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

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: riddle

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Subject reactivity: where the subject is reacting to the belief of them being watched and no longer are behaving naturally anymore, to avoid this, go incognito, record (audio, visual, take notes on your phone, one-way mirror. Is it ethical to watch someone in a naturalistic environment: as long as you are observing in a public place, no interference, their identity is confidential, you can go out and collect the data. Inter-observer (rater) reliability: find consistency in the behaviour in the two different observers made. If both observers have the same observation it will make you feel confident of making sure you got the correct content. The variable that the experimenter manipulates to see if it has an effect on behaviour: cause. Dependent variable: (dv: the behaviour that"s measured to see if the iv has an effect, effect, dependent upon the independent variable.