AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Researchers collect data by observing behavior without actively interacting with the participants. 01 You can also do overt non-participant observation, for example, when researchers sit in on meetings or workshops on site, but do not actively participate.

Detailed explanation-2: -1. Complete Observer. This is a detached observer where the researcher is neither seen nor noticed by participants. It’s one way of minimizing the Hawthorne Effect as participants are more likely to act natural when they don’t know they’re being observed.

Detailed explanation-3: -The only difference between naturalistic observation and participant observation is that researchers engaged in participant observation become active members of the group or situations they are studying.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Disguised field analysis the researcher pretends to join or actually is a member of a group and records data about that group. The group does not know they are being observed for research purposes. Here, the observer may take on a number of roles.