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- Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 The Romance of Research Methods
- Part I Before You Dive In
- Part II Basic Design Considerations to Know, No Matter What Your Research Is About
- Part III Deep Dives on Methods and Tools for Testing Your Question of Interest
- 10 Survey Research
- 11 Conducting Surveys and Experiments on the Internet
- 12 Methods for Studying Everyday Experience in Its Natural Context
- 13 Mobile Sensing Methods
- 14 Language Research in Social Personality Psychology
- 15 Collecting Digital Footprints in the Wild
- 16 Behavioral Observation and Coding
- 17 Automaticity and Implicit Measures
- 18 Social Neuroendocrinology
- 19 Multivariate Neuroimaging in Social and Personality Psychology
- Part IV Understanding What Your Data Are Telling You About Psychological Processes
- Index
- References
13 - Mobile Sensing Methods
from Part III - Deep Dives on Methods and Tools for Testing Your Question of Interest
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 December 2024
- Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 The Romance of Research Methods
- Part I Before You Dive In
- Part II Basic Design Considerations to Know, No Matter What Your Research Is About
- Part III Deep Dives on Methods and Tools for Testing Your Question of Interest
- 10 Survey Research
- 11 Conducting Surveys and Experiments on the Internet
- 12 Methods for Studying Everyday Experience in Its Natural Context
- 13 Mobile Sensing Methods
- 14 Language Research in Social Personality Psychology
- 15 Collecting Digital Footprints in the Wild
- 16 Behavioral Observation and Coding
- 17 Automaticity and Implicit Measures
- 18 Social Neuroendocrinology
- 19 Multivariate Neuroimaging in Social and Personality Psychology
- Part IV Understanding What Your Data Are Telling You About Psychological Processes
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter provides an introduction to the use of mobile sensing in social and personality psychology. It first looks at mobile sensing’s historical roots and discusses how, in the field, the method follows in the footsteps of other traditional approaches to the collection of behavioral data. It then covers research questions of the kind that mobile sensing lends itself to, and provides a high-level summary of the current literature on mobile sensing. In the third section, the chapter illustrates the very basic how-to of mobile sensing with respect to technical rationale, implementation in studies, and coverage of variables. The fourth and final section is a psychometric reflection on where mobile sensing currently stands and where it is or should be going. To this end, five predictions are evaluated that were made for mobile sensing research when it first emerged in the psychological research landscape about a decade ago.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024