PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Naturalistic Observation, Psychobiography

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Behaviour observed or measured: many different methods used: Quantitative and qualitative approaches: qualitative approaches describe behavior or ndings based on themes that emerge from the. Via qualitative approach data: data are non-numerical and expressed in language and images, data"s subjected to quantitative statistical analyses, generated in naturalistic obs and created systematically, quantitative approaches assign numerical value to responses and measures. Naturalistic observation: naturalistic observation is sometimes called eld work or eld observations. o o, used to describe and understand how people or animals in a social or cultural setting. Researcher makes observations in a natural setting, over a period of time, using a variety of techniques to collect information live, work, and experience. Generate hypotheses that help explain the data. Example: http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=mnulpdluyui&feature=related one may interpret the whale kissing dog objectively we see a whale bobbing up and down, and a dog barking at it. Final report of results organized around a structure developed by the researcher: concealment.

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