Question 6. Flashcards
Define: Thematic Analysis
Involves coding and categorising data into recurring themes. This follows an inductive approach where the themes emerge directly from the data rather than imposing a framework.
The theme are flexible and can be interated. Requires reflexivity
Appropriate: Thematic Analysis
1) Because of the centrality of theme identification, it is a good place to start
2) No fixed epistemological or theoretical stance, therefore is flexible
3) Sample size: typically no more than 15
4) opinions and views of a larger group
Define: IPA
Explores subjective experiences of individuals aiming to uncover the meanings they attribute to their experiences and how these meanings shape their understanding of the world
Phenomenological
Inductive approach: dont impose frameworks
Hermeneutic understanding: participants interpret their experiences and the researcher interprets their interpretations
Appropriate: IPA
1) Well-suited for exploring individuals’ subjective experiences and interpretations of phenomena
2) interpretative and hermeneutic approach: allows researchers to uncover the underlying meanings and interpretations that individuals attribute to their experiences
3) Idiographic Focus: IPA has an idiographic focus, meaning that it priorities the exploration of individual experiences and perspectives.
Define: Discourse Analysis
examines spoken or written language in its social context.
1) Function/Action: We ‘ Serves functions for:
do things with language’
2) Construction: Language used to construct versions of the social world Presents neither truth nor fact, but is always a construction of reality
3) Variability: Accounts vary according to function, not always consistent but may have regularities (e.g. patterns)
Define: Discursive Psychology
1) How do people use language to negotiate and manage social interactions to achieve interpersonal objectives?
2) Speaker as active agent who uses discourse as a tool
Define: Foucauldian Discourse Analysis
1) What discourses are available? What are the implications of power in the use of these?
2) What is the role of language in how people construct subjects and objects in their social and psychological lives?
Appropriate: Discourse Analysis
This approach enables researchers to uncover underlying ideologies, power dynamics, and social constructions and how these representations shape public perceptions and attitudes.
Define: Narrative Analysis
1) How do people construct stories to make sense of their experiences? How do people use stories to construct themselves?
2) Different models of narrative analysis have varying emphasis on content, context and form of the narrative (Social identities are constructed through narratives)
Appropriate: Narrative Analysis
1) They are also told in the context of
self, inferring an identity to be expressed to others (identity construction)
2) Socially constructed in that they are told within the context of the expectations and values of the Self and others
3) They are more than just Memories. They are the Complete story
