Psychological Investigations - Observations 3.0 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? PsychologyASOCR Created by: Rebecca GroganCreated on: 19-03-13 17:57 Covert Participant is not aware their being watched 1 of 13 Overt Participant is aware they are being watched 2 of 13 Participant Observation Researcher themselves to be involved with those being observed 3 of 13 Non participant Observation Researcher stand away from what they are observing not involved 4 of 13 Unstructured observation Relatively non focused , generating descriptions, qualitative data of behaviour 5 of 13 Structured observation Quantitative , guided by the use of specific categories in observation of behaviour 6 of 13 Coding Scheme Ways of catergorising behaviour so you can code what you observe and how often 7 of 13 Naturalistic Observation Participants natural environment 8 of 13 Controlled observation Controlled environment for example lab experiment 9 of 13 Event Sampling Observer keeps a count of each time a particular behavior occurs 10 of 13 Time Sampling The time period to be observed is broken up into series of time intervals 11 of 13 Inter rater realiability More than one observer present increase the reliability of the data due to both producing some results 12 of 13 Observer bias What gets recorded of what an observer expects or hopes to see. 13 of 13
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