FSHD 117 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Desirability Bias, Random Assignment, Twin

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Fam. Studies & Human Dev. Main
• Course: FSHD 117
• Professor: Hunt

Document Summary

Naturalistic observations: observing people in their natural state. Conducted in settings that encourage normal behavior. Allows us to see people interact and behave as close to normal as possible. Structured observations: usually done in a lab; allows the researcher to: Addresses issues of biological response to stimulus. Levinson & gottman"s research using skin conductivity and arousal. It"s very hard to fake, or lie about or bodies" responses. Allows us to ask people their opinions and about their experiences. Requires the use of pre-written surveys or interview questions. We can gather a great deal of information in short periods of time. Is open to bias from social desirability of responses. Looking for an answer based on facts with research and sources to back it up. It is hard to write truly effective interviews or surveys. Allows us to look in-depth at a particular person or phenomenon. Very hard to generalize to the general population.