5.1 - Introduction to Developmental Psychology Flashcards

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define developmental psych

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

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large broad general trajectory of developmental change

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from dependence to independence
from external to self-regulation

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Cristine Legare, Alison Goetnick research

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  • playing as an experimental research program
  • kids go through many hypotheses in short timespan
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what guides self-regulation?

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goals

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5
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why is development like this?

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

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what are the two primary kinds of research

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

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  • adults will delay gratification, kids won’t
  • decent predictor of academic success
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what needs to be considered in methodological considerations

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

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different subjects studied at different ages

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longitudinal approach

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

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cross-sectional adv + dis

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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

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longitudinal adv + dis

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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)

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longitudinal sequential

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

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longitudinal sequential adv + dis

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

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