From your readings (Chapter 1, About Human Development), remember that development psychologists use different research methods and designs to learn about human development. These include observation, interviews, longitudinal design, cross-sectional design, and surveys. Choose one (1) of the research methods you learned about and discuss the following:
Identify a hypothetical problem related to lifespan development that you think would be interesting to study. (Remember, you are not performing any research.)
What method would you use to research this problem, and why did you choose it?
How is this method used to perform research?
What are the benefits of this method for your pretend research?
What are the problems or challenges with this method?
What are the ethical concerns that come from this method?
What can the researcher do to limit the ethical issues that can arise from research?
Submission Instructions
Please submit a Word document with answers to each of the questions above. For each question asked, please respond with at least a paragraph. Integrate these paragraphs into a full paper with an introduction and concluding paragraph. Include a minimum of one scholarly source. All sources must be cited properly both in text and on your reference page. Reference pages are are separate from the body of the paper.