Author Question: Mrs. Brown has tried to explain to her 3-year-old daughter, Maya, that Maya must stay at the ... (Read 164 times)

Shelles · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

Mrs. Brown has tried to explain to her 3-year-old daughter, Maya, that Maya must stay at the babysitter's house while her mother goes to work. Maya cries each day during leave-taking.

Mrs. Brown is embarrassed by this, especially because the babysitter seems to disapprove. The babysitter thinks that Maya should be more considerate toward her mother. Which is the most developmentally appropriate course of action?
a. Explain patiently to Maya that her mother loves her but that she needs to work.
b. Explain to the babysitter that Maya can't understand yet why her mother has to leave her and ask that the babysitter be patient with her.
c. Ask the babysitter to spend some time explaining to Maya why her mother needs to leave.
d. Spend more time teaching Maya to be considerate of others by talking to her about sharing.

Question 2

__________ is NOT an example of a quasi-experimental design?

a. Static-group comparison
b. Time series design
c. Nonequivalent control group design
d. Two-sample pretest-posttest design