Dr. Beatrice conducted an observational study to investigate the effects of early day care duration on prosocial sharing behavior in preschool-aged children.
She selected her participants from parents and their three-year-old children who were attending a local weekend family festival on a Saturday afternoon.
She compared two groups of three-year-olds:
She set up a structured play zone at the festival. The child was given a set of 10 attractive stickers. After two minutes, another child (a same-age confederate who had no stickers) entered the zone, sat at the table, and watched the participant play. Dr. Beatrice observed and rated the participant's prosocial sharing behavior. A score of 10 indicated 'immediate, spontaneous sharing of multiple stickers with no hesitation' and a score of 0 indicated 'extreme hoarding, hiding stickers, or active refusal to share'.
Identify the sampling technique used by Dr. Beatrice in this study.
Outline one limitation of using this sampling technique in this study.
Identify the operationalised independent variable (IV) and operationalised dependent variable (DV) in this study.
Outline one strength of using a rating scale (0–10) to measure prosocial sharing behavior in this study.
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