Child Observation Essay

The researchers tested 30 women of the Middle East and 53 women of the West. They were not very specific on where they were exactly from, but they did say where the mothers of the women were from. The mothers of the women from the West had to be from Europe, the United States, or another English- speaking country. The Middle Eastern group had mothers that were born in Asia, North Africa, or other Middle-Eastern Countries. This made it more clear for the reader as to what their family origin was and how it impacted the study. The researchers did in fact admit that the mother’s attitude and behavior on childbirth would affect the behavior the daughter would have to childbirth, which is why they thought giving family background would be important …show more content…
They tested pain perception in three different stages. On a scale of 1 to 100, the participants were asked to rate their pain in stage one, when their cervix was completely dilated, in stage two, when the woman was told to begin pushing, and stage three, when the child was expulsed. When the researchers tested their behavior, they observed behaviors such as crying, cursing, twisting, hair pulling, and loss of control. They did this in 20-minute intervals. The observers rated the behaviors on a scale of zero to four, 0 meaning no behavior was observed, and 4 meaning the behavior was observed a great deal. When testing extroversion, the researchers asked 24 yes-no questions that revealed how much of an extrovert the participant was. And lastly, to test the women’s coping methods, they assigned two groups and put the women into what group they thought they were. The two groups were “monitors” and “blunters.” The monitors were women that coped with the situation they were in and tried to resolve the problem. The blunters were those that tried to deny and distract themselves from the situation. All of these variables were then examined to see if there was a correlation between cultural grouping and educational