CH10 Ethnography

Question 1

research where researchers immerse themselves in the lives and social worlds of people they want to understand (participant observation)

Answer 1

ethnography

Question 2

4 roles of the ethnographer

Answer 2

complete participant
participant observer
non participant observer
covert observer

Question 3

researcher goes “undercover”, immersing themselves in a fieldwork site and keeping their identity as a researcher a secret; not allowed through APA and limited by ASA

Answer 3

complete participant

Question 4

researcher tells at least some of the people being studied about real identity as researcher

Answer 4

participant observer

Question 5

researcher tells people they are being observed but does not take part in the subjectsʻ activities and lives; useful for studies of occupations where researchers cannot participate in activity

Answer 5

non participant observer

Question 6

researcher observes people who do not know they are being observed or studied; poses least danger of altering the dynamics being studied but greatest risk of misunderstanding situations

Answer 6

covert observer

Question 7

threat that fieldworkers who completely immerse themselves in the world of their subjects will lose their original identity and forget they are researchers

Answer 7

“going native”

Question 8

when the presence and actions of the researcher change the behaviors and beliefs of the research subjects

Answer 8

reactivity

Question 9

the phenomenon where merely being observed changes subjectsʻ behavior (based on study of factory workers)

Answer 9

Hawthorne effect

Question 10

a close and harmonious relationship that allows people to understand each other communicate effectively

Answer 10

rapport

Question 11

when new materials fail to yield new insights and reinforce what the researcher already knows

Answer 11

saturation

Question 12

3 types of ethnographic writing

Answer 12

realist tales, confessional tales, advocacy tales