RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION
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The observation of human or animal behavior in its natural setting.
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A measure of the relationship between two variables.
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The group to which the researchers manipulate the independent variable.
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Variable in an experiment that represents the measurable response or behavior of the subjects in the experiment.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Naturalistic observation is a research method in which people or other subjects are observed in their natural setting. Psychologists and other social scientists use naturalistic observation to study specific social or cultural settings that couldn’t be investigated in other ways, such as prisons, bars, and hospitals.
Detailed explanation-2: -Naturalistic observation is a method that involves observing subjects in their natural environment. The goal is to look at behavior in a natural setting without intervention.
Detailed explanation-3: -An example of a naturalistic observation study would be researchers studying monkeys in their natural environment. They may use hidden cameras, discreet researcher observation, audio recording, or all of the above in order to study monkey behavior without them being affected by a human presence.
Detailed explanation-4: -Example: You join a classroom and study student behaviors without taking part in the activities yourself. It’s clear to your participants that you’re observing them. Importantly, all of these take place in naturalistic settings rather than experimental laboratory settings.
Detailed explanation-5: -Naturalistic behavior is the method of observing an animal in the animal’s natural habitat, not going for any manipulations by the observer to the natural environment present around that person.