The use of methods in psychology when carrying out research in developmental psychology.
Methods from Units 1 and 2, as appropriate, related to developmental psychology.
Explain one alternative research method used in developmental psychology. (2) January 2017
Two studies into Chomsky’s language acquisition device (LAD) found that an infant’s active vocabulary developed gradually with age. Study A tested 18 children in 1973. Twenty years later, in 1993, Study B tested 1,789 children. Justify why Study B is more representative. (2) June 2017
Suggest how Shakila could obtain a random sample of ten infants from the children’s ward. (2) January 2018
Explain how a parent may show demand characteristics in the strange situation procedure. (2) January 2018
Identify the research method Marianne used to determine how language developed across the age groups. (1) June 2018
Identify the research design Charlotte used in her investigation. (1) October 2017
Describe how Dimitris may have obtained his stratified sample. (3) October 2019
Describe how Markus could have used a random sampling technique to gather the sample of two-year-old children from the childcare centre. (2) January 2020