Dr. Annapurna is studying the normal physical growth patterns of children. Every year, she measures ...

Dr. Annapurna is studying the normal physical growth patterns of children. Every year, she measures the heights and weights of the same 100 children. She will follow their development from birth to age 18. Dr. Annapurna is using what type of research design?
 
  A) Cross-sectional
  B) Longitudinal
  C) Solomon four-way
  D) Quasi-experimental

Question 2

Parent's sex-stereotyped treatment of their children
 
  A) is no longer a major factor in the U.S.
  B) generally begins at birth.
  C) has been offset because most parents now buy their children gender-neutral toys.
  D) has not been observed in laboratory tests.

Question 3

Mothers' interactions with their
 
  A) sons tend to be more intimate than with their daughters.
  B) daughters tend to be more intimate than with their sons.
  C) sons and daughters tend to be equally intimate.
  D) daughters tend to stress independence and cognitive growth, rather than emotional closeness.

Question 4

Studies show that, in general,
 
  A) parents treat boy and girl infants alike.
  B) mothers interact preferentially with daughters and fathers with sons.
  C) fathers interact preferentially with daughters and mothers with sons.
  D) both parents interact preferentially with daughters.

Question 5

Researchers at the NICHD Early Childcare Research Network have shown that children's problem behaviors in kindergarten seem to be related to
 
  A) maternal sensitivity.
  B) family background.
  C) the type of childcare a child received.
  D) the amount of childcare received from people other than the children's mothers.

Question 6

The NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (2005, 2006 ) found that the critical feature in the development of a child's attachment style is
 
  A) the quality of a child's nonparental daycare.
  B) the number of daycare workers.
  C) maternal sensitivity.
  D) whether children came from broken homes.