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Methods of Child Study

2. Sometimes the face-to-face conversation can make children uncomfortable
especially when the questions are intimate in nature.
Notes 3. Sometimes writing and recording can make children feel conscious.

Factors to be kept in mind while interviewing

1. Questions should be carefully constructed
2. The interview should not be too long

3. Care should be taken to establish rapport and to make children
comfortable
4. The confidentiality of answers obtained during the interview must be
maintained

INTEXT QUESTIONS 14.2

A. Fill in the blanks.
1. Watching a child for short duration after brief intervals is called —
—————————.

2. In a structured interview _____________________ can be free
flowing to explore a theme.
3. Play behaviour of infants can be best studied by _______________

4. The interviewee’s privacy has to be respected by ensuring
_________________.
5. ____________is good method for understanding feelings, emotions
and values.

B. Put the terms given below in the related columns:

Participant and non-participant, real setting, interactions, semi-structured, face
to face, event sampling
Observation Interview

14.4 QUESTIONNAIRE

The questionnaire is a tool that uses questioning as a strategy to gather
responses. It consists of a set of written questions which calls for responses on
the part of individual(s) or the subject(s). It is a very concise, preplanned set

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