PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Motor Learning, Observer-Expectancy Effect, Selection Bias
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Must watch people not disturbing the natural behavior. Not bothering or letting people know that you"re watching them. Seeing behavior in natural setting, spontaneously produced. Ethical issues prevent other methods: pros. Cant give ipad to baby unethical for psychologists. But can observe parents give ipad to child. Have to wait for an event to happen. Sometimes we want to see people in a specific context. Requires some type of control of situation. Watching kids but there are many distracting things around. Would bring them in to a lab. But the context is controlled: pros. Removed part of brain required for memory. But cognitive, visual memories he could not do. Can involve people or small groups of people. People with disabilities you would study them. Not just one person because you cant make a generalization from one person: pros. Derive hypothesis: a prediction, a cause-effect relationship, manipulation, ex. The one you manipulate: dependent, the one that you measure and record.
