Observational Design

Question 1

3 of them

Issues in observational design

Answer 1

1. Ways of recording data
2. Behavioral categories
3. Sampling methods

Question 2

Ways of recording data: unstructured ob

Answer 2

• writing down everything you see
• accounts of behavior that are rich in detail
• appropriate for when small in scale + few ps
• e.g. observing therapist + client

Question 3

ways of recording data: Structured observation

Answer 3

• too much going on in unstructured
• Behavioral catergories = simplified target behaviors - makes it easier to observe (main focus)

Question 4

Behavioral categories

Answer 4

Target behavior broken up into components that are observable + measurable (Operationalisation)
* checklist
* should be precisely defined
* able to measure + observe
* ‘affection’ = hugging + smiling