PSY 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Psychobiography, Clinical Psychology, General Social Survey

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Chapter 6: observational methods: learning objectives: Compare quantitative and qualitative methods of describing behavior. Describe naturalistic observation and discuss methodological issues such as participation and concealment. Describe systemic observation and discuss methodological issue such as the use of equipment, reactivity, reliability, and sampling. Describe the features of a case study. Describe archival research and the sources of archival data: statistical records, survey. Quantitative and qualitative approaches archives, and written records: qualitative research focuses on people behaving in a natural setting and describing their world in their own words. Researchers typically collect in-depth information on few individuals with a very limited setting- non-numerical. Collaborated engagements: sharing of experiences: quantitative research tends to focus on specific behaviors that can be easily quantified. Percentage of teens who work: both provides us with different ways to describe behavior. Naturalistic observation: field work field observation. o.

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