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Observing behaviours - methods&evidence
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- 1How can we define behaviour when making observations?Things we can see and hear in an individual. Not attitudes, emotional states or labels.
- 2What would a good operational definition for behaviour include and not include?1. use of action word describing things that can be directly seen
2. not using labels for behaviours e.g. depressed, bad attitude, angry, doesn't care) - 3'The time we use to observe behaviour' is called what?The observation period
- 4When observing the behaviour which method of design is best to use?Repeated measures design
- 5When conducting observations we want to avoid reactivity. What is reactivity?A change in a person's behaviour as a result of being observed.
- 6How can reactivity be reduce?1. Making observations as unobtrusive as possible
2. being present in the environment over time so that children are used to you being there - 7What are the dimensions of behaviour that can be directly measured?1. Frequency: how many times the behaviour occurs
2. Rate: how many times the behaviour occurs during a given time period. - 8What is the duration of behaviour?How long the behaviour lasts
- 9what is the latency of behaviour?how long it takes for the behaviour to start
- 10What is time sampling?An estimate of how much time the person was engaged in the target behaviour during the observation period
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- observing and recording behaviour;other developmental research methods
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- Demi Barnard
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