Summary: An Introduction To Developmental Psychology | 9781118767207 | Alan Slater, et al
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1 methods of developmental psychology
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how do we call the aspects of development that are largely under genetic control and uninfluenced by environmental factors?
maturation -
how do we call a theoretical or philosophical framework of a world view?
a paradigm -
how do we call the world view that states; people are active in interacting with their environment, and while doing so shaping their own development.
an organismic world view -
how do we call the world view that states; a person is like a machine, passive until stimulated by the environment. stimuli result in increases, decreases and changes in behavior.
mechanistic world view -
how do we call the world view that states; a developing child is a passive respondent of conditioning, reinforcement and punishment.
behaviorism -
which two research designs are there in developmental psychology?
- cross-sectional
- longitudinal
- sequential
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which research design is described; people of different ages are all tested once for a variable.
a cross-sectional design -
which research design is described; people are tested for a variable repeatedly as they grow older. multiple measurements of one person across their development.
longitudinal design -
how do we call a group of people that are born at about the same time, or who share other characteristics?
a cohort -
how do we call a research design that examines change as it occurs, by testing repeatedly over a short period of time, creating a high density set of observations?
microgenetic method
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