Exam 2: Studying Child Development

Children seem to struggle less in adapting to new technologies than adults do.You are a researcher attempting to study how children learn to use electronic devices.Describe which research tactic you would use and why.

Observer reactivity is the tendency of researchers to interpret ongoing events as being consistent with their research hypothesis.

The importance of ________ and the possibility of ________ for receiving certain kinds of stimulation have fueled enthusiasm for studying the brain.

In meta-analyses,studies that do not present their data in the form necessary for analysis

While collecting data on the prevalence of bullying in high school students,Dr.Rapp interviewed many students who had been victims of bullying.One student,Bruce,stated during the interview that he has been considering suicide.Based on research on adolescent judgment,what course of action would most adolescents recommend to Dr.Rapp in this situation?

Dr.Abel lived with in a small village in Western Kenya for two years while studying how young children interacted with their peers.He participated in many aspects of village life,including school and family events,and was frequently seen observing children at play.What type of research was Dr.Abel conducting?

Which of the following is not a practice dictated by the American Psychological Association's ethical guidelines for the use of human participants?

As seen in the results of a study of Argentinian and U.S.mother-child pairs,the transition from one form of play to another may be more influenced by universal processes,than by culture specific experiences.

A limitation of the questionnaire as a method of gathering information on children's knowledge is that

In the experimental design,the ________ variable is suspected of causing a change in the ________ variable.

Whitney decided to observe Mrs.Henshaw's third-grade class to determine how the subject matter was related to children's participation in class discussions.However,the first couple of times Whitney sat in on Mrs.Henshaw's class,the children were unusually quiet and reluctant to answer Mrs.Henshaw's questions.This is an example of ________,a notable problem with naturalistic observation.

During the course of her dissertation work on eating disorders,Mary discovered that one of her "recovering" participants was still very ill.Ethical guidelines state that Mary