Activity B
An Observation.
It is
important that you use a coding scheme which could for example be a
tally system where you tick every time the behaviour on your coding
scheme occurs. It is also better if you observe something
which is occurring naturally rather than manipulate behaviour as you
may break ethical guidelines. There is no need to do any sophisticated analysis
for this activity. Even though you
will be carrying out a coding scheme you do need to be aware of other
types of observation methods which
relate to this activity. You need to know some of the strengths and
weaknesses of observation methods.
More on observation
methods. You need to know some of the strengths and
weaknesses of coding schemes
More on coding schemes. You need to know about the ethical issues of using
observation methods. You need to know how the issues of reliability and
validity relate to observation methods.
More on reliability
and validity.
More Stuff
More pages.- Cognitive Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Individual Differences
- Physiological Psychology
- Social Psychology
And A Bit More Stuff
Some more pages.
- About (just stuff about this site)
- Core Studies 2 (a quick link to stuff about this paper)
- Exam Questions (past exam questions of course)
- PsychBlog (great blog dedicated to OCR psychology)
- Shop (you know you want to buy something)
- Links (nearly as fab as books)
- Further reading (books are fab)
- A Level Psychology (that stuff you do in the 2nd year)
- LearnByIt (where you can buy stuff that I have written)
- Learn Psychology (great site for any students of psychology)