Research Scenario/Behavioral categories and ways in which observations may be quantified
Scenario:
You are a research psychologist and have initiated a research study to assess how couples relate and
communicate with each other in both mundane and conflict situations. For this study, you have opted to create
a natural “home” setting at the research laboratory.
In approach to this scenario, prepare a brief paper that evaluates the following:
Explain how you might design the “home” setting. What considerations would you make in developing the
environment? Be sure to explain and support your answer.
Determine if this is a natural or contrived research setting. Be sure to explain and support your answer.
Determine how you might operationalize observations. Be sure to explain and support your answer. *Hint:
Refer to behavioral categories and ways in which observations may be quantified.
Explain how you might design the setting to facilitate unobtrusive observations.
Interpret how observations could potentially be intrusive in this study. Explain the role intrusiveness would
have on the setting and potential results.
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