Exam 11: Observation, Ethnography, and Participatory Action Research

Researchers who engage in research in communities they have no connection to and extract data and disappear are engaging in ______ research.

The goal of ______ is to understand the relationship between societal structures and ideological patterns of thought that limit our ability to confront and change unjust social systems.

______ is the pressures to require a unanimous position by a group, which may mask the diversity of the group and cause the perspectives of some members of the community to be suppressed.

David Rosenhan's study involved him and seven colleagues engaging in complete participant roles in a mental hospital in ______ roles.

Critical ethnography begins with an ethical responsibility to address processes of unfairness or injustice within a particular lived domain.

Summarize the role of culture in ethnography and discuss the different types of ethnography.

While Regan is interested in minimizing oppression, her main research interest is in contributing to the body of knowledge for the academy. What type of researcher is Regan?

Adults forget the presence of an observer quicker than children do.

Consider the role of relationships in field research and identify a group that you currently do not have a connection with (e.g., toddlers in South America) and propose a research question (e.g., how much exercise is normal for this demographic?). Discuss how you will gain access to this group and how and what you may observe them doing. Be sure to include the level of structure you would desire for the study and discuss the different components to consider in the design of this observational study.

A ______ is better suited if you are interested in the number of times a behavior is displayed, whereas a ______ is better suited if you are interested in the temporal flow of the behavior throughout the day.

Participatory action research was linked to the following trends below EXCEPT ______.

The reliability of the category coding scheme is the extent of inter-rater agreement.

______ researchers who share political values with an organized group of people they study and serving their interest by doing research that helps advocate for their cause.

Learning the activities of people in the natural setting through observing or participating in those activities is referred to as all the following EXCEPT ______.

According to Lofland everything we call social science addresses one of three questions. Which is NOT one of the three questions?

Summarize the relationship between the observer and the observed and discuss the traditional continuum of roles in observational studies.

______ refers to understandings from the outside, that is, the observer's perspective.

What people do is not of interest to social and health scientists

Betty is observing baseball players to see how often they spit during the game. She notes every time they spit. Which coding scheme system is being used to code this behavior?

Mark invites engaged couples to a lab to observe them discussing wedding plans. The couples know they are being observed for research and their conversation is atypical due to ______.