Developmental Psychology

The procedure wherein data are collected on people of different ages at the same time.

• Cross-sectional

• Longitudinal

• Sequential

A group consists of people who are to be exposed to the experimental manipulation or treatment.

• Control Group

• Experimental Group

• Manipulation Group

A design which involves an in-depth study of single individual.

• Experiment

• Correlational study

• Ethnographic study

• Case study

A research design which attempts to find positive or negative relationship between variables.

• Case study

• Ethnographic study

• Correlational study

• Experiment

In-depth study of a culture or subculture.

• Case study

• Ethnographic study

• Correlational study

• Experiment

A form of data collection wherein people are observed in their normal setting, with no attempt to manipulate behavior.

• Self-report

• Naturalistic

  observation

• Laboratory

  observation

• Behavioral and

  performance

  measures

A form of data collection wherein participants are observed in the laboratory, with no attempt to manipulate behavior.

• Self-report

• Naturalistic

  observation

• Laboratory

  observation

• Behavioral and

  performance

  measures

A form of data collection wherein people are observed in their normal setting, with no attempt to manipulate behavior.

• Self-report

• Naturalistic

  observation

• Laboratory

  observation

• Behavioral and

  performance

  measures

A form of data collection wherein participants are asked about some aspect of their lives.

• Self-report

• Naturalistic

  observation

• Laboratory

  observation

• Behavioral and

  performance

  measures

A research method that focuses on nonnumerical data, such as subjective experiences, feelings, or beliefs.

• Quantitative Research

• Qualitative Research