naturalistic observation

collocation in English

meaningsofnaturalisticandobservation

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naturalistic
adjective
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/ˌnætʃ.ər.əlˈɪs.tɪk/
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/ˌnætʃ.ɚ.rəˈlɪs.t̬ɪk/
Naturalistic art, literature, acting, etc. shows things as they ...
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observation
noun
uk
/ˌɒb.zəˈveɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌɑːb.zɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
the act of observing something ...
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For example, there is inconsistency between laboratory-based assessment procedures - standard false belief tests - andnaturalisticobservationof young children.
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A final source of discrepancy is likely to rest in the use of parental report rather thannaturalisticobservation.
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A primary research methodology in the study of child language acquisition isnaturalisticobservation.
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The research reported in this paper has been based on anaturalisticobservationof engineering teams in a design review situation.
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These tasks do, however, give us some very good clues, whereasnaturalisticobservationof speech perception tells us nothing at all about processing architecture.
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This is in contrast to other scientific fields in whichnaturalisticobservationis especially important.
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Here, the methodology was purely explorative and thenaturalisticobservationwas essentially directed toward the understanding of participant behavior when monitoring equipment is introduced in the work environment.
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Naturalisticobservationmay also be conducted in lieu of structured experiments when implementing an experiment would be too costly.
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Duringnaturalisticobservationresearchers take great care to avoid interfering with the behavior they are observing by using unobtrusive methods.
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Naturalisticobservationcan also be used to verify external validity, permitting researchers to examine whether study findings generalize to real world scenarios.
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Naturalisticobservationas a research tool comes with both advantages and disadvantages that impact its application.
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Naturalisticobservationinvolves two main differences that set it apart from other forms of data gathering.
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In the context of anaturalisticobservationthe environment is in no way being manipulated by the observer nor was it created by the observer.
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There are several disadvantages and limitations tonaturalisticobservation.
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Observational methods are purely descriptive and includenaturalisticobservation, contrived observation, participant observation, and archival analysis.
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Piaget wanted to examine the limits ofnaturalisticobservation, in order to understand a childs reasoning.
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