PSYC 2017 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Stanford Prison Experiment, Distressing, Naturalistic Observation
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Limitations: cannot identify causality, third variable problem, occurs when relationship btween two variables is actually due to a confounding extraneous variable, natural manipulation research. 3 components of qualitative: is interpretive, uses triangulation (multimethod), i. e. uses multiple data resources, research methods, etc, conducted in field or natural setting, difficulties w/ qualitative, is subjective, no agreed upon methodology, no objective hypothesis testing used. 3 types of em: phenomenology, definition description of conscious experience of phenomenon, goal to fully understand the essence of some phenomenon, purpose to describe and interpret experiences of participants in order to understand the essence experienced by participants, primary method of data collection: in depth interviews. Write narrative describing phenomenon: focuses on the consciousness of human experiences, each participant interprets the same experience differently and the meaning of the experience to each participant constitutes reality, ethnography, definition description and interpretation of culture of group of people, goal to describe a cultural group, primary method of data collection: participant observation.
