Participant, Nonparticipant, Naturalistic, Overt And Covert Observations

It is important that when Observing and recording you of selecting the appropriate method to suit desired aim of the observation it. We do observations to help look at the different areas of development i.e. physical, intellectual, emotional, and social.

In order to evaluate my role within the group it is important to identify what makes a group. A group must

A disadvantage of this is that some people’s behaviour alters if they know they are being observed.

Participants seem to benefit from the group by leaning on the support of others and finding

I decided for my social observation the mall would be a good place to start. I came there on a Friday evening when there should be plenty of people to watch. I also sat in the Barnes and Noble café after that to observe. I expected to see a lot of people shopping and conversing. A few things did stand out to me within the few hours I was there. Some things I didn’t expect to see. We are expected to behave a certain way in public determined by our culture as to what is acceptable. Some people stay well within the lines while some might stray outside the norms but never too far typically. Usually the ones to travel to the extremes are adolescents and teenagers. This is what I observed.

An important part of our education and growing experience originates from our skill to analyze and reflect upon groups we are and have been apart of. This refection can enable us to analyze our strengths and weakness of ourselves in others in the group. By doing this, we can better ourselves in the group setting and strengthen how we work with others. The group I will be analyzing in this paper is the Dutton Family. The Dutton Family consists of fourteen people in the immediate family. For the purpose of the family’s privacy, I will be using pseudonym for each member. Barbara and Bob are the parents of the Dutton family; they had four children of their own, who we will refer to as, K, J, B, and T. K married M and they had two children together,

Being involved groups is essential to everyday living and many of us will belong to a variety of groups at the same time. For example, families, social, sports, support, learning management and committees groups. A group is “a small, face-to-face collection of persons who interact to accomplish some purpose” (Schriver, 1998). In other words, a group is collection of diverse people with common characteristics or purpose. A group can consist of any number of people from any number of races, ethnicities, culture, age, and or religious background. People involved in groups interact, engage, support, and identify with each other and are aware of each other in the group, often meet regularly at pre-determined destinations and times. The people involved

Although in normative circumstances where I am familiar with people, I don’t mind close proximity of others to my person. This acceptance of my “in-group” in many ways is reflected in several studies; one of which is

The contents of this assignment will include multiple psychological theories to explain what ways an individual’s behaviour changes when he/she is part of a group. These theories will define social influence, conformity procedures within groups and social cognition, including the self-categorisation theory. Social groups are used in everyday living to represent beliefs, to work, play and to socialise. Groups can have a negative effect on an individual. Not been part of a group due to exclusion or stereotyping can create a negative effect.

Throughout the module I was part of group including eight other health professions including student midwives, mental health nurses, physiotherapist’s, radiologists and paediatric nurses. According to Tuckman and Jensen (1977) there are five stages of group development; forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. I was a little anxious about meeting the group and during the forming stage was apprehensive about trusting individuals within the group; maybe because of the lack of a clear

They describe the individual as part of a group or indirectly influenced by a group. Based on these three independent variables we based our hypotheses as such:

An important part of our learning and growing experience must stem from our ability to analyze and reflect upon the groups that we have been members in. This reflection can define our understanding of the weaknesses both in ourselves and in the others within our group; and it can help to shape the way that we act in future groups. Adjusting ourselves to compensate for our weaknesses, based upon an honest and thorough examination of our actions within a group setting, is one of most important thing for any person to do. It is only through this evaluation that we can improve ourselves and our interactions with others. This paper will examine a group that was required to make an important decision about adding a new member

Observation is a data collection approach in which researchers use all of their senses to scrutinize people in usual settings or naturally transpiring situations, where as, a Participant Observation is an approach in which Participant observers study people in their natural environment, obtaining a depth of vision into behaviour that comes not simply from close, detailed, methodical observation but also from the researcher's own experiences within the group being studied, a method that provides first hand insights into why people behave as they do. To be a Participant observer it needs a great deal of skills,courage, commitment and the risk of life is associated with it, like doing a research on a gang. A researcher has to learn the culture

A group that typically a small whose members share close, personal, enduring relationships for a long period of time.

This assignment will aim to define what group work is, outline the history of group work, its advantages and disadvantages and the use of group for individuals suffering from ill mental health. The second part of this assignment will be a reflection that will outline the authors personal experience of participating in a group in the university setting and the challenges and growths associated with that. Human beings naturally form groups and are shaped by them. Usually beginning in the microcosm of the family and extending to larger societal and cultural groups.