Dr Sussman Conducts a Study on the Effect of Various

question 57

Multiple Choice

Dr. Sussman conducts a study on the effect of various motivational factors on job performance. In her study, she does an excellent job of controlling extraneous factors and as a result, there is high confidence in the causal conclusions she draws. However, the
Participants in her study were from a select group of the population and, therefore, Dr. Sussman will be rather limited in terms of her ability to apply her results to other people and situations. Taken as a whole, this study would be said to have poor _.

• A) external validity
• B) internal reliability
• C) internal validity
• D) external reliability

Deploy skills in algebraic manipulations to simplify expressions and solve equations.

Understand the basic principles of child development theories.

Differentiate between various research methods used in child development studies.

Identify historical perspectives on child rearing and family life.

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Definitions:

Babbling

The stage in child language acquisition where the infant spontaneously utters nonsensical sounds, often seen as a precursor to language development.

Languages

Systems of communication used by a particular community or country, consisting of words, their pronunciation, and methods of combining them.

Imitation

The action of using someone or something as a model and replicating their behavior, actions, or features.

Syntax

The set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, especially regarding word order.