PS300 Unit 4 Discussion
Researchers and clinical professionals use participant observation when they want to collect data from individuals with whom they have a relationship or role and/or when they want to be able to interact with participants. Examples include a teacher collecting data from students, a bartender collecting data from patrons, or a researcher joining a support group and collecting data from other group members. Participant observation can be disguised (where those observed are unaware that data is being collected) or undisguised (where those observed are aware that data is being collected).
Think of a topic or scenario that could be used for a participant observation, and please respond to the following:
- How does participant observation differ from naturalistic observation?
- What would you want to study, and why would this be good to study with a participant observation instead of a naturalistic observation?
- Summarize how you could conduct a participant observation to assess this.
- Would you use disguised or undisguised participant observation? Why?
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PS300 Unit 4 Discussion Answer
Participant observation and naturalistic observation differ in the sense that naturalistic observation means watching and observing people or animals in their natural environment without interacting with the subjects while observing for a specific behavior and with participant observation, interaction with subjects or participants takes place (Olson, 2019, pg. 165).
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