Some research questions in psychology involve seeing how people actually behave in real life situations. This is called naturalistic observation. Using psychological studies, this film illustrates different techniques of naturalistic...

This film uses a range of classic studies (Hofling, Piliavin, Fisher and Geiselman todefine and explain how and why psychologists use field experiments.

This film uses a range of classic studies to explore the strengths and limitations of laboratory experiments as a research method.

Although the idea of variables can seem dull and uninspiring, they're important because they're everywhere in psychology and this film addresses questions of definition, types, reliability, validity and application.

This short film uses a real world example (the relationship between learning and time of day) to explore 3 different types of experimental design: Repeated Measures; Independent Measures; Matched Pairs.

Here we look at some psychological field experiments, such as Hofling's study of nurse obedience, Fischer's test of the cognitive interview and the Pilliavins' research on samaritanism, to show what they offer psychologists compared to...

This film uses some famous psychological experiments (such as Bandura's BoBo doll and Loftus's Eyewitness Testimony) to show, rather than simply tell, students: what is meant by the experimental method in psychology, how laboratory...

Here we begin with a research question, what is the most effective time of day to learn new material, to illustrate the strengths and possible limitations of repeated measures, independent measure and matched pairs experimental designs....