PSYC2010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Confounding, Informed Consent, Naturalistic Observation
6 Mar 2016
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Hypothesis a prediction drawn from a theory. Naturalistic observation a research method in which the investigator goes into the natural environment and records the behaviour of interest. Structured observation a method in which the researcher sets up a laboratory situation that evokes the behaviour of interest so that every participant has an equal opportunity to display the response. Event sampling a form of systematic observation in which the researcher records all instances of a particular behaviour during a specified time period. Time sampling a form of systematic observation in which the researcher records whether certain behaviours occur during a sample of short intervals. Observer influence the tendency of participants in a study to behave in unnatural ways in the presence of an observer. Observer bias the tendency of observers who are aware of the purposes of a study to see and record what they expect to see rather than what participants actually do.
