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Child Dev. Ch. 2
Vocabulary, Historical Perspectives and Research
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Collective Families | Families that are more likely to collaborate in daily life, poling resources, sharing household tasks and child-rearing responsibilities, making group decisions, and banding together in the face of adversity. |
| Firm and Directive Socialization Practice | Techniques of child guidance, more common in families of traditionally oppressed cultures, in which behavior is closely monitored and regulated in order to keep children safe from danger. |
| Valuing/Devaluing Western Education | Responses of cultural groups to mainstream educational system. In some cultures, education is viewed as a way to better oneself; in others, children are encouraged to reject mainstream educational institutions. |
| Normative Charts | Graphic representations of the stages or milestones children pass through as they develop. |
| Correlational Study | A type of research in which two traits are measured and their relationship is examined. |
| Cross-Sectional Study | Research in which a trait is studied by examining children of many different ages at one time and developmental trends are determined by comparing one age-group to another. |
| Longitudinal Study | Research in which a group of children is studied over a long period of time to observe changes in behavior and development at various ages. |
| Experimental Study | Research in which a treatment, such as an educational intervention, is administered to subjects. An experimental group receives the treatment, a control group does not, and the researcher compares the outcomes of the two groups. |
| Quantitative Method | Research methods in which children are observed and their behaviors counted or rated numerically. The numbers that are obtained are then entered into computer programs and analyzed statistically. |
| Qualitative Research | Research that invovlves writing a rich description of behaviors and development rather than counting or quantifying observations. |
| Ethnography | A type of research in which investigators spend significant time working or living with a group--a classroom, a family, or a community--and write qualitative descriptions of their observations. |
| Action Research | Informal research conducted by teachers and caregivers to answer pressing questions related to teaching, learning, and children's development. |
| Developmental Checklist | A classroom observation system in which a teacher or caregiver rates children's attainment of certain developmental milestones, such as resolving conflicts or playing cooperativley with peers. |
| Event Sampling | A method of observing children in which a teacher or researcher records the number of times a particular behaviro or event occurs. |
| Time Sampling | A research method in which a teacher or researcher observes children at regular time intervals and records interactions that occur during that period. |
| Anecdotal Records | A qualitative research method--often used in the classroom--in which children's behavior is observed and recorded in a rich narrative. |
| Case Studies | A qualitative research method--often used in the classroom--that involves gathering in-depth information on an individual child or family and writing an extensive narrative profiling development. |
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