What interested me the most during the beginning of the book was that the criteria used to describe a child’s personality back when the project started was still applicable today and easily fit our modern statistical models.\u00a0 It was a goldmine for the researchers to be able to analyze that much data and have it be so detailed.\u00a0 It makes me wonder though if the original researchers only had these surveys on the children’s personalities filled out once or if they were done at multiple points throughout their schooling to track the change they went through in that critical stage of development.\u00a0 I also wonder if the relationship the children had with their parents was considered when analyzing the data the parents gave on the child’s personality, because often parents would want to brag about their children and make them appear a way they aren’t.\u00a0 Alternatively, some families with strained relationships may also paint the child in a misleading light.\u00a0 Having the children’s teachers also provide data on them is a good control, but how much sway is given to each provider of information on the child?\u00a0 I also wonder how much of the findings from the study still holds true considering the drastic cultural shifts that have occurred since the study participants were children.\u00a0 Technology and the mass loss of athletic and arts opportunity for children may have changed some of the baseline averages for the study if it were conducted in modern times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What interested me the most during the beginning of the book was that the criteria used to describe a child’s personality back when the project started was still applicable today and easily fit our modern statistical models.\u00a0 It was a … Continue reading