Abstract: Recent research has suggested informant trust is an important factor in preschoolers’ observational learning. This poster will present data from an ongoing study examining if 3.5to 6.5-year-old children (current n=24) relate perceptions of effort and trust. Children watched two informants solving problems using different solutions, exerting either high or low effort. Children’s eye ga...

Two studies investigated 3- to 5-year-olds' trust in a reliable informant when judging novel labels and novel plural and past tense forms. In Study 1, children (N = 24) endorsed the names of new objects given by an informant who had earlier labeled familiar objects correctly over the names given by an informant who had labeled the same objects incorrectly. In Study 2, children (N = 24) endorsed...

The present study examined the associations among perfectionism, defense styles, and depression in an Israeli community sample of young adults. This study involved a comparison of self-reports and informant ratings on all measures. A community sample of 210 pairs of same-sex best friends from Israel completed the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, the Defense Styles Questionnaire - 40, and a...

Two experiments investigated whether 4- and 5-year-old children choose to learn from informants who use more complex syntax (passive voice) over informants using more simple syntax (active voice). In Experiment 1 (N = 30), children viewed one informant who consistently used the passive voice and another who used active voice. When learning novel words from the two informants, children were more...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE This article considers the role of the key informant technique as a qualitative research method and examines the potential contribution of the approach to health care research. METHOD The principles underlying the technique and the advantages and disadvantages are considered, illustrated with examples from a range of social science studies. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION An...

OBJECTIVE In this study the authors examined whether discrepancies between parent and youth reports of the youth's emotional and behavioral functioning are related to interviewers' reliability ratings of parents and youths. METHODS In a consecutive case series analysis of 328 parents and youths aged 11-17 years, parents and youths provided reports of youth emotional and behavioral functioning...

Abstract. Pratama AM, Herawati O, Nabila AN, Belinda TA, Wijayanti AD. 2021. Ethnoveterinary study of medicinal plants used for cattle treatment in Bojonegoro District, East Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 4236-4245. is a rural district Indonesia's Java Province where farming and rearing are the main economic activities. The District's producers employ some specifically bovine illnesses. How...

American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth experience disproportionate rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Despite their need for culturally appropriate sexual health interventions, few evidence-based programs have been designed for or rigorously evaluated with AI/AN youth. The primary goal of this study was to adapt a video-based HIV/STI intervention for AI/AN teens and young...