Lin- Contemporary Flashcards
What was the aim
To see the effects on the cognitive, language and pre-academic skills children who received either high or low quality care in pre school
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How was data collected
Used secondary data from the NICHD study
Sample:
How many families were recruited
1364 families from varies hospitals at birth of child
What was carried out at 1 month of age
Observations , questionnaires & child assessments to gather family background
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At what ages were the children’s caregiving environment observed for 44 minutes
6, 15 , 24 , 54 months old
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What score or more indicated the care giver was sensitive
3.0
What did having a sensitive caregiver probe to the child
Greater cognitive stimulation & fostered greater exploration
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At the end of the infant period , what did they use Bayley mental development index for
To asses a child’s cognitive development , essentially find their IQ score
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At the end of the pre-school period , what did they use Woodcock-Johnson cognitive and achievement batteries and the preschool language scale for
To measure language , problem solving, Merritt & intelligence
What’s good about the sample
It’s generalisable , 1364 is a big sample
What’s good about it being a longitudinal study
We can see development and patterns over time
What data was used
Quantitative data, lets us statistically test the data
What’s the negative about using the secondary data from the NICHD
It was conducted for the purpose of the study and there may be issues with how it was gathered
How it is a reductionist
Simplifying quantity of care to numbers
What’s bad about the stuffy only being in the US
It’s ethnocentric
