FRHD 3070 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Naturalistic Observation, Ethology, Evolutionary Psychology
11 May 2020
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12 (different textbook) notes: studying patterns in the natural. Try not to miss occurrences critical to research topics. Natural world: observations made on things that exist regardless of whether a. In scientific research, observing the world is systematic and focused researcher decides to study it. I. e. , a soccer game will take place regardless. A methodology in which investigators record human or nonhuman behavior exactly as it occurs, attempting to avoid interpretation or subjective evaluation. No experimentation, simply observing (researchers often try to go unnoticed) Casual observation takes place every day and is important, but it is not systematic. Naturalistic observation: a form of observational research involving the recording of behavior as it naturally occurs, without any attempt at intervention, often without the knowledge of those being observed: useful when cultural differences might affect results. Particularistic research: investigation taking place at a specific time and place that focuses on a single question and that is not oriented toward general questions.
