The textbook describes a study (Lillard & Peterson, 2011) in which children were randomly assigned to one of three 9-minute
activity conditions: watching SpongeBob SquarePants, watching an educational program, or drawing and coloring. All the children's performance on cognitive tasks was then assessed. Because the children were randomly assigned to conditions, this study is an example of _____ research.
According to my study on different research methods, I can say that based on the information provided within the question this study is an example of an experimental research. This type of approach in which one or more variables are manipulated to determine their effect on a dependent variable. Which in this situation the variables being manipulated are the type of activities that the children are subjected to, while the dependent variable that is being affected by these activities are the children's performance.
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The textbook describes a study (Lillard & Peterson, 2011) in which children were randomly assigned to one of three 9-minute activity conditions: watching SpongeBob SquarePants, watching an educational program, or drawing and coloring. All the children's performance on cognitive tasks was then assessed. Because the children were randomly assigned to conditions, this study is an example of experimental research.
