Observational Techniques (OCR A-Level Psychology): Quizzes
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Practise the questions
12 questions from this quiz
What defines a naturalistic observation?
What defines a naturalistic observation?
Behaviour in natural setting, free to vary
What problem does covert observation remove?
What problem does covert observation remove?
Participant reactivity
What advantage does participant observation provide?
What advantage does participant observation provide?
Increased insight into lives studied
What does non-participant observation allow the researcher to maintain?
What does non-participant observation allow the researcher to maintain?
Objective psychological distance
What limitation applies to all observations?
What limitation applies to all observations?
Cannot establish cause and effect
What type of data do structured observations produce?
What type of data do structured observations produce?
Numerical (quantitative) data
What risk increases with unstructured observations?
What risk increases with unstructured observations?
Observer bias
How should behavioural categories be designed?
How should behavioural categories be designed?
Clear and unambiguous
When is event sampling particularly useful?
When is event sampling particularly useful?
When behaviour happens infrequently
What is a limitation of time sampling?
What is a limitation of time sampling?
Behaviour may be unrepresentative
How many researchers should conduct observations to reduce bias?
How many researchers should conduct observations to reduce bias?
At least two researchers
How is inter-observer reliability calculated?
How is inter-observer reliability calculated?
Correlating each pair of observations