What Was Demonstrated by the Study on Toddlers' Play Behaviours

question 22

Multiple Choice

What was demonstrated by the study on toddlers' play behaviours in which the TV show Jeopardy! was being shown in the room while the children were playing?

• A) Toddlers' play behaviour is unaffected by background exposure to TV.
• B) Toddlers are likely to choose to watch TV rather than playing, even when the toys are interesting.
• C) Background exposure to TV is disruptive to toddlers even if they watch little of the show.
• D) Toddlers are able to learn from TV if the items in the room are compatible with the content of the TV show.

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Definitions:

Internal Validity

Extent to which all factors that could extraneously affect a study’s results are controlled within a laboratory study.

Experimental Group

The group in a scientific study that receives the treatment or intervention being tested, as opposed to the control group which does not.

Control Group

In an experimental study, group of subjects whose experience resembles that of the experimental group in all ways except that they do not receive the key manipulation.

Wait List Control

A research method where participants are assigned to a waiting list and receive the intervention after the active treatment group, used as a control condition in studies.