When Playing with Their Children, Mothers Are More Likely Than

question 162

Multiple Choice

When playing with their children, mothers are more likely than fathers to _____.

• A) engage in physical play
• B) help children to become less fearful
• C) engage in noisy play
• D) play peek-a-boo

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Definitions:

Ecological Validity

The extent to which the findings of a research study are able to be generalized to real-life settings.

Nonequivalent Control Group Design

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Incidence of Crime

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Quasi-Experiments

Research designs that attempt to establish cause-effect relationships among the variables being studied, without the full control or random assignment inherent in true experimental designs.