Identify the elements of the research described below: Sizing Things Up Children
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Question
Identify the elements of the research described below: Sizing Things Up Children begin to seek evidence that enables them to test fishy-sounding claims in early elementary sch study in Developmental Psychology. Researchers showed 191 Chinese preschool- and elementary-scho (ages 3 to 8) several different-size Russian nesting dolls and asked the children which doll was heaviest. children chose the biggest doll. Next, an adult experimenter told half the children that the smallest doll wa a counterintuitive claim) and told the othe half that the biggest doll was the heaviest. When the experime room, elementary-school-age children who heard the counterintuitive claim (smallest-heaviest) explored th than those who heard the intuitive one (biggest-heaviest). Among preschoolers, however, the amount of ex not differ between the two groups. A , How much the children explore the dolls when the experimenter left A Dependent variable B 1191 Chinese preschool and elementary school-age children (ages 3 c D an adult experimenter told half the children that the smallest doll was E Independent variable 8 Research participants/subjects Treatment condition/group Control condition/group the room to 8) the heaviest (a counterintuitive claim) an adult experimenter told half the children that the biggest doll was the heaviest (an intuitive claim) Answers to save all answers Click Save and Submit to save and submit. Click Save All
Explanation / Answer
In this experiment 191 preschool and elementary school children are the participants/subjects of ages between 3 to 5 years. This experiment aims to study the evidence seeking behavior of early childhood children to any fishy sounding claims. The control group in this experiment is the children who heard from the experimenter the intuitive claim that biggest doll is the heaviest doll. The treatment group is the group that heard the counterintuitive claim from the experiment that smallest doll is the heaviest doll.
D. An adult experimenter told half the children that smallest doll was the heaviest (a counterintuitive claim).
Answer. Option C. Treatment condition/group.