“Early Language Skills Reduce Preschool Tantrums, Study Finds” is a case study in which Pennsylvania State University watched children from 18 months to 4 years old deal with their frustration. They conducted many tests, including one where the kids had to wait a certain amount of time to open a gift. In this experiment, it was concluded that instead of children showing their frustration through emotion, they used their own words. They would find ways to distract themselves by counting or just speaking on what they think it is. This test has a resemblance to the marshmallow test in which the kids had to wait to eat a marshmallow. The only thing is that they were measuring something different. A problem I see with the study is that I believe that some factors could have played a role, including culturally. Genes could play a role in which children can be more patient or a child has never opened a gift so their eagerness to open it is higher. I believe it’s a great study, but I don’t believe it’s completely true.
“Longitudinal Relations among Language Skills, Anger Expression, and Regulatory Strategies” was a longitudinal study in which researchers monitored children 18 to 48 months, and watched their language skills and anger expressions develop. They probably presented a number of different stimuli to bring out the anger expression or language skills. The conclusions I drew were similar to the experiment explained above. The children seemed to be less angry and use their words instead. They use the same tactics of distracting themselves to suppress that frustration. With not knowing how the study was conducted, I have no problems with the way it was designed. The conclusions on the other hand, I still believe there are many different factors that could contribute to this outcome. I don’t believe it was solely just language skills.
Both of these studies were very similar. My conclusions were the same. I believe that both were good studies, but other factors may have played a role. This says that when reporting science, there is a necessity for accuracy. In the newsletter, it could have explained a little about the experiment and how they came about it, but it really was a good reflection of the study. I think the average reader would remember “the moral” of the study, which is to try to teach your children language at a young age. By doing this, parents would expect their child to throw fewer tantrums as they get older.
This was said to be a case study since the researchers studied these children over time. To make this an experiment, I would first find my subjects by posting an ad on the internet. There would be a control group in which there are kids taught in a learning facility. There would also be an experimental group in which they would also be taught in a learning facility, but we would especially excel in the language learning. We would monitor their progress and test each one with different stimuli to make them angry. The independent variable would be the different lessons taught and the dependent variable is that ability to take what is learned and suppress the frustration. I may run into many problems because genetics and culture do play a role and therefore may bring mixed results. For this claim, I believe an experiment is possible, but it would be lengthy and costly.
