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19 Cards in this Set
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Treatment
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receives a characteristic of the study to study their reaction or behavior
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Non-Treatment
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control group, does not recieve the special treatment given to the treatment group in the experiment.
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dependent variable
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outcome variable
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independent variable
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the scientist manipulates this, it is the treatment or special condition
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experiment
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is the research method that scientists use to establish cause.
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experimental group
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receives a particular treatment (independent variable)
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comparison group
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does not receive the special treatment
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scientific observation
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requires the observer to observe and record behavior systematically
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asset
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agreement
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ecological-systems approach
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The view that in the study of human development, the person should be considered in all the contexts and interactions that constitute a life.
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DSM
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-The American Psychiatric Association's official guide to the diagnosis (not treatment) of mental disorders
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Bronfenbrenner;s Ecological Model
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examines the environment across numerous layers. Some factors and levels are experienced directly, some at a distance.
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Chronosystem
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Time in history. This includes both the broad sweep of what century we live in and the more proximal influence of recent events.
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Macrosystem
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Broad cultural , demographic, and institutional patterns of a culture. Politics, religion, sweeping issues affecting the world and the region.
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Exosystem
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The resources of the community; the infrastructure. Settings and interactions that have an impact on the individual, but at a distance.
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Mesosystem
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The relations between microsystems. Interchange between two systems or two individuals who are outside the target.
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Microsystem
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Interchanges, face-to-face interactions, between the target person and other individuals. Immediate settings in which the individual develops
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The individual
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The individual brings his or her own characteristics and own responses to the ecology.
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correlation
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statistical measure of relationship between variable's strength and direction.
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