Descriptive research in Psychology

how is quantitive research gathered?

• through data in written form

• through data in numerical form with units of measurement

• with perspectives of others

• observation and interviews

this research is concerned with understanding human behavior from the informed perspective with seeking and explaining how, and why, in behavior that operates in a particular way, usually with open, ended questions documents, and put participant observation.

what is descriptive research?

• when you don’t try to measure the effect of a variable, and only seek to describe it

• when you do try to measure the effect of a variable and describe it.

again, observational technique in which one or more individuals are carefully studied in-depth

Data collection tool is used to gather information about individuals are commonly used by psychologist to collect self report data from study participants.

This research method involves, looking at a behavior as it occurs in a natural setting, with no attempt at intervention on the part of a researcher.

which of these is NOT a part of naturalistic observation?

• Observer narratives

• Audio or video recording

• Laboratory observation

• Intervening in a particular research

what is the effect where people may behave differently when they know they are being watched or sometimes people try to behave better than normally in order to appear more socially desirable or acceptable?

Answer explanation

or observer effect

When the researcher knows the goal of the study or the hypothesis in allows this knowledge to influence the observation during the study