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Developmental research assessing bias would benefit from naturalistic observation data
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 May 2022
Abstract
Cesario's critiques and suggestions for redesigning social psychology experiments echo Dahl's (2017) call for developmental researchers to use experimental and naturalistic methods in a complementary manner for understanding children's development. We provide examples of how naturalistic observations can rectify Cesario's missing flaws for developmental studies investigating children's social biases and help researchers derive theories they can then experimentally test.
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Author response
Reply to the commentaries: A radical revision of experimental social psychology is still needed