Question

Patti studies the behavior of preschool children by watching them play at a local daycare center. While doing this, she is careful to find a spot where she will be completely unnoticed by the individuals she is observing. Patti is most likely using a ____ approach to studying the children.

Answer 1

Non-participant observation

Step-by-step explanation:

Patti does an observation type study. These types of studies can be divided into two groups: participant and non-participant observation.

As Patti wants to be unnoticed by the children, she is using the non-participant approach to studying. Here, the researcher does not form a part of a group and/or even becomes a member of it but deliberately stays apart from it. His main goal is to observe the behavior of such a group in a natural setting and without interfering himself.