PSYC 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Contrived, Operational Definition, Habituation
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Descriptive research strategy: summarizing information as it naturally exists. Observational research: observational research design, behavioral observation, observational method. Total # of agreements/total # of observations x 100. Time engaged in behavior during fixed time. Divide observation into intervals, record whether or not behavior occurs during each individual: video/audio recording. Event: observe 1 behavior, shift behavior. Observational research: participant or non participant, overt or covert, non-participant. Acknowledged participant and unacknowledged observer: contrived observation. Setting arranged to facilitate behavior: reactivity issues. Remain hidden, habituation, indirect measures: advantages. Examine behaviors that can"t be manipulated: disadvantages. Procedure used to combine/compare results from many studies. Survey research: development of survey questions, organization and assembly of survey, selection process, administering the survey. # of points (5-10: labeling, likert scale. Degree of agreement/disagreement of statements: response set. When questions have the same choices, tendency. Types of survey questions to answer all in the same way: graphic representations, semantic differential.
