Research-Method Matcher

Read each scenario, then pick the research design psychologists used. After you answer, see the confounds, controls, and ethics that the design raises (AP Science Practice 2).

Scenario 1

Which research design is this?

Try: before you click, ask the two diagnostic questions — Was a variable manipulated and were participants randomly assigned? (only "yes" to both = experiment) and Is this one person/group studied in depth? (case study).