Psy 201 Testing A Theory Paper
Testing a Theory
John Padgett
PSY/201
September 8, 2012
Marilyn Graves, PH.D.
Testing a Theory
I have never had the opportunity to test a theory formally, but I did test my own theory about what my 6 year old daughter will watch on the television in the evenings by doing my own little experiment. The research method was similar to the Naturalistic observation. When she is done with her homework my wife and I will let her sit down and watch a couple of hours of television of her own choosing. She would either watch television in her own room alone or with us as a family watching what she chose downstairs together. I found that when she was with us she would choose a program that was a sitcom show, such as “Good
John Padgett
PSY/201
September 8, 2012
Marilyn Graves, PH.D.
Testing a Theory
I have never had the opportunity to test a theory formally, but I did test my own theory about what my 6 year old daughter will watch on the television in the evenings by doing my own little experiment. The research method was similar to the Naturalistic observation. When she is done with her homework my wife and I will let her sit down and watch a couple of hours of television of her own choosing. She would either watch television in her own room alone or with us as a family watching what she chose downstairs together. I found that when she was with us she would choose a program that was a sitcom show, such as “Good