Development Through the Lifespan, Berk Chapter 1

Development Through the Lifespan, Berk Chapter 1

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Section 1

(50 cards)

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trust vs mistrust autonomy vs shame or doubt

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Superego

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The conscience Develops from ages 3 to 6 through interactions with caregivers

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Operant conditioning

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Skinner -a method of influencing behavior by rewarding desired behaviors and punishing undesired ones -Positive and negative reinforcement- a number line for Reinforcement punishment decreases likelihood to repeat Operations to get desired behavior

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Scientific Beginnings

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Darwin Theory of evolution Hall, Gesell Normative approach Binet Mental testing movement

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Developmental science: understanding _____ and _____ throughout the lifespan.

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Biological Psychological Social

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stages

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qualitative changes in thinking, feeling, and behaving that characterize periods of developments

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psycho-social theory

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Erikson -8 stages-emphasized that in addition to mediating between id impulses and superego demands, the ego makes a positive contribution to development, acquiring attitudes and skills that make the individual and active, contributing member of society Erikson has 8 stages

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Piaget's stages

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Cognitive Development 1. sensorimotor stage: birth-2 -senses 2. preoperational stage: 2-7- symbols 3. concrete operations stage: 7-12 - hypothetical stages of brain development

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cognitive-developmental theory

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children actively construct knowledge as they manipulate and explore their world Mental structures adapt to better fit with environment. Development moves through four broad stages. Piaget, Vygotsky, information processing theory

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developmental science

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a field of study devoted to understanding constancy and change throughout the lifespan.eg. sex, race, eye color

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Classical conditioning

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Stimulus-response

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Nuture

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Physical and social forces Influences bio and psychological development. personality can be modified by care-giving experience

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dependent variable

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The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which the research is interested. Effect What you are measuring eg the blood pressure

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nature-nurture controversy

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the questions of whether genetic or environmental factors are more important to developments

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sensorimotor

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birth to 2yrs): the babys use of the senses and movements to explore the world experiencing the world through senses and actions-looking, hearing, touching, mouthing, grasping. Begin basic language

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ID

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Largest portion of the mind Unconscious, present at birth Source of biological needs/desires The pleasure principal

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jean Piaget cognitive development

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equilibration- a mechanism that Piaget proposed to explain how children shift from one stage of thought to the next

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discontinuous

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a process in which new ways of understanding and responding to the world emerge at specific times suddenly eg. Erickson's stages

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behaviorism

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directly observable events- stimuli and responses- are the appropriate focus of study 1. Classical conditioning Stimulus-response 2. Operant conditioning -Reinforcers and punishments-Skinner 3. Social learning theory Social-cognitive approach

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contexts

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unique combinations of personal and environmental circumstances that can result in different paths of change

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age-graded influences

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events that are strongly related to age and therefore fairly predictable in when they occur and how long they last example Is 16 get a drivers license or gestation is pregnancy and 12 months

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Concrete operational

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7-12 yrs): School age -the school-age child engages in more organized, logical reasoning . very black and white and concreate. Know that objects are larger and what is heavier and which odd shaped has more

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Formal operational

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-12-adult years): -systematic reasoning of adolescents and adults -thinking logically about concrete events; grasping concrete analogies and performing arithmetical operations.

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history-graded influences

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explain why people born around the same time-called a cohort- tend to be alike in ways that set them apart from people born at other times. e.-Grew up in depression then fix it don't throw it away or war or 2008 housing crisis

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normative approach

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measures of behavior are taken on large numbers of individuals, and age-related averages are computed to represent typical development Hall, Gesell

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Nature

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Hereditary info, from parents at conception eg personality

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Ego

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Conscious, rational part of personality Emerges in early infancy Redirects id impulses in acceptable ways

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Early Scientific theory

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Theory of evolution-Darwin -Natural selection -Survival of the fittest Normative approach-Hall, Gesell -Child study movement -Development as a maturational process Mental testing movement-Binet -First successful intelligence test -In forefront of nature-nurture controversy

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Freud's Three Parts of the Personality

