Identities Flashcards
Define identity.
- How you’re perceived by others and now you present yourself.
- Eg. gender identity and ethnic identity
What are the 7 different elements of a person’s identity?
- Social class
- Gender
- Sexuality
- Ethnicity
- Nationality
- Age
- Disability
What do positivists believe?
- Research should be focused on measurement rather than understanding
- Prioritise objectivity and reliability
- Favour quantitative data as it allows patterns and trends to be seen.
What do interpretivists believe?
- Seek to understand meanings and subjective experiences of their subjects.
- Favour qualitative methods as it’s high in validity
- Seek to gain verstehen - understanding
What are the 5 key terms?
- Ethics
- Operationalise
- Rapport
- Verstehen
- Reflexivity
Define ethics.
Moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity.
Define ethics.
Moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity.
Define operationalise.
Process of defining a concept so that it’s measurable.
Define rapport.
Ability to relate to others that creates trust and understanding.
Define verstehen.
Empathetic understanding of human behaviour.
Define reflexivity.
Awareness that values always affect research findings and goal for researcher becomes to reflect on how their values affect their findings.
What are the 4 different types of interviews?
- Structured
- Unstructured
- Semi structured
- Focus groups
What are the strengths of structured interviews?
- Standardised - reliable and objective
- High response rate- large sample size to increase validity and generalisability
- Pre coded options- reliable and objective
What are the weaknesses of structured interviews?
- Standardised answers
- Time consuming - smaller sample decrease validity and generalisability
- Interviewer present- biased
What are the strengths of semistructured interviews?
- Flexible structure - validity,build rapport
2.high response rate- large sample to increase validity and generalisability - Informed consent- build up rapport and validity
What are the weaknesses of semistructured interviews?
- Time consuming - low sample decreases validity and generalisability
- Interviewer present- biased answers
- Privacy invasion
What are the strengths of unstructured interviews?
- Flexible-validity
- Build rapport
- Verstehen
What are the weaknesses of constructured interviews?
- Conversational flow- reduce reliability
- Time consuming
- No standardisation- no patterns
What are the strengths of focus groups?
- Enables exploration
- Flexible
- Meanings and feelings
What are the weaknesses of focus groups?
- Data recording and analysis difficult
- May not disclose sensitive information
- Response may be subject to social desirability
What are structured interviews?
Closed questions (quantitative)
What are unstructured interviews?
Informal- open answers (qualitative)
What are semistructured interviews?
Mixture of structured and unstructured
What are focus groups?
Group discussions
