Week 3 Quiz

A researcher wants to find out whether one thing causes a change in children's behavior. Which kind of research can test that?

Select one.

• Correlational research that measures whether two things vary together
• Experimental research that randomly assigns children to conditions
• Naturalistic observation of children in an everyday setting
• A case study that looks closely at one child over time

Illustrative scenario: a researcher visits many families at dinner and finds that families who read together more often at the table have children who use more words. Which conclusion does this study support?

Select one.

• Reading at dinner causes children to use more words.
• Using more words causes families to read more at dinner.
• The two go together, and a third thing could explain both.
• The study shows no relationship between reading and words.

Dataset A, the running case (illustrative), follows the same child through 8 records. Record R5 is at 4 years and record R6 at 7 years, so 7 − 4 = 3 years separate those two looks at the same child. Which research design does the running case illustrate?

Select one.

• A longitudinal design, because one child is followed over time
• A cross-sectional design, because it compares two ages
• An experimental design, because the ages were assigned
• A correlational design, because ages and behavior vary together

Which observation record is a brief account of one significant event in a child's behavior, written soon after the event happens?

Select one.

• A timed running record
• A checklist
• Time sampling
• An anecdotal record

Record R4 (illustrative), the child at 2½ years in a childcare center's block area, is written first as a running record with 3 timed lines from 9:05 to 9:07 and then rewritten as an anecdotal record. What does the anecdotal version keep?

Select one.

• All 3 timed lines, kept in their minute-by-minute order
• The one event: the push and the words "Me do it"
• The child's feelings about the caregiver, written as fact
• A count of pushes recorded at set intervals

Record R4 (illustrative) is being sorted into two columns. Which of these statements belong in the left column, "What the child did and said"? Select all that apply.

Select every option that applies.

• Pushes the caregiver's hand away.
• Talks quietly while stacking.
• The child was annoyed with the caregiver.
• The child is a stubborn toddler.
• Says, "Me do it."

True or false: once a parent or guardian has given informed consent, a child who turns away and says they do not want to be observed must be observed anyway.

True or false.

• True
• False

A student plans an optional live observation for a Child Observation Workshop. Which plan follows the course's observation rules (Dataset F)?

Select one.

• Watching a story time from a distance, noting roles and ages
• Taking one phone photo of the play area to check details later
• Asking a child a few friendly questions to understand the play
• Noting which child at the park seems behind for their age

In the interpretation column of record R4 (illustrative), a student writes that pushing the caregiver's hand away and saying "Me do it" may show a wish to act on one's own. Which stage from Week 2 does that reading draw on?

Select one.

• Erikson's trust vs. mistrust
• Piaget's formal operational stage
• Erikson's autonomy vs. shame and doubt
• Bronfenbrenner's macrosystem

A second student fills the interpretation column of record R4 (illustrative) with a behaviorist reading. Which question would that reading ask?

Select one.

• Which psychosocial crisis is the child working through right now?
• Which stage of thinking has the child reached?
• Which nested system surrounds the child's family?
• What has followed this behavior before, such as praise?