You have been asked to design a study to test children’s development of aggression. First, choose whether you will study development with a longitudinal or cross-sectional design. Second, choose whether you will use observation, interview, or experiment to conduct your study. Define terms and use evidence to support your ideas.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Students may choose any method for both parts. The accuracy of their response will be in their evidence. For example, students may choose to use a cross-sectional method involving testing two different age groups of children at the same time. This would permit detangling historical events from age effects, although it would also introduce potential cohort effects. Second, students may choose to use an observational method similar to the Bandura study described, involving a Bobo doll. Observation would allow us to examine children in the real world, thus enhancing ecological validity.
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