tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post2890179233393368263..comments2024-03-14T09:50:44.315+00:00Comments on Psychological comments: Does it really matter if you talk to your babies?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-152132579575851022013-12-11T12:14:34.959+00:002013-12-11T12:14:34.959+00:00Yes, if a child is unresponsive, then with the bes...Yes, if a child is unresponsive, then with the best will in the world parents will interact less. Shows up in large families, in which mothers report these temperamental differences. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-78019826792561983502013-12-11T11:13:53.693+00:002013-12-11T11:13:53.693+00:00Indeed. With N=29 and r=.29, the statistical power...Indeed. With N=29 and r=.29, the statistical power to reject the null is about 34% (alpha=.05, two-tailed test). In other words, even if the real population correlation is .29, with that sample size the sample correlation is non-significant most of the time. <i>Psychological Science</i> is supposed to be the "leading empirical journal in psychology", so why does it keep publishing stuff like this?<br /><br />Not only is there a genetic confound in this study because parents and children share genes, but additionally the propensity of parents to talk to their kids is <a href="http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/HomePage/Group/TuckerDrobLAB/website/pdf/Tucker-Drob%20&%20Harden%20(in%20press,%20Developmental%20Science)%20Reciprocal%20G-E%20Transactions.pdf" rel="nofollow">influenced by the kids' innate differences</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-37643311677178871552013-12-11T11:04:23.046+00:002013-12-11T11:04:23.046+00:00Yes, I had seen the Slate article. I cannot be sur...Yes, I had seen the Slate article. I cannot be sure how big the separate effects are. Of course language must be heard to be learned, but the effect may plateau, and more talk may not lead to more anything, absent intelligence.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-6813879227199476592013-12-11T11:01:17.592+00:002013-12-11T11:01:17.592+00:00Attlee to Laski, “I can assure you there is widesp...Attlee to Laski, “I can assure you there is widespread resentment in the Party at your activities and a period of silence on your part would be welcome.” Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-13043572502711861702013-12-11T10:21:50.208+00:002013-12-11T10:21:50.208+00:00I think the comment about a period of silence bein...I think the comment about a period of silence being welcome originated with Clement Attlee.<br /><br />That said, a period without click-bait, Gladwell-friendly articles in Psychological Science would certainly be very welcome.Nick Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18266307287741345798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-33608067910809108742013-12-11T09:45:46.224+00:002013-12-11T09:45:46.224+00:00On a related note, the social science industry tha...On a related note, the social science industry that does not control for IQ (prime example here) can actually have some rather unpleasant real world consequences, namely wasted time, wasted money, and unnecessary, unpleasant guilt-tripping of working-class (often black) mothers. All of which you can read about courtesy of Slate Magazine here: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/09/children_s_language_development_talk_and_listen_to_them_from_birth.htmlAndrew Sabiskyhttp://www.reddit.com/r/IntelligenceStudies/noreply@blogger.com