One of the most interesting topics that I found in chapter 2 was the types of surveys and how they work. You may find it pretty boring and plain, but I found it attention-grabbing. We know that are two types of surveys: interview survey (face-to-face interaction) and questionnaires survey (usually in writing). After reading the material I got to the conclusion that I prefer the questionnaires survey, and specifically which interacts with the psychological perspective. They are used in psychology for measuring attitudes and traits, monitoring changes in mood, checking the validity of experimental manipulations, and for a wide variety of other psychological topics. Most commonly, psychologists use paper-and-pencil surveys. However, surveys are also conducted over the phone or through e-mail. Increasingly, web-based surveys are being used in research. Similar methodology is also used in applied setting, such as clinical assessment and personnel assessment.
The survey portion did not even "pop" out to me within this chapter. Possibly because, I too, found it plain (at first). But upon further review due to reading your post I can see how one might find the concept interesting. Though I would have to say that I would prefer the interview survey over the questionnaires survey. My reasoning is this; I find that when one takes the time to have a face-to-face interaction with another individual that there are more notes that can be added to the interviewee's responses rather than just the words which they speak. Gestures, body language and facial expressions are all clues as to the true meaning the interviewee wishes to relay or inclinations as to what the interviewee might be holding back within their response. Attempting to analyze what someone has written down on a piece of paper, I believe, does not quite offer a "in-depth" result.
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