Child Dev- Ch 2 - Check for Understanding

As future educators or professionals working with children, _______________ is one of your most important tools!  It’s about learning to watch, listen, and interpret behaviors without judgement to help you become more effective and empathetic in your work.

• promptness to work

• happiness

• observation

What is one reason for observing children?

• to assess where a child is developmentally, and make comparisons with other children the same age

• to get to know a specific child better

• so you will be able to tailor your instruction to meet the needs of all of your students.

• All of These!!!

_____________________ is very important and should provide you with many opportunities within your chosen field.

• Growing

• Working

• Training

There are four main criteria for evaluating research studies. One is called _______________, which means to avoid personal feelings, values, assumptions, or other biases.

• Objectivity

• Replicability

• Reliability

• Validity

_______________________ is how well the instrument provides consistent, non-contradictory results.

*an "instrument" is a tool used to collect, measure, and analyze data.

• Objectivity

• Reliability

• Validity

• Replicability

Whether the instrument measures exactly what it proposes to measure is known as ______________.

*an "instrument" is a tool used to collect, measure, and analyze data.

• Objectivity

• Reliability

• Validity

• Replicability

• The likelihood that other researchers can, using the same research procedures, obtain the same results is called _____________________.

• Objectivity

• Reliability

• Validity

• Replicability

_______________________ studies compare children at various ages and stages at the same moment in time.

• Descriptive

• Cross-Sectional

• Longitudinal

• Ethnographic

__________________ studies are often used to determine developmental norms. These types of studies describe behavior without attempting to determine cause and effect.

• Cross-Sectional

• Longitudinal

• Descriptive

• Experimental

__________________ studies investigate the nature of the relationship between two sets of measurements (variables).

*For example, the relationship between academic performance and career success

• Longitudinal

• Correlational

• Descriptive

• Cross-Sectional