ABSC 160 final exam questions and Answers 100% Correct
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ABSC 160 final exam questions and Answers
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Quantitative vs qualitative changes - Quantitative changes: changes in the amount or
quantity of what you are measuring
- Qualitative changes: changes in the overall nature of what you are examining
- Concepts of multifinality and equifi...
ABSC 160 final exam questions and A nswers 100% Correct Quantitative vs qualitative changes - Quantitative changes: changes in the amount or quantity of what you are measuring - Qualitative changes: changes in the overall nature of what you are examining - Concepts of multifinality and equifinality - Equifinality: different pathways can result in the same outcome o Example: depression may result from biological and genetic changes but it can also result from early traumatic experiences - Multifinality: the same pathway can lead to different outcomes o Example: children who are victims of abuse may have different long term outcomes that can include depression but also resiliency and healing equifinality - Equifinality: different pathways can result in the same outcome o Example: depression may result from biological and genetic changes but it can also result from early traumatic experiences multifinality - Multifinality: the same pathway can lead to different outcomes ABSC 160 final exam questions and A nswers 100% Correct Example: children who are victims of abuse may have different long term outcomes that can include depression but also resiliency and healing skepticisim judging a validity of a claim based on objective empirical evidence pseudoscience collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on the scientific method the activities of a good consumer of developmental information o Know the source of your info o Examine evidence -question authority o Become a critical thinker o Beware of making generalizations o Be aware of perceptual bias o Question 'common sense' ABSC 160 final exam questions and A nswers 100% Correct theory theory describes factors responsible for scientific observations -not all theories are created equal experiment -functional relation -discover scientific fact -many researchers discover this-theory describe the criteria for judging developmental theories o A theory is better if it demonstrates: accuracy, clarity, predictability, practicality, internal consistency, parsimony, testability, productivity, self -satisfying accuracy does the theory describe actual events clarity does the theory provide a clear explanation such as that a competent person would understand it predictibility: does the theory accurately predict future events · How specific are the predictions · More specific the better practicality does the theory provide useful information ABSC 160 final exam questions and A nswers 100% Correct · How applicable is the theory to everyday life · Potential solutions the theory may offer to social problems Internal consistency § does the theory use the same principles to explain multiple situations · Does the theory build on itself rather than create new explanations o Uses a few principles for multiple events o Simplest theory is usually the better one Parsimony does the theory use the simplest explanation possible · What does the theory assume that hasn't been proven Testability can you demonstrate that the theory does or does not work · Has to be measurable in one way or another · What makes it so the theory can or cant be tested · Has to be able to be disproven
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