Question

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of using observation in natural settings as a research method in Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin’s 1969 study: ‘Good Samaritan: An underground phenomenon.’

Answer 1

One advantage of naturalistic observation is that it allows researchers to evaluate their subjects or subject in an organic environment. It lets them study how their subject or subjects act in a setting that is not contrived by them.