Research Methods
Watch the following 3-minute YouTube Video depicting The Marshmallow Test – an observational study about delayed gratification.
Design an observational study based on the data collected in the video.
A. Identify your conceptual variable of interest from this video — what is the concept you want to code for?
B. Provide an operational definition for your conceptual variable. Remember that an operationalization is a very specific description of what you will be observing.
C. Based on your operational definition, how will you code participants? Rate two of the participants (children in the video) using your coding system.
Design an observational study based on the data collected in the video. Identify your conceptual variable of interest from this video, what is the concept you want to code for?
