Research Critique on Child Development

Content of Critiques
The critiques must address the following issues/questions: Background and
Significance 1. What was the purpose of the article? 2. What were the hypotheses tested? 3. What was the theory for making predictions? Analyses (for all experiments reported in the article) 4. What statistical tests were performed? 5. What variables were analyzed? a. If a correlation coefficient was computed, what variables were correlated? b. If an ANOVA or a t-test was computed, what were the independent variables and what were the dependent variables? Experimental Design (for all experiments reported in the article) 6. What experimental design was used (Between, Within, or Mixed)? How do you know? 7. Was the study a true experiment (Yes or No)? How do you know?
Results 8. What was the outcome of the statistical tests with respect to the hypotheses tested? 9. Were the results consistent or inconsistent with the authors’ predictions? Implications 10. Do you believe the findings are universal? Explain. Consider the following: a. Do the findings depend on basic cognitive processes that characterize the cognitive system of all humans, regardless of time and place? b. Do the findings depend on culture-specific knowledge that would differ from one culture to another?