Organizing the Methodological Toolbox: Lessons Learned From Implementing Developmental Methods Online

Frontiers in Psychology

Joseph Colantonio¹  Allyson P. Mackey²  Julia A. Leonard³  Elizabeth Bonawitz⁴  Katarina Begus⁵  Jonathan F. Kominsky⁵  Ilona Bass⁶ 

[1] Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, United States;Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States;Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States;Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States;Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States;Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States;Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, United States;Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States;Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, United States;Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States;

关键词: developmental psychology;    online studies;    metascience;    behavioral methods;    infant;    early childhood;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.702710

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Adapting studies typically run in the lab, preschool, or museum to online data collection presents a variety of challenges. The solutions to those challenges depend heavily on the specific questions pursued, the methods used, and the constraints imposed by available technology. We present a partial sample of solutions, discussing approaches we have developed for adapting studies targeting a range of different developmental populations, from infants to school-aged children, and utilizing various online methods such as high-framerate video presentation, having participants interact with a display on their own computer, having the experimenter interact with both the participant and an actor, recording free-play with physical objects, recording infant looking times both offline and live, and more. We also raise issues and solutions regarding recruitment and representativeness in online samples. By identifying the concrete needs of a given approach, tools that meet each of those individual needs, and interfaces between those tools, we have been able to implement many (but not all) of our studies using online data collection during the COVID-19 pandemic. This systematic review aligning available tools and approaches with different methods can inform the design of future studies, in and outside of the lab.

【 授权许可】

CC BY