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PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION
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1What are the types of participant observation?
- ACovert, overt, participant & non-participant
- BLab, field & comparative
2What is non-participant observation?
- Athe researcher simply observes the group/event without taking part in it
- Bthe researcher actually takes part in the event/everyday life of the group while observing it
3What is participant observation?
- Athe researcher makes their true identity and purpose known to those being studied ~ the sociologist is open about what they are doing
- Bthe researcher actually takes part in the event/everyday life of the group while observing it
4What is overt observation?
- Athe researcher actually takes part in the event/everyday life of the group while observing it
- Bthe researcher makes their true identity and purpose known to those being studied ~ the sociologist is open about what they are doing
5What is covert observation?
- AThe study is carried out undercover, the researcher's identity and purpose are kept secret from the group being studied. The researcher takes on a false identity and role ~ usually posing as a genuine member of the group
- Bstaring at people in the street
6Getting in is when the researcher has to gain entry into the group, for example joining a football crowd is likely to be easier than joining a criminal gang.
- ATrue
- BFalse
7Who is the man on the left?
- AJohn Howard Griffin
- BGandhi
- CJesus
- DBob Marley
8What is going native?
- Aflying to America to see the Red Indians
- Bwhere the researcher ceases to balance the roles of participant and observer and, instead, simply participates like any other group member.
9What is getting out?
- Aremoving yourself from the group
- Bwhen you swim to the ladder of a pool, climb it and you are no longer in water
10What are the advantages of overt observation?
- Ait avoids the ethical problem of obtaining information by deceit and when studying deviant groups that of being expected to join in their activities, i.e. smoking weed with them
- Bit stops you from getting chilly because you are indoors
- Cit allows the observer to ask the kind of naïve but important questions that only an outsider could ask
- Dlooking through a neighbour's window to see what they are having for tea
- Ethe observer can take notes openly
- Fit allows the researcher to use interview methods to check insights derived from observations
11What are the disadvantages of overt observation?
- Aa group may refuse the researcher permission to observer them
- Byou can't get a good view of yo gurl
- Cit risks creating the Hawthorne Effect
12What is the Hawthorne Effect?
- Awhen the subjects of a research study don't know they are being studied and therefore don't behave differently
- Bwhere the subjects of a research study know they are being studied and begin to behave differently as a result, thereby undermining the study's validity.
13What are the advantages of covert observation?
- Ait reduces the risk of altering people's behaviour
- Byou can wear a nice costume
- Cit won't cause ethical issues
14What are the disadvantages of covert observation?
- Ait requires the researcher to keep up an act and may call for detailed knowledge of the group's way of life even before joining it
- Bthere is always a risk of one's cover being blown
- Cit may cause the Hawthorne Effect
- Dit is immoral to deceive people
- Ecovert observers may have to lie about their reason for leaving the group
- Fthey may have to participate in immoral or illegal activities as part of their cover role
15An advantage of participant observation is it is the best way to truly understand what something is like
- ATrue
- BFalse
16An advantage of participant observation is that it isn't very time consuming
- ATrue
- BFalse
17A disadvantage of participant observation is that it can be personally stressful and demanding ~ especially when undercover
- ATrue
- BFalse
18Participant observation can be difficult to remain objective and the sociologist may end up presenting a bias view of the group
- ATrue
- BFalse
19This was an overt observation in which the gang members knew what Patrick was doing
- ATrue
- BFalse
20What was Griffin's study called?
- ABlack Like Me
- BI Is Black Now
- CI love Sun Lamps
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- all you need to know about observing participants
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- gina.rogers
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- English
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