PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture 1: Research Methods
18 Oct 2015
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Speci c methods to developmental psych age related research designs. Studying rare disease, case study on one person, follow for many years. Wolf child, social isolation, case studies, can compare and see any themes. Crime stats, determine relations with 3 varibles etc. Try to do research asking about at 20-30 yr old. Peoples memories affected by what happens today and by time. Causation? still can"t say one thing causes another. >going to see changes in the dependant variable that you"re measuring experimental control. > got bad painting materials and one group got candy, can"t know what is what that caused the outcome. > need control, need variables to be exact random assignment. Variable picked randomly causation can make a statement after the experiment. Lose a bit of control, but use random assignment. About age, can"t control age, starting with preexisting groups. Random assignment not possible on at least one variable. Can"t make any causal statements on that one variable.
