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- Q1Research in which behaviours are seen in participants' normal environment or social, physical environment is a:overt observationnaturalistic observationcontrolled observationparticipant observation30s
- Q2Research in which the role of the observer is known to the participant is a:participant observationovert observationcovert observationcontrolled observation30s
- Q3A way of collecting data, that the participants' behaviour is recorded by a researcher who is not engaging with them as part of the social setting. The observer may be overt or covert:unstructured observationcovert observationnon-participant observationstructured observation30s
- Q4In an observation where the researcher has set up the environment in which the ppts are being observed, is a:controlled observationparticipant observationstructured observationcovert observation30s
- Q5Which is a type of observation in psychological research?practicalparticipantprincipalpopulation30s
- Q6What is meant by event sampling in psychological observations?participants are observed to identify certain categories of behaviourevery occurrence of behaviour, as specified on a predetermined checklist, is observed and recorded within a specified period of timeparticipants’ behaviours are observed in set intervals of time30s
- Q7What is a weakness of using an overt observation in psychological research?high risk of observer biaslow levels of ecological validityreduced inter-rater reliabilitypoor generalisability to population30s
- Q8Which statement suggests that a researcher is being accused of observer bias?‘she only observed one culture and not any others’‘her observation sheet had not been standardised’‘she purposely manipulated her results to match her hypothesis’‘her perceptions were influenced by what she expected to see’30s
- Q9Naturalistic observations are likely to increase ecological validity because participants are in their normal environment:truefalse30s
- Q10
Time sampling should be used in short observations
overt observation
True
one-way mirror
False
30s - Q11What is a weakness of a covert observation:
there is a chance that validity is compromised if participants suspect the observer
the method is highly unethical when observing people in a public placeparticipants are more likely to be aware that they are being observed and therefore act less naturally30s - Q12Select a strength of a participant observation:
avoids experimenter bias
avoids experimenter bias
greater accuracy and detail as the researcher is involved in the situation
30s - Q13Select a weakness of a participant observation:
lacks ecological validity
participants may become aware that they are being observed
harder to remain objective as the researcher themselves may get caught up in the moment30s - Q14Which is NOT a way of sampling behaviour in an observation?stratified samplingevent samplingtime sampling30s
- Q15To improve the reliability of observations, pairs of researchers must establish:
split-half reliability
observer biasinter-observer reliabilityethical guidelines
30s