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UBC PSYC319 class notes (includes midterm)

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PSYC319 (PSYC319)

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University Of British Columbia (UBC )

Comprehensive notes for PSYC 319. Topics include What is applied developmental psychology, Birth, Attachment, Parenting, Child care, Early care, Adoption, foster care, and institutionalization, Children & media, and Schooling.

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applied developmental psychology

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, What is Applied developmental
Psychology ? * Designs for examining development i

Applied direct implications longitudinal designs i same participant tested repeatedly at diff
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for what parents , teachers , ages
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policy
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makers do
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across the human lifespan ; developmental populations cross sectional : different groups of participants tested at different
Developmental changes
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ages around the same time .

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Psychology grounded -
. in research methods ;
using scientific methods

④ Goals i

Assessment identifying individuals who are at risk
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Intervention i how can we
support to benefit the child ?

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Research on socially important issues i schooling or child care

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contribution to public policy change
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in childcare policy .

Disseminating of psychological knowledge sharing :
research in simpler means
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* Roles i
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Education : develop programs for kids
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Media i developing & evaluating media for children
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g. risky play
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Healthcare assist doctors -
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community services i assist in community resources for children L playground ,
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Government programs improving children 's welfare ( period of purple crying )
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NGO ↳ shaken baby syndrome

why study developmental psychology ?
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How studying developmental psychology can be applied to real world situations .

Challenges of
applying psychology i

Basic psychology Applied psychology
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vs .

↳ university ↳ concerned with
application
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concerned w/ advancing to
practical problems -

research
knowledge motivated -
to better lives
by theory -
NGOs
of witness
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EX : what are the limits of ex .
can child memory
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be trusted ?
legal system
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our
memory system
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across development ?
④ Difficulty in
applying research to practice :

different questions to real life problems → different goals & communities
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↳ scholars us . normal people -

research doesn't give clear answers hard to put into practice
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→

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different deadlines for results s research is very slow →
may not be applicable
↳ people want answers fast ! !

difficulty in situations
generalizing across populations , contexts
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research can be hard to understand as may be misinterpreted
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researchers aren't rewarded for applying research .

Research Methods :
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Standards of research :
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reliability i will study yield same results if replicated ? ( consistency )
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validity .
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is the study measuring what it's supposed to (
accuracy)
does the methodology
internal validity allow you to test
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confounds ?
g?
conclusions about research
your
external validity is the research generalizable ?
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* Research design :

correlational designs : determiners btw 2 variables .

↳ 2 variable measured , not manipulated
correlation * causation
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third variable c.
confounding )
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Experimental design :
examine cause and effect .

↳ manipulate us
randomly assigned ( equivalence)
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measure DV

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