Author Question: Which of the following feedback statements regarding a child's error on a task is least likely to ... (Read 87 times)

abarnes · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Which of the following feedback statements regarding a child's error on a task is least likely to cause a sense of helplessness in a child?

a. I'm very disappointed in you..
b. That's not the right way to do it..
c. Maybe you can think of another way to do it..
d. We'll try this after you've thought about how to do it..

Question 2

For her dissertation, Emily is interested in examining the effects of maternal alcohol consumption on the behavior of newborn infants. For ethical reasons, Emily cannot manipulate the amount of alcohol consumed by pregnant mothers; therefore, she should

a. conduct an experiment with randomly selected mothers and their infants.
b. abandon this research topic and choose some other topic to investigate.
c. conduct a correlational study with alcoholic mothers and their infants.
d. conduct a single-subject study with one volunteer mother and her infant.