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Naturalistic

Watching and recording behaviour in the setting with which is would normally occur.



🙂-high external validity.


☹️-lack of control,replication harder to do.


☹️-uncontrolled extraneous variables, harder to judge behaviour patterns.

Controlled

Watching and recording behaviour within a structured environment.



🙂- extraneous variables may be less of a factor, replication becomes easier.


☹️- findings are harder to apply to real life

Covert

Ppts behaviour is watched and recorded without their knowing or consent.



🙂- removes ppts reactivity as they don't know they are being watched.


☹️- ethical issues no consent.

Overt

Ppts behaviour is watched and recorded with their knowledge and consent.



🙂-more ethical.


☹️- demand characteristics

Participant

The researched becomes a member of the group whose behaviour he/she is watching and recording.



🙂- validity increased as they have a deeper insight to ppts.


☹️- researcher may become too involved.

Non participant

The researcher remains outside the group of whose behaviour he/she is watching and recording.



🙂- allows researcher to maintain an objective psychological distance.


☹️-may loss valuable insight when observing their ppts.

Pilot study

Only involves a handful of people. This is to test the procedure and check the investigation runs smoothly.