PSY 313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jane Goodall, Schizophrenia, Blind Experiment
22 Jan 2018
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Doesn"t want to establish cause or relationship, just wants a sense of what is going on. Observational research- watch and record what is happening. All it wants to know if two variables are related. Height related to weight, sat score related to how you do in college. Watching behavior and collecting qualitative or quantitative data about that behavior. Qualitative: quality of data, type, subjective description, themes. Identity every category of behaviors prior to observation (aggressive kids in the playground: list everything that qualifies as a member of each category (look for name calling, punching, stealing, need clear operational definitions. Frequency method: count number of times you observe a behavior in a fixed amount of time (go out for recess and count how many times in an hour a kid punches another) Duration method: measure amount of time spent engaging in behavior (how long someone goes on their phone in class)