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Id Largest portion of the mind Unconscious, present at birth Source of biological needs/desires Pleasure principle Ego Conscious, rational part of personality Emerges in early infancy Redirects id impulses in acceptable ways. Reality principle Superego The conscience Develops from ages 3 to 6 through interactions with caregivers. Ruled by morals and values

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non normative influences

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events that are irregular: they happen to just one person or a few people and do not follow a predictable timetable. eg. Recession when everyone lost their homes and people went back to school

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social learning theory

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by Bandura, emphasizes modeling, also known as imitation or observational learning as a powerful source of development Contributions: behavior modification modeling, observational learning Limitations: narrow view of environmental influences and underestimates individual's active role

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continuous

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a process of gradually augmenting the same types of skills that were there to begin with

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Hall and Gesell

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created a system of measuring behavior in order to understand "average" or typical development as a function of age, allowing Gesell to write about the needs of children at certain ages and offer parenting advice an attempt to solve intercultural problems

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plasticity

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Development is open to lifelong change Change occurs based on response to influential experiences

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Stability

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Persistence of individual differences Lifelong patterns established by early experiences

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theory

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an orderly, integrated set of statements and ideas that 1. describes-what I observe, 2.explains-cause and effects, and 3.predicts behavior-predicts outcome of an individual

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Influences on Development

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Multiple, interacting forces: Age-graded History-graded Non-normative

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lifespan perspective

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four assumptions make up this broader view; that development is (1) lifelong-physical, cognitive, emotional, social (2) multidimensional and multi-directional,-branching (3) highly plastic-neuroplaticity, and (4) affected by multiple, interacting forces

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behavior modification

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consists of procedures that combine conditioning and modeling to eliminate undesirable behaviors and increase desirable responses

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Albert Bandura

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social learning 1925-present; Field: sociocultural; Contributions: pioneer in social learning theory and observational learning, stated that people profit from the mistakes/successes of others; Studies: Bobo Dolls-adults demonstrated 'appropriate' play with dolls, children mimicked play They can watch reward and punishment of others

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psycho-sexual theory

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emphasizes that how parents manage their child's sexual and aggressive drives in the first few years is crucial for healthy personality development Oral - 0 to 18 months Anal- 18 to 36 months (3 years Phallic - 3 to 6 Latency- 6 to puberty Genital - puberty Freud's Theory of Development: con- it stops at puberty and too sexual

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Periods of Development

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Prenatal Conception to birth Infancy and toddler-hood Birth-2 years Early childhood 2-6 years Middle childhood 6-11 years Adolescence 11-18 years Early adulthood 18-40 years Middle adulthood 40-65 years Late adulthood 65 years-death

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psychoanalytic perspective

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Freud and Erikson people move through a series of stages in which they confront conflicts between biological drives and social expectations. How these conflicts are resolved determines the person's ability to learn, to get along with others, and to cope with anxiety

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Stanley Hall

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Hall, Gesell Normative approach American psychologist who established first research lab and American Psychological Association.

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pre-operational stage

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2-6yrs): Preschool -characterized by symbolic but illogical thinking -representing things with words and images; using initiative rather than logical reasoning. Egocentric lack conservation of volume and think taller glass has more

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independent variable

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The varible you change to see how it will effect the dependent variable factor that changes in an experiment A researcher wants to know whether noise level affects workers blood pressure. In one group, she varies the levels of noise in the environment and records participants blood pressure. In this experiment, the level of noise is the

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Binet

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Mental testing movement French psychologist who wanted to identify French schoolchildren needing special attention; devised "mental age" Developed the idea of an intelligence quotient First IQ test

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resilience

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Ability to adapt effectively in the face of threats to development Factors in resilience: personal characteristics - warm parental relationship -social support outside family - community resources and opportunities

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Normative approach

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Hall, Gesell - An approach to development in which measures of behaviour are taken on large numbers of individuals and age-related averages are computed to represent typical development

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passive corelation

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Section 2

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Developmental Research Designs

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Developmental Research Designs Longitudinal Same group studied at different times Cross-sectional Different groups studied at the same time Sequential Compares similar cross-sectional or longitudinal studies (sequences)

