DevPs| Research concerning lifespan development

This is tthe assumptions, rules, and procedures scientists use to
conduct research.

Questioning may be highly structured or more flexible; this data collection may be verbal or visual

Participants are tested on abilities, skills, knowledge, or physical responses

People are observed in their default settings.

For making generalizable conclusions about phenomena

Aims for a hollistic understanding by filling knowledge gaps

It delves deeper into the meaning behind data but lacks numerical precision.

Provides a more robust and comprehensive approach to research.

Study one group repeatedly over time

Compare different groups that vary in age

Study multiple age groups over time

This is whenever research participants are not completely and fully informed about the
nature of the research project before participating in it.

Explains as much as possible about the true nature of the study,
particularly everything that might be expected to influence willingness to participate.

This is to protect the privacy of the
research participants’ responses by not using
names or other information that could identify the
participants.

A procedure designed to fully explain the purposes
and procedures of the research and remove any
harmful aftereffects of participation, must occur.