Reference no: EM133285680

Bertin and Striano, 2006 Bertin and Striano, 2006 The still-face response in newborn,

QUESTION 1

Which of the following statements best summarizes the purpose of this study?

a. To evaluate the development of the still-face response in newborns, 1.5- and 3-month-olds

b. To investigate if infants use more visual attention or smiles during dyadic interactions

c. To evaluate how the still-face response differs between 1.5- and 3-month-olds

d. To evaluate if newborns, 1.5- and 3-month-olds prefer face-like patterns compared to non-face-like patterns

QUESTION 2

Was this study correlational, experimental, or quasi-experimental study?

a. Correlational

b. Experimental

c. Quasi-Experimental

QUESTION 3

What type of study design was used in this study?

a. Cross-sectional

b. Sequential

c. Longitudinal

QUESTION 4

For this study, which of the following is a(n) independent or predictor variable?

a. Whether infants imitated the experimenter during the normal interactions

b. Whether the experimenter engaged in normal interactions or kept a 'still face'

c. Duration of infants' gazing at experimenter's face

d. Duration of infant's gazing and smiling at experimenter's face

QUESTION 5

For this study, which of the following is a(n) dependent or outcome variable?

a. Whether infants imitated the experimenter during the normal interactions

b. Whether the experimenter engaged in normal interactions or kept a 'still face'

c. Duration of infants' gazing at experimenter's face (infant's visual attention)

d. Duration of time infant imitated the experimenter

QUESTION 6

Newborns looked (gazed) significantly less at the experimenter than the older infants (1.5-month-olds and 3-month-olds) during which period(s)?

a. The SF period

b. N1 and SF periods

c. N1 and N2 periods

d. N2 and SF periods

QUESTION 7

Which age group(s) had a significant increase in viewing from SF to N2?

a. newborns

b. 3-month-olds

c. 1.5- and 3-month-olds

d. All three age groups

QUESTION 8

What might be a potential limitation to this study?

a. The order of the normal interaction and SF periods varied for the different age groups

b. They only looked at gaze while other studies have looked at smiling and gazing

c. Newborns were tested in a different environment than 1.5- and 3-month-olds

d. The experimenter only made physical contact with some of the infants.