PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Participant Observation, Confounding, Dependent And Independent Variables

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Dr. Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Date: september 14, 2018: naturalistic observation: used when you want to describe or measure behaviour in a natural setting. Advantage: you can generalize your findings (because it is natural) People know that they are being watched. May be incorrect in what you are interpreting kids are bullied . Participant observer (observation): being a part of the group that is being observed. **make sure that you are not the one enhancing the behaviour, must remain passive or neutral** Subject reactivity: subject is the participant of a research and when they react they believe that they are being watched, therefore not acting natural. As long as it is publicly taken notes. You can collect the data, provided that you have consulted with an ethics committee. Behaviour checklist: when you come to the natural setting you must have a checklist of behaviour that you are looking for operationalize your terms.