EX: Past students have been interested in imagination in children aged 2-3 years old, dealing with body changes at ages 75-80 years old, brain development in infants, social development in adolescence and early adulthood, etc.
EX: Past students have proposed such research questions (matching the above interests) as:
– Q
– What types of things do men and women aged 75-80 think about in relation to changes in their body?
– Do certain parts of the brain grow faster than others in between birth and 6 months of age?
– Why do we have certain people as best friends in high school, but may not have them as best friends in our early 20s?
II. After choosing your age group and topic of interest, and then asking your specific research question related to that age group and topic, you must compose a research paper in APA format, stating the topic of interest (including age group), the question you asked (research question), and what you found (the answer to your research question).
a. Be as specific and detailed as possible.
b. Using nclive.org, Google Scholar, and other search engines, you must use at least 3 scholarly sources to help you find the answer to your research question.
c. Paper must be at least 5 pages.
d. In addition to 5 pages of text, you must also include a Title page and Reference page. Abstract page is NOT needed.
e. You must reflect on what you learned while completing this presentation, why you chose your research question, and what direction you think future research should go in to answer this question. EX: Was it hard to find information on this topic? If so, what do you think would be a good thing to study in the future regarding this topic?)
f. Word Document must be at least 3-5 pages in length, typed double spaced. You must also have an APA formatted Title Page and References Page. NO Abstract page is needed. With 5 pages of text, title page and references page, your total paper should be 5-7 pages in length.
1 What’s your research question?
What are you interested in within Life Span and human development?
Kids? Elderly? 20s? Teenagers? 30s? 40s? Etc.
What do you want to know about this specific area within this specific age group?
Find studies that have actually been done on this age group to answer this specific question, using your keywords to search in Google scholar or nclive.org
For Example- let’s say you find……(turn to the next slide)
RESEARCH QUESTION: ARE WE AWARE OF THE CULTURE WE TRANSMIT?
Publication: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (2009).
Participants: A total of 49 mother/toddler pairs, 25 from middle America, and 24 from Beijing, China- comparable in education and age
Design: Mothers and toddlers brought into a playroom and recorded in three 10 minute play sessions (1) with mechanical toys, (2) with regular toys, and (3) reading a picture book (equal # of pgs. From picture books used in US and China).
Findings: Mothers from China, when reading used more verbs- “we pick the flower”, “we smell the flower”, whereas, mothers from the United States, used more words that promoted the individual- “look at the petals”, “look at the stem”, noting the individual parts.
RESEARCH PRESENTATION
So, you want to tell, in your research paper, your research question, and then break down each source the way the previous slide does, so that you can talk about the research that has been done to answer this question. State:
1) Who did this research?
2) Where was it done? In a lab, in a natural setting, in the US, in Russia, etc.
3) What did the researchers do? Who were the participants, and what did the researchers have them do?
4) What did they find?
Remember- be as SPECIFIC and DETAILED as possible. Talk about what these researchers did, using in text citations and then placing all references on your references page at the end.
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