4.2 methods (learning) Flashcards

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how are observations helpful?

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useful way to investigate behaviours if experiments aren’t possible

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why do people do observations?

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  • to get natural behaviour in natural environments
  • people don’t always behave in context you are investigating
  • some situations can be unethical to create so we have to observe
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what’s time sampling?

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behaviours are noted down after a period of time (eg every 5 mins)

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what’s event sampling?

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behaviours are** noted down in a tally chart** in terms of how often they occur

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what’s inter-rater reliability?

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  • multiple people observe behaviour and have to agree first on one thing
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what are the types of observations?

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  • natural
  • structured
  • overt
  • covert
  • participant
  • non participant
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what’s the strength of natural observations?

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  • insight to the participant’s natural behaviour as observation occurs in natural habitat
  • results high in ecological validity
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what’s a weakness of natural observations?

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  • more likely to be covert which has ethical issues
  • many variables at play in a natural environment
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what’s a structured observation and what’s a strength?

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  • change environment then observe
  • if a change in environment causes a behaviour, there might be a cause effect relationship which we need to identify
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what’s a weakness of structural observations?

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  • environment may feel unnatural and participants won’t behave like irl
  • lack of ecological validity
  • participants may know they’re being observed and may try to act in a certain way
  • demand characteristics present
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what’s overt observation and what’s a strength?

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  • you tell the person that ur gonna observe
  • avoids issue with lack of informed consent as they can decide to participate
  • easier to see everything as the observer doesn’t need to hide
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what’s a weakness of overt?

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  • participants will know they’re being observed and try to act in a certain way
  • demand characteristics present and affects realness of behaviour
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what’s a covert observation and what’s a strength?

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  • participants not aware they’re being observed (covert more like pervert)
  • participants behave more naturally as they’re not aware they’re being observed
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what’s a weakness of covert observations?

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  • raises ethical issues as participants could not have given consent
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what’s a participant observation and what’s a strength?

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  • researcher is part of a group
  • likely to provide special insights into behaviour from the “inside”, they’ll have a larger familiarity with what’s happening
  • see things in greater detail
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what’s a weakness of a participant observation?

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  • if it’s overt, participants may change behaviour as they know they’re being studied
  • observer has bias and may look at a situation subjectively
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what’s a strength of non participant observation?

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  • increases fairness because of psychological and physical distance
  • participants may not be self conscious about being observed which improves validity
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what’s a weakness of non participant observations?

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  • observer may misinterpret communications within the group as they’re outsiders
  • reduces validity or truthfulness of observations