Researching Development (4)

Question 1

Limits of Lab research

Answer 1

Consider environment/ will children behave differently in a lab? Is it natural? are the results generalizable to other settings?

Question 2

Limitations of life experiences

Answer 2

Repitition of mistakes.
Harmful practices kept for years

Question 3

Advantages of science

Answer 3

Open to scrutiny. Revisable. Paradigm shifts. Always evolving.

Question 4

Quantitative Research

Answer 4

Measuring, number based (percentages, statistics)

Question 5

Qualitative Research

Answer 5

Contextualized. Mixed methods research is an example of converging operations. Describes

Question 6

Independent Variable

Answer 6

Manipulated Variable

Question 7

Dependent Variable

Answer 7

Changes in response to the independent variable

Question 8

Inductive Studies

Answer 8

Begin with research question

Question 9

Deductive Studies

Answer 9

Starts with a problem and reviews literature

Question 10

Data Collection Methods

Answer 10

Surveys, interviews, focus groups, responses to prompts

Question 11

Developmental research goals

Answer 11

1. Describe
2. Explain
3. Optimize

Question 12

Ethics include

Answer 12

Informed consent. Assent for minors. Debriefing participants. Think about the little Albert experiment

Question 13

Respecting Indentity in Reseach

Answer 13

Avoid exclusion and distortion of minority groups. Respect accumulated knowledge of non-eurocentric cultures. Consider disability culture and neurodiversity