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Advantages and Disadvantages of Developmental Psychology
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Advantages
Wide Applications Developmental research has helped with childhood problems/issues.
The use of the longitudinal method allows us to see how people change through the lifespan which provides rich information about factors affecting development.
Disadvantages
Ethical Concerns.
Experimental research on children raises ethical concerns surrounding informed consent, debriefing and harm.
Longitudinal research can be an invasion of privacy.
