Observational techniques
- Created by: Lauren200006
- Created on: 18-04-23 15:44
View mindmap
- Naturalistic observation - watching and recording behaviour where it would naturally occur in.
- Controlled observation - watching and recording behaviour within a structured environment.
- Evaluation : + EV’s and CV’s are less of a problem so is easier to replicate. - findings are less appliable to everyday life
- Evaluation: + high external validity so that findings can be generalised due to it being appliable to every day life. - lack of control makes replication very difficult to do.
- Controlled observation - watching and recording behaviour within a structured environment.
- Overt - when people know they are being watched and recorded
- Covert - when people don’t know their behaviour is being watched and recorded so no consent.
- Evaluation : + they don’t know they’re being watched so demand characteristicsisn’t aren’t an issue which increases internal validity. - however ethical issues because they have not consented.
- Evaluation : + more ethical as they have the pp consent. - they know they’re being watched so may change their behaviour .
- Covert - when people don’t know their behaviour is being watched and recorded so no consent.
- Participant - the researcher becomes a part of the group who’s behaviour they are watching and recording.
- Non participant - the researcher stays out of the group of who’s behaviour they are watching and recording.
- Evaluation : +maintain an objective distance so there is less chance of adopting a local lifestyle. -they lose valuable insight into the group.
- Evaluation : + increased insight into the groups lives which increases external validity. - identify too strongly with the group so lose objectivity.
- Non participant - the researcher stays out of the group of who’s behaviour they are watching and recording.
- Observationaltechniques
- Naturalistic observation - watching and recording behaviour where it would naturally occur in.
Comments
No comments have yet been made