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sensitive period

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a time that it is optimal for certain capacities to emerge and in which the individual is especially responsive to environmental influences. however. its boundaries are less well-defined than those of a critical period. development can occur later, but it is harder to induce

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Lev Vygotsky

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Social cultural placed particular emphasis on how culture and social interactions with parents and other significant people influenced a child's cognitive development. Children learn their culture's habits of mind through internalization. Zpd cooperative dialogues with more knowledgeable members of society- is necessary for children to acquire the ways of thinking and behaving that make up a community's culture They do more or better with others Zone of proximal development

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correlation coefficient

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a number that describes how two measures or variables are associated with each other. Positive or negative correlation

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structured interviews

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(including tests and questionnaires- in which each participant is asked the same set of questions in the same way

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Rights of research participans

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Protection from harm Informed consent Privacy Knowledge of results Beneficial treatments Eg little Albert don't give unnecessary harm eg white rat Alabama Syphalis trial

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clinical interview

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researchers use flexible, conversational style to probe for the participant's point of view

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Improving Developmental Designs

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Sequential designs Compare several similar cross-sectional or longitudinal studies Combining experimental and developmental designs Experimental manipulation of experiences Provides evidence of causal association between experiences and development Ex take 5,7, and 9 year old and recheck in 2 years and see actual changes

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mesosystem

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the second level of Brofenbrenner's model which encompasses connections between microsystems interactions among microsystems. Schools and churches interacting with kids and families

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EEG

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electroencephalogram an amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain's surface. Used for sleep and dream study

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macrosystem

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consists of cultural values, laws, customs, and resources eg historical research that says music helps learning

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vygotsky

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Zone of Proximal Development "social development theory of learning" theorist if they had amputation cant walk but if they have artificial limb then they can learn to put it on and walk independently

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structured observations

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in which the investigator sets up a laboratory situations that evokes the behavior of interest so that every participant has equal opportunity to display the response. Can set up stimulus to get desired response

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Correlational

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l: -1 to + 1 To detect naturally occurring relationships; to assess how well one variable predicts another

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Research methods

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Systematic observation -Naturalistic observation -Structured observation Self-reports: -Clinical interview -Structured interview, questionnaires, tests Clinical, or case study, method Ethnography

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Brofenbrenner's ecological systems theory

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Brofenbrenner's We develop within a system of relationships affected by multiple levels of the surrounding environment -complex system of relationships affected by multiple levels of the surrounding environment that constantly interact Layers of the environment: microsystem mesosystem exosystem macrosystem Chronosystem: temporal dimension

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critical period

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The time in to development of an organism when it is especially sensitive to certain environmental influences; outside of that period the same influences will have far less effect eg speech a time when a particular type of developmental growth must happen if it is ever going to happen

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fMRI

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functional magnetic resonance imaging. Can see blood flow! Helps us know what area of brain is language a technique for revealing bloodflow and, therefore, brain activity by comparing successive MRI scans also shows if oxygen is depleted in an area

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General research Designs

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Correlational Reveals relationships between participants' characteristics and behavior Does not permit cause-and-effect inferences Experimental Participants randomly assigned to treatment conditions Detects cause-andeffect relationships Findings may not apply in real-world conditions

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correlation study

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study that determines the relationship between 2 variables expresses the relationship between 2 variables; DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION

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THE US ranks

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-last among developed nations infant mortality

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modified experiment

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Field Experiment Conducted in natural settings Capitalizes on existing opportunities for random assignment Natural/QuasiExperiment Compares existing differences in treatment Participant groups matched as much as possible

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Ecological approach

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Bronfenbrenner all human development is interconnected consider all factors envir, family, political , social and how they interact a form of psychological inquiry that reflects conditions in the real world

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naturalistic observation

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to go into the field, or natural environment, and record the behavior of interest. May not see desired action even after waiting long periods

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cross-sectional design

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groups of people differing in age are studied at the same point in time on the same day Look quickly at 18 year old and 30 year old who smoke to see cancer

