directly influencing the events. 3 problems and solutions yellow: two basic forms. A basic features: researcher plays passive role ( observes but doesn"t participant) participants observed in natural real-world setting procedures are unobtrusive (participants don"t know they are being observed), and. W & m mix those things up? ( p 194-195) B no not the same as casual or informal observations. (watching people) How observations recorded (eg see w&m p 205-208: examples (p. 195-196; involve observing actual behaviors as they occur) Can also involve observing what is left behind after behavior occurs ( physical trace measures, p. 195) D physical trace measures: erosion measures (observe wear or erosion of materials after behavior occurs) Wear of floor tiles to measures popularity of museum exhibits ( live chicks very popular) they observe what is left behind after the behavior occurred.