Child Psychologist

Question 1

Find an article using the experimental method published in a scholarly journal like American Political Science Review,American Journal of Political Science, or Journal of Experimental Political Science by using Google Scholar. Write a summary and critique of the article. In the summary, be sure to discuss the experimental design, the experimental stimulus, the experimental conditions, and the type of experimental subjects used.

In your critique, mention one strength and one weakness of the experimental study and explain why these are strengths or weaknesses. When submitting the assignment, be sure to include a full cite of the article that you are reviewing as well as a link to the article online. Also, be sure to include the professor and class for which you are submitting the alternative assignment.

Question 2

After receiving permission from the appropriate authorities, a child psychologist sits in a van across the street from a grade school. She records all instances of children’s play behavior. She also records the kinds of play behavior; e.g., dodge-ball, hop-scotch, jump-rope, play on jungle-gym, etc., and whether boys or girls are playing these games. In addition, she records the time of day, temperature, and whether it is raining or not for each observation period. She notices that boys tend to engage in more “rough-and-tumble” play than do the girls. She also notes that the children spend less time playing these games when it is raining.

Experimental or correlational? If experimental what are the manipulated variables?