Author Question: Brittany is conducting a study in the area of developmental psychology where she is videotaping ... (Read 84 times)

tatyanajohnson · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Brittany is conducting a study in the area of developmental psychology where she is videotaping children as they engage in play.

In order to be sure that different observers are classifying play behaviors in the same way, she trains her observers thoroughly, and then compares the observers' independent ratings of play behavior as they watch the recordings of the children. It would appear that Brittany is assessing the

a. degree to which these tapes mimic real-world play behavior.
b. validity of her measures.
c. interobserver reliability of the observations.
d. ethical implications of the study.

Question 2

Regarding the preamble to the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and the Code of
Conduct, please complete the following statement:
The Ethics Code provides a common set of __________ and ___________ upon which
psychologists build their

professional and scientific work.
A) rules : regulations
B) guidelines : stipulations
C) principles : standards
D) guidelines : standards