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cohort effects

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individuals born in the same time period are influenced by a particular set of historical and cultural conditions. results based on one cohort may not apply to people developing at other times

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longitudinal design

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participants are studied repeatedly and changes are noted as they get older. problems Participant dropout Practice effects Cohort effects Takes a very long time like Stanford genius study 100 years

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Self Reports

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Clinical Interview Conversational style Probes for participant's viewpoint Provides large amount of information in brief period Structured Interview All participants are asked the same questions in the same way. Permits comparisons and efficient data collection

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experimental design

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Hypothesis - testable statement permits interference about cause and effect because researchers use an evenhanded procedure to assign people to two or more treatment conditions Independent Variable Manipulated by experimenter Expected to cause changes in another variable Dependent Variable-outcome Measured, but not manipulated, by experimenter Expected to be influenced by independent variable

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cohort

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In a _____ design, participants are studied repeatedly, and changes are noted as they get older

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imprinting

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A type of learning that is responsible for the bonding between the mother and offspring; common in birds, it occurs during a sensitive or critical period in early life

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correlational design

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researchers gather information on individuals generally in natural life circumstances, without altering their experiences. Then they look at relationships between participants' characteristics and their behavior or development. No Cause and Effect!!

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microsystem

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- Innermost level,consists of social settings that do not contain the developing person but affect the individual the immediate settings with which the child interacts, such as the home, the school, and peers setting in which the individual lives eg. kids go home and ask parents to take music

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Chronosystem

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the temporal dimension of time of Brofenbrenner's model on which relating to the everyday world as opposed to that which is spiritual or eternal -life changes can be imposed externally, or alternatively, life events

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Systemic observation - Reasarch

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Naturalistic Observation -Observation of behavior in natural contexts -Reflects participants' everyday lives Structured Observation -Observation of behavior in laboratory -Gives all participants opportunity to display behavior

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developmental cognitive neuroscience

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brings together researchers from psychology, biology, neuroscience, and medicine to study the relationship between changes in the brain and the developing person's cognitive processing and behavior patterns Practical applications

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PET scan

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positron emission tomography radioactive glucose injected into patient, site of decay in body measured by detectors. More expensive than fmri

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clinical or case study

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method which brings together a wide ranges of information on one person, including interviews, observations, and test scores. Can't make overall generalizations about all serial killers from detailed study of one person

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exosystem

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local institutions such as school and church and government consists of social settings that do not contain the developing person but affect the individual's experiences

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longitudinal studies

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Permit longitudinal and cross-sectional comparisons research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period

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ethnography

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descriptive, qualitative research which is directed toward understanding a culture or distinct social group through participant observation Participant observation of culture or social group Rich, descriptive insights Does not permit generalization from findings

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Random Assignment

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Unbiased procedure used to assign participants to treatment conditions Increases chances that characteristics will be equally distributed across conditions

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evolutionary developmental psychology

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it seeks to understand the adaptive value of species-wide cognitive, emotional, and social competencies, as those competencies change with age Person-environment system throughout the lifespan

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socio-cultural theory

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Transmission to the next generation of a culture, values, beliefs, __CUSTOMS , skills, of a social group- is transmitted to the next generation. according to Vygotsky, social interaction- in particular,

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dependent variable

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The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.

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neuroscience

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Looks at changes in the brain and the developing persons cognitive processing and behavior patterns -fMRI , PET scan, EEG

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information processing perspective

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The human mind is viewed as as a symbol-manipulating system We actively make sense of our own thinking through which information flows Development as a continuous process

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Experimental

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: Can determine CAUSE. IV=independent variable and DV= dependent variable To explore cause and effect

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sequential designs

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in which they conduct several similar cross-sectional or longitudinal studies (called sequences) hybrid of cross-sectional and longitudinal designs. avoid cohort effect eg. look at 8, 10 and 12 year old for several years

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ethology

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adaptive, or survival, value of behavior and it's evolutionary history Stresses that behavior is strongly influenced by biology, is tied to evolution, and is characterized by critical or sensitive periods.

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