A Recent Study Investigated the Effects of a "Buckle Up

question 22

Essay

A recent study investigated the effects of a "Buckle Up Your Toddlers" campaign to get parents to use the grocery cart seat belts. Investigators observed a simple random sample of parents in a large city, and found 192 out of 594 parents buckling up their toddlers.
a) Compute a point estimate of the true proportion of all parents who buckle up their toddlers.
b) Construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval for π, the true proportion of all parents who buckle up their toddlers.

Understand the development of moral concern and empathy in children.

Differentiate between the theories of moral development proposed by Piaget and Kohlberg.

Recognize the role of parents in influencing the moral development of their children.

Identify and understand various disciplinary techniques and their effectiveness.

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Definitions:

Generalization

The process in psychology of applying learned behavior and responses to similar stimuli that were not part of the original learning.

Secondary Reinforcement

A form of reinforcement where a stimulus gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer.

Delayed Reinforcement

A tactic in which a reward or punishment is given after a time delay, following the behavior it is meant to encourage or discourage.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a pause.