(Farkas et al., 2020) Critical evaluation of a journal article template
Answer the following questions (in no more than 350 words) after reading the under mentioned journal article. This article corresponds to Investigative Study 1: Children’s storybooks:
Farkas, C., Santelices, M. P Vallotton, C. D., Brophy-Herb, H. E., Iglesias, M., Sieverson, C., del Pilar Cuellar, M., & Alvarez, C. (2020). Children’s storybooks as a source of mental state references: Comparison between books from Chile, Colombia, Scotland and USA. Cognitive Development, 53. http://ezproxy.uws.edu.au/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2019.100845
- What is the main argument the authors present for conducting this study? Comment on whether you think it is a balanced argument (For example, both sides of the argument), and support your response with examples.
- Identify the key claims made by the authors. Choose one claim and comment on whether you think it is valid (For example, has the author provided enough evidence to support that claim? Is the claim logical? Is the argument well structured?
- Evaluate the methodology used in present journal article (For example, is the method or task suitable for answering the research question? Is the research design sound? Are the statistical tests appropriate?).
- List any limitations to the study identified by the author and yourself and note why they are a limitation.
- Suggest ways these limitations could be addressed in future research.