An Indicator of Abuse And/or Neglect May Include

question 41

Multiple Choice

An indicator of abuse and/or neglect may include

• A)verbally abusive communications from early childhood professionals to families.
• B)no changes in a child's general behavioral patterns.
• C)adequate supervision at home.
• D)a pattern of physical injuries,which are not a typical part of the child's history.

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Definitions:

Real-life Settings

Environments or situations that occur in the natural course of an individual's life, as opposed to controlled experimental conditions.

Laboratory Controls

Procedures or conditions that are used in experiments to ensure that the results are due to the independent variable being tested, and not to external factors.

Correlational Method

A research strategy that involves observing the relationship between two or more variables without manipulating them.

Variables

Variables are any characteristics, numbers, or quantities that can be measured or quantified and that can vary across subjects, time, or any other dimension in a study or experiment.