b20 Flashcards
the changes that occur across the lifespan, from conception to death
development
what is development driven by? two things
maturation and learning
what are developmentalists 3 goals?
- describe development
- explain development
- optimize development
What is this called and WHO came up with it: children are born full of sin, evil and that they needed to be molded by society
original sin
Thomas Hobbes
What is this called and WHO came up with it: children are born knowing what is right and what is wrong
It is society that corrupts children
innate purity
Jean Jacques Rousseau
What is this called and WHO came up with it: children are born with a clean state, they are neither good or bad
Tabula Rasa
John Locke
testing a theory or hypothesis using objective and replicable methods
Scientific Method
theoretical predications for an experiment
hypotheses
a way of describing and/or explaining patterns of behavior
theory
As part of the scientific method, measures should be what two things?
- reliable
- valid
the extent to which a measure yields consistent results
reliable
the extent to which a test measures what it intended to measure
valid
are two variables related, what type of design?
correlational designs
how does change in one variable influence another variable, what type of design?
experimental designs
the variable that is being manipulated
independent variable
the variable that is being measured
dependent variable
another variable that may influence the dependent variable
confounding variable
unbiased assignment of participants to conditions
random assignments
What are three ways in which we measure developmental changes over time?
- cross sectional design
- longitudinal design
- sequential design
data from various age groups collected at one point in time
cross-sectional design
measuring the same individual across time
longitudinal design
studying/measuring different age groups over time
sequential design
the expression of approval or agreement
assent
permission for something to happen or agreement to do something
consent
the tendency of some people to be more likely to drop out of a study than others
selective attrition
what is relevant and true in one generation might not be relevant and true in another generation
cross-generlational prob
the period within the seventh prenatal month (last two months) and 2 years of age when more than half of the child’s evental brain weight is added
Brain growth spurt
what is the term for oxygen deprivation at birth
anoxia
what is the disorder in which a deficiency in surfactin causes irregular breathing or stops breathing?
respiratory distress syndrome
a quick test performed on a baby at 1 to 5 minutes after birth, this tells us what
apgar test, tells us how well the baby is doing outside the mother’s womb
a test administers to babies a few days after birth or months after
Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale (NBAS)