A psychologist is observing how often members of a community pottery workshop offer help during their usual weekly session. At first, the psychologist plans to tell the members about the study and place the observer where everyone can see them. The psychologist then changes the procedure: the observer will watch from an adjoining office without telling the members that they are being observed.
Explain how this change affects the classification of the observation as overt or covert. Explain one ethical concern raised by the changed procedure.
139 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 7.2 Doing Research, covering 7.2.1 Experiments, 7.2.2 Interviews, 7.2.3 Questionnaires (Surveys), 7.2.4 Observations, 7.2.5 Case Studies, and 7.2.6 Correlations. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.