PY 355 Midterm: Exam 2 Study Guide

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PY 355
• Professor: Craig Walter Cummings

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Compare and contrast disguised observation and non-disguised observation. Identify potential problems associated with each method. disguised observation: a respondent or groups of respondents are unaware that they are being observed: problems with disguised observation: Partial concealment: participants know that they are being observed but not the specific aspects of behavior being observed. Knowledgeable informants: people who know the participants well observe and rate their behavior. Unobtrusive measures: indirect measures that can be taken without participants knowing they are being studied. What steps can be taken to ensure reliability? reliability is the measure of how consistent observational ratings are between, or among, multiple observers. How are they alike? (be able to think of an experimental question best suited for each of the 5 psychophysiological and neuroscientific methods listed in the ppts and textbook. 3 factors that influence sampling error: sample size, population size, variance of the data. Chapter 6: descriptive research: define descriptive research.