PSY210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Naturalistic Observation, Family Resemblance, Structured Interview
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Start with a research question and how feasible it is to conduct an experiment based on this research question e. g. raising a baby on an island. Method refers to ho(cid:449) you"re a(cid:272)tually goi(cid:374)g to get the data: naturalistic observation observing subjects in their natural environment, illu(cid:373)i(cid:374)ati(cid:374)g (cid:272)hild"s i(cid:374)tera(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:449)ith other orga(cid:374)is(cid:373)s (cid:894)e(cid:272)ology(cid:895, bell & ainsworth (1972) To determine whether parents responding to crying increased or decreased crying. A naturalistic observation study at home observed 4 hours in a day. ), external validity (can you generalize your result) (+) causal conclusions (-) lab was an artificial environmner: mean monkey study. Child told monkey will always take his sticker, repeating the experiment to find out whether the 3-year-old will know he can deceive the monkey. Iv: (cid:272)hild"s age, other fa(cid:272)tors (cid:449)ere held (cid:272)o(cid:374)sta(cid:374)t. Dv: sticker shown to monkey i. e. which sticker they said they liked when monkey asked, and whether the child lies to monkey.
