You Have Been Hired to Lead a Team of Researchers

Essay

You have been hired to lead a team of researchers to conduct a longitudinal study that will compare the cognitive development of five sets of identical twins from two different cultures. Based on your understanding of Chapter 10, select two cultures and then decide on what questions you will ask that incorporate one or more of the levels in Bronfenbrenner's ecological model and the components of Super and Harkness' developmental niche, to monitor the cognitive changes taking place in the twins over a ten-year period.