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Term 1 of 97
Cross-sequential design
Biological changes that occur in the body and brain, including changes in size and strength,
integration of sensory and motor activities, and development of fine and gross motor skills.
A research design that uses multiple groups of participants who represent that age span of
interest to the researcher.
Research that has the primary goal of adding to our body of knowledge rather than having
immediate application.
A research design that uses multiple groups of participants and follows them over a period
of time, with the beginning age of each group being the ending age of another group.
Definition 2 of 97
A response to a behavior that causes that behavior to happen more.
Accommodation
Correlation
Equilibration
Reinforcement
Term 3 of 97
Perceptual bias
The idea that the id seeks immediate gratification for all of its urges.
The tendency to see and understand something based on the way you expected it to be.
The transformation processes through which new information is stored in long-term
memory.
The degree to which the expression of a gene is influenced by the environment.
,Definition 4 of 97
An in-depth study of a single individual or small group of individuals which uses multiple methods
of study.
Clinical interview
Basic research
Anal stage
Case study
Definition 5 of 97
Different developmental pathways may result in the same outcome.
Equifinality
Canalization
Reliability
Self-efficacy
Term 6 of 97
Superego
Freud's concept of the conscience or sense of right and wrong.
Freud's first stage, in which infants biological energy is centered on the mouth area.
A data collection that asks respondents to answer a common set of questions.
The study of animal and human behavior in the natural environment.
,Term 7 of 97
Phobia
A cognitive framework that places concepts, objects, or experiences into categories or
groups of associations.
In operant conditioning, the process by which a behavior stops when it receives no
response from the environment.
Research that has the primary goal of adding to our body of knowledge rather than having
immediate application.
An irrational fear of something specific that is so severe that is interferes with day -to-day
functioning.
Term 8 of 97
Replicate
The same pathways may lead to different developmental outcomes.
Changes in the overall nature of what you are examining.
A characteristic that can be measured and that can have different values.
To find the same results as in a previous research study.
Term 9 of 97
Reliability
The capacity for nearly permanent retention of memories.
The ability of a measure to produce consistent results.
The same pathways may lead to different developmental outcomes.
The study of animal and human behavior in the natural environment.
, Definition 10 of 97
The group in an experiment that gets the special treatment that is of interest to the researcher.
Experimental group
Scientific method
Dependent variable
Independent variable
Definition 11 of 97
The idea that more knowledgeable adults and children support a child's learning by providing
help to move the child just beyond his current level of capibility.
Multifinality
Observer bias
Validity
Scaffolding
Definition 12 of 97
The psychoanalytic concept that the ego has the ability to deal with the real world and not just
drives and fantasy.
Applied research
Reality principle
Operant conditioning
Encoding processes
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