3.1 - Themes & Methods in Developmental Psychology

Question 1

Stability

Answer 1

traits do not change much throughout life. Nature is going to determine your personality and temperament.

Question 2

Change

Answer 2

infers that the environment or nurture will impact your personality and temperament.

Question 3

Nature

Answer 3

Inherited biological factors, such as genes, that influence physical, emotional, and intellectual traits

Question 4

Nurture

Answer 4

Environmental factors, such as nutrition, comfort, and learning, that influence a person’s traits
Experiences, such as early childhood experiences, social relationships, and culture

Question 5

Continuous

Answer 5

Researchers who see development as a function of experience tend to see development as continuous and gradual. Nurture is continuous

Question 6

Discontinuous

Answer 6

Researchers who focus on biological maturation see spurts of growth and other changes that make one stage of development very different from another. Nature is discontinuous

Question 7

Cross-sectional Research

Answer 7

Examine people of different ages all at once (two+ groups of people) (study multiple ages and their sleeping habits) (see differences between ages all at once)

Question 8

Longitudinal Research

Answer 8

track the performance of one group of people, or cohort, over time (only take infants sleeping habits and study over time) (track one group of people but cant study more than one group at a time and takes lots of time)