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AQA Psychology - Research Methods - Observational Designs

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Behavioural Categories – breaking behavior into specific, observable actions to record consistently.

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What are the three main observational designs?

  • Behavioural categories

  • Time sampling

  • Event sampling

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Definition

What are the three main observational designs?

  • Behavioural categories

  • Time sampling

  • Event sampling

What is a behavioural categories?

The target behaviour to be observed should be broken up into a set of observable categories

What is behavioural categories similar to?

Operationalisation

What are the limitations of behavioural catergories?

  • Difficult to make clear and unambiguous

- Dustin categories = behaviours go unrecorded

What is time sampling?

observations are made at intervals e.g every 15 seconds

Strength of time sampling:

Reduce number of observations = structured and systematic

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AQA Psychology - Research Methods - Observational Designs
TermDefinition

What are the three main observational designs?

  • Behavioural categories

  • Time sampling

  • Event sampling

What is a behavioural categories?

The target behaviour to be observed should be broken up into a set of observable categories

What is behavioural categories similar to?

Operationalisation

What are the limitations of behavioural catergories?

  • Difficult to make clear and unambiguous

- Dustin categories = behaviours go unrecorded

What is time sampling?

observations are made at intervals e.g every 15 seconds

Strength of time sampling:

Reduce number of observations = structured and systematic

Limitation of time sampling:

Unrepresentative = may miss important details out of time-scale

What is event sampling?

A target behaviour or event is recorded every time it occurs

Strengths of event sampling:

May require infrequent behaviours

Limitations of event samplings:

Complex behaviours oversimplified = important details may go unrecorded