Psy 210 Assignment 1 Essay

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Psychology 210 Assignment 1 - Jenna Johnston The hypothesis being shown in the study in the article is that the infant’s age of when they are begin to sit without assistance will not be related to the age of when they learn how to cruise, crawl, and walk. ln the study the research design being shown is the longitudinal design with the method of descriptive observation. Since they are observing the same group of people over a period of time. In order to calculate/conclude their hypothesis they had to run an experiment by finding children to participate in the study. They found eight children, among this group they had five males and three females participating. The children were observed from the age of six months old all the way to when

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