(04.04 MC)To investigate patterns of overgeneralization in c…
(04.04 MC)To investigate patterns of overgeneralization in children, researchers studied 50 children who were three to seven years old. In their first task, the children were shown images and asked to describe the action of the picture. The second task was a period of free play. During both tasks, researchers noted how many times the children demonstrated overgeneralization (ex. “goed” instead of “went”). The data showed that the number of errors decreased as the age of the child increased. To observe authentic free play between the children, which research method would be the most appropriate?