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42 Cards in this Set
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The psychological study of human development that includes the process from birth to death
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Life-Span Development
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A change in the number or amount of something
a measurable standard ex: height |
Quantitative change
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A change which is not necessarily measurable by standard means
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Qualitative Change
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Differences which exist between various individuals such as height, weight, sex, intelligence, etc
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Individual Differences
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Internal influences which are inherited biologically
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Heredity
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External influences impact of ___
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Environment
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the unfolding of natural sequence this may also be an unfolding of readiness
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Maturation
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a period of time in which one lives has direct impact on development
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Historical context
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Characteristics of an event which occur similarly for most people in a given group
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Normative
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A group of people born at the same time
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Cohort
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family wins the lottery
an event which is unusual for an individual |
non normative
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a specific time in development when given events or lack thereof have a significant impact
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Imprinting
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A strictly controlled procedure which manipulate variables and measures the resulting impact
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Experiment
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Times in development when a person is more responsive to certain events than at another time
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Sensitive periods
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a group of people born at the same time
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Cohort
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characteristics of an event which occur similarly for most people in a given group
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Normative
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a period of time in which one lives has direct impact on development
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Historical context
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the unfolding of natural sequence this may also be an unfolding of readiness
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maturation
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External factors influences impact of _____
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environment
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Internal influences which are inherited biologically
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Heredity
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differences which exist between various individuals such as height, weight, sex, intelligence, etc
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Individual differences
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a chance which is not necessarily measurable by standard means
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Qualitative Change
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the group of subjects exposed to the treatment
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experimental group
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the comparison group- similar to the experimental group except for the treatment
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control group
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what the experimenter controls in the experiment
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Independent variable
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In an experiment, the condition that may or may not change as a result of changes in the independent variable
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dependent variable
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an experiment which follows a group of people over an extended period of time
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Longitudinal studies
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an experiment which tests a variety of individuals at a given point in time.
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cross-sectional studies
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a combination of longitudinal and cross-sectional studies
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Sequential studies
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specific time when a given event or its absence has the greatest impact on development
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Critical period
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Diary/interview/questionnaire
subjects record their own responses |
Self-report
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multidimensional
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Biological, Psychological, and Social
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Human development study is used to ______, explain, _____ and modify behavior
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describe and predict
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The great debate
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Nature VS Nurture
Imprinting Sensitive Periods |
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External/Contextual Effects on Development
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Family
SES Culture and Race Historical Context Normative/Non events Cohort |
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Development is influenced by many factors
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Individual differences
Heredity Environment Maturation |
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Methods of Study in Development Psych
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Self Report
Behavioral Measures Naturalistic Observation Lab Observation Case study Ethnographic Study Correlation Study Experiment |
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subjects are tested on objective tests where responses can be measured
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Behavioral measures
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subjects are simply observed in their own setting experimenters do not manipulate any factors but watch naturally occurring events
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Naturalistic Observation
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like a naturalistic observation subjects are observed but they are in a lab setting
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Lab observation
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Important aspects of the Experiment
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Experimental group
Control Group Independent variable Dependent Variable Random assignment |
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Developmental research designs
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Longitudinal studies
Cross sectional studies sequential studies |
