PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Participant Observation

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

Document Summary

Pilot study: a sample study which allows you to tweak, fix, change the study. Methods of research: survey method questions are used to determine people"s attitudes, beliefs & behaviours (usually paper and pencil, online, or phone calls) In order to generalize from the sample to the population your sample must be representative of the population. (unbiased) Ex: teen"s drug use sample must be from teens all over the country, and from all ages of teenage years. Random sampling each person in the population the population has equal chance to be picked for the sample: naturalistic observation - used to describe or measure behaviour as it naturally occurs in a natural setting. Disadvantage: you cannot infer cause and effect + time consuming + subject reactivity (someone watching you) + no control over the situation + expectations effect observations. Subject reactivity solutions: camera"s, one-way mirrors, participant observer (pretend you are in that group by blending in)