AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Why are descriptive research methods limited in their ability to explain behavior? they focus solely on the descriptions during research and don’t explain why. How can the phrasing of a survey question affect the responses given by those surveyed?

Detailed explanation-2: -Why are descriptive research methods limited in their ability to explain behavior? May not be representative of the whole population. Does not isolate variables for study, so cannot control for certain factors.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is descriptive research? Descriptive research methods are scientific tools used by researchers and psychologists for gathering information and describing the specifics of behaviors, patterns, and other phenomena. These methods focus on the who, what, and where, versus the why or how.

Detailed explanation-4: -Experimental research, often called true experimentation, uses the scientific method to establish the cause-effect relationship among a group of variables that make up a study.