6. What findings did Shea (1981) conclude from their study?
Children who spent time in day care developed learning difficulties later in life, especially if they spent 20hrs +
Both of the groups attending nursery school showed increasing social skills over the 10 weeks, with the children attending 5 days per week rather than 2 improved more quickly
Day care can lead to children become insecurely attached
High quality day care can have long-term positive effects on cognitive development
7. What conclusions did Anderson et al (1992) draw from his experiment?
Children who began day care before one years of age showed the highest IQ scores at age 8 and 13, those who never went to day care showed the lowest scores
Day care had long-term negative effects on their cognitive development
The children who did not spend time in day care showed better social skills than those who did
The children who spent time in day care were more successful in getting jobs in interviews
8. What can day care provide for children in terms of peer relations?
It exposes children to their peers and thus permits them time to develop social strategies
That the children will be aggressive towards their peers
They will definitely become more popular later in life
9. What factors did Shea identify to be a high quality day care?
Good staff training, adequate space, appropriate toys & activities, good ratio of staff to children, minimal staff turnover
Lots of food and juice for the children
Allowing the child to play when ever it wants to
10. All of the findings from the researchers studies could be down to the quality of day care
True
False
11. Psychologists who use the strange situation to research day care can be totally reliable because there are no individual differences to be considered and all infants are brought up in the same way
