Ok so it's been a while (I promise to not go that long with out writing again but the last of summer was VERY busy) but I'd like to start on a new topic.
Naturalistic Observation...who's heard of it?
It is a study in the psychology world of human behavior, or any behavior for that matter. It seems to be the most sincere way to gather information on anything. This is something we do everyday without realizing it! It is very similar, if not the exact same as, "people watching."
What you do is sit back and observe people, animals, children, whatever it is you're studying and just watch. That's it! Just watch what they are doing and take notice to it.
These objects you're studying cannot know you are studying them, it has to be in a natural environment with natural feelings and actions. Due to this, they will act instinctively and you will get truthful results!
There can be no interacting; you can not fix the toy your child broke or pick up the newspaper someone dropped (sounds harsh in these situations) but this way you can see reactions.
In this study, there is not always an end result because if nothing is happening there can still be no interference to try and intrigue it.
I thought this was pretty awesome that it was an actual study and it's something you can do sitting in your back yard, watching the blue birds or the squirrels run up the tree!
Pretty neat, huh? What do you guys think???
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