In the featured article in class you learned which of the following about measuring child outcomes?
a. they are usually measured by naturalistic observation but tend to look very different depending on whether the observations are done at home or at school
b. they are usually measured by laboratory testing but may not be accurate because tests of one thing (e.g., mood) often measure other things (e.g., concentration)
c. they are usually measured by maternal report but may be biased because stressed mothers may rate their children's behavior more negatively
d. they are usually measured by naturalistic observation but may be biased because children know an experimenter is watching
Ans: c. they are usually measured by maternal report but may be biased because stressed mothers may rate their children's behavior more negatively
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a. acromegaly. b. agnosia. c. cretinism. d. premature puberty.
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a. traditional b. empirical c. intuition d. rational