Sanity-Saving Strategies
By Martha Beck
Strategy #4: Become a Participant Observer
Some social scientists use a technique called participant observation, meaning that they join groups of people in order to watch and report on whatever those people do.
Almost any group activity is interesting when you're planning to describe it later to someone who's on your wavelength. In the next few slides are some approaches to help you become a participant observer of your own family.
Some social scientists use a technique called participant observation, meaning that they join groups of people in order to watch and report on whatever those people do.
Almost any group activity is interesting when you're planning to describe it later to someone who's on your wavelength. In the next few slides are some approaches to help you become a participant observer of your own family.
From the December 2002 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine