Exam 10: Observing People in Natural Settings

_________ questions focus on the similarities or differences among the categories,processes,or aspects after structural questions.

Mr.Marsh writes the following in his notes: "the cashier had a bad hairdo." What would be a better way to describe the cashier's hair for field notes?

Three types of field site events for sampling include: routine,______,and unanticipated.

A researcher may need to negotiate for access to new areas as his research focus develops.

In getting organized for a field study a researcher begins the process with a narrow question or specific hypothesis.

What four factors affect a researcher's choice of a field research site?

Dr.Mottle has been developing relationships within the community where she is conducting her field research.To gain trust she has been helping out with some of the chores in the local store.This is an example of possible strategies that build success in the field.

Building relationships through doing small favors,appearing interested,and avoiding conflicts are all strategies for success in field research.

______ is the principle that we learn best by observing ordinary events in a natural setting,not in a contrived,invented,or researcher-created setting.

Which of the following is true when developing strategies for success in the field?

A(n)______ of strangeness is a perspective in which the field researcher questions and notices ordinary details by looking at the ordinary through the eyes of a stranger.

What is the difference between explicit and tacit knowledge?

A member in a field site with whom a researcher develops a relationship and who tells the researcher many details about life in the field state is called a(n)______.

The purpose of ______ is to provide a detailed description and up-close understanding of a way of life from the standpoint of its natives or members.

Mr.Marsh is a poor notetaker.What suggestion might be most helpful for him while doing his field research?

Structural questions

Cultural knowledge has two parts,explicit and

What is the most common ethical issue in field research?

Three major issues to consider when entering the field include: presentation of self,social role,and what other issue?

Very short notes of a few words,written inconspicuously in the field site and used only to trigger memory later are called ______ notes.