PSYC 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Field Experiment, Natural Environment

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PSYC 2020 Lecture 24 Notes
Introduction
Natural environment
Experiments may be performed in the laboratory or in the natural environment (that is,
a field eperiet), there ireasig the eologial validit of the results.”
The impact of events that researchers cannot manipulate or control can be studied in
natural (quasi-) experiments.
However, lack of control over natural events prevents the quasi-experimenter from
drawing definitive conclusions about cause and effect. "
Cross-cultural studies!
Compare participants from different cultures and subcultures on one or more aspects of
development!
Identify universal patterns of development!
Demonstrate that other aspects of development are heavily influenced by the social
context in which they occur
Desigs for Studig Developet”
The cross-sectional design!
Compares different age groups at a single point in time! Is easy to conduct!
Cannot tell us how individuals develop!
May confuse age trends for trends that may actually be due to cohort effects rather
tha true developetal hage”
The longitudinal design!
Detects developmental change by repeatedly examining the same participants as they
grow older!
Identifies developmental continuities and changes and individual differences in
development!
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