Exam 2: Research in Child Development

A weakness of experimental studies is that

Correlations can range from

Which of the following is not part of Canada's Child Find mandate?

A researcher is interested in how the scores that children receive on a spelling test are affected by the amount of food that they eat for lunch. The independent variable is

A measure is ________ if the results are consistent over time.

Abe is investigating moral reasoning by asking children what they would do in different situations, such as if one of their friends shoplifted when they were together. He is concerned that children may be giving him the answers they think he wants to hear rather than their genuine feelings about what they would really do. Abe is worried about

Sonja conducts an experiment to determine whether listening to music affects emotional state. She has children wait alone in a room that either did or did not have music playing and then has them complete a questionnaire asking about their current level of happiness. The independent variable in this study is

Which of the following is a disadvantage of longitudinal studies?

Deciding whether a research study is ethical is

Peer review is a difficult process because

Ludmilla is interested in finding out how children typically learn math concepts. She found a class of gifted math students willing to be her subjects. What might be an issue with using that particular group of students as subjects?

The fact that differences between age groups in a cross-sectional study may result as easily from chance environmental events as from significant developmental processes is

A microgenetic study would best be described as

Cohort effects are most likely to be a problem in ________ studies.