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Psy 210 Test #1Chapters 1-4
When development begins - answer
Conception
Butterfly effect - answer When something
small has a huge impact, example= one
cigarette causes birth defect
Cohort* - answer Born within a few years of
you (go through the same thing), a group
defined by the shared age of its members,
born about the same time, move through life
together, experience same historical events
and cultural shifts
Longitudinal research design - answer A way
to study development over a lifespan, not
always the same people=problem, a research
design in which the same individuals are
,followed over time and their development is
repeatedly assessed
Cross sectional research design - answer A
way to study development over a lifespan, a
research design that compares groups of
people who differ in age but are similar in
other important characteristics
Cross sequential research design - answer A
way to study development over a lifespan, a
hybrid research design in which researchers
first study several groups of people of
different ages
Plasticity - answer Human traits can be
molded yet people maintain a certiain
durability of identity
Experimental method - answer A research
method in which the researcher treies to
determine the cause and effect relationship
between two variables by manipulating one
and observing and recording the changes in
the other
, Independent variable - answer Manipulates,
variable that is introduced to see what effect
it has on the other variable
Dependent variable - answer Measures, the
variable that may change as a result of
whaever new condition or situation the
experimenter adds, depends on the other
variable
Experimental group - answer Gets special
treatment from the independent variable,
predicted outcome is significant change in
the dependent variable
Control group - answer Used for comparision,
no special treatment, and no change in the
dependent variable
Limitation of naturalistic observation -
answer Difficult, may act different due to
observers
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