I.    History of Studying Childhood Socialization and Child Development

        A.    Social Context
        B.    Resulting Research and Theories

II.    How is Studying Children Different from Studying Adults?

III.    Ethical Consideration When Conducting Research Using Children as Subjects
 
        A.    What is an IRB?
        B.    Ethical Principles

IV.    Experimental Methods

        A.    Overview of Experiments (e.g., Bandura's research on aggression)
                    1.     Advantages
                2.     Disadvantages
        B.    Laboratory Experimental Techniques with Older Children
                1.    Accuracy Experiments
                        a.    recall accuracy
                        b.    problem-solving accuracy
                2.    Complexity Experiments
                3.    Choice Experiments
        C.    Laboratory Experimental Techniques with Infants
                1.    Habituation-Dishabituation Experiments
                2.    Visual Fixation Experiments
        D.    Field Experiments (e.g., Robber's Cave)
                1.     Advantages
                2.    Disadvantages
          E.    Natural Experiments (e.g., NOTEL study)
                1.     Advantages
                2.    Disadvantages

V.    Nonexperimental Methods

        A.    Case Studies
        B.    Clinical Method
        C.    Naturalistic Observation
                1.    formal observations
                2.    indirect observations
                3.    informal observations
         D.   Surveys/Interviews
         E.    Participant Observation
           D.  Content Analysis