5.1 - Introduction to Developmental Psychology

Question 1

define developmental psych

Answer 1

discipline that seeks to
identify and explain the changes in behaviour that
individuals undergo from the moment of conception
until they die

Question 2

large broad general trajectory of developmental change

Answer 2

from dependence to independence
from external to self-regulation

Question 3

Cristine Legare, Alison Goetnick research

Answer 3

• playing as an experimental research program
• kids go through many hypotheses in short timespan

Question 4

what guides self-regulation?

Answer 4

goals

Question 5

why is development like this?

Answer 5

flexibility of our species (cultural diversity, change over time) because of our prolonged helplessness

Question 6

what are the two primary kinds of research

Answer 6

1. reverse engineering the way the world is now
2. interventions to make the world better

Question 7

delayed gratification

Answer 7

• adults will delay gratification, kids won’t
• decent predictor of academic success

Question 8

what needs to be considered in methodological considerations

Answer 8

• sampling bias (very dependent on parents)
• selective attrition
• practice effects - doing puzzles over + over get better

Question 9

cross-sectional approach

Answer 9

different subjects studied at different ages

Question 10

longitudinal approach

Answer 10

study same subjects at variety of ages as they develop. may be short or long

Question 10

cross-sectional adv + dis

Answer 10

ADV: data collected over wide age range in short time
DIS: no info about past determinants
* cohort variation: each group born in different year, different environmental influences
* no info about individual devleopment

Question 11

longitudinal adv + dis

Answer 11

ADV: extensive information about how individuals develop
DIS: time + cost
* selective attrition
* cross-generational change (relevance of early data)
* inflexibility (stuck w methods + sample of earlier in experiment)

Question 12

longitudinal sequential

Answer 12

design composed of a sequence of samples of different ages, each of which is followed longitudinally for period of time

Question 13

longitudinal sequential adv + dis

Answer 13

ADV: more efficient than long
* reveals cultural/historical effects, time-lagged comparison, compare samples born in diff yrs @ same age
DIS: more impractical