Developmental psychology (ass no 1)
(BC 210407460)
Scenarios
A researcher wants to observe
the natural behavior of the
school students playing in the
playground and wants to explore
that how playing contributes in
the social development of
children.
A researcher wants to study the
biography of a new born baby
and keeps the record of his
dayto-day development. This will
be just like studying a story. The
case of this child and his
developmental records are
studied till the age of puberty to
explore the different aspects of
development.
A researcher wants to know the
opinions and experiences of
school students who were
bullied. So, he decided to
formulate a couple of groups to
find the data and do the
research on this topic. It could
be done thorough one to one or
group communication.
Milgram conducted the
experiment on conformity. He
brought the subjects to the
laboratory and put them in a
particular situation and recorded
their responses.
Identification Justification
Naturalistic observation Naturalistic observation is a
qualitative research method
where you record the
Non experimental behaviors of your research
subjects in real world
settings. You avoid
interfering with or influencing
any variables in a naturalistic
observation. You can think of
naturalistic observation as
“people watching” with a
purpose
Case-study A case study is an
Non experimental appropriate research
design when you want to gain
concrete, contextual, in-depth
knowledge about a specific
real-world subject. It allows
you to explore the key
characteristics, meanings, and
implications of the case.
Interview An interview is a qualitative
Non experimental research method that relies
on asking questions in
order to collect data.
Interviews involve two or more
people, one of whom is the
interviewer asking the
questions. There are several
types of interviews, often
differentiated by their level of
structure.
Laboratory observation A laboratory experiment is an
Experimental experiment conducted
under highly controlled
conditions (not necessarily
a laboratory), where
accurate measurements are
possible. The researcher
decides where the experiment
will take place, at what time,
with which participants, in

A researcher wants to explore
the relationship between the
socioeconomic status and
intelligence of the children.
what circumstances and using
a standardized procedure.
Correlation observation A correlational research
design investigates
relationships between
variables without the
researcher controlling or
manipulating any of them. A
correlation reflects the
strength and/or direction of
the relationship between two
(or more) variables. The
direction of a correlation can
be either positive or negative.