Ch.1 Notes

Question 1

Ontogeny is the ________ by which individual changes in the course of its lifetime

Answer 1

process

Question 2

Life span development of the brain & behavior- observing the way a particular behavior changes during the ontogeny may give clues to its _________ & mechanisms

Answer 2

functions

Question 3

Systematic description of behavior- a ___________ must be precise, using accurately defined terms & units

Answer 3

description

Question 4

Correlation is the tendency of 2 ___________ to vary in concert, such that a change in one measure is matched by a change in the other

Answer 4

measures

Question 5

Correlations vs experiments- correlation measures how changes in one variable is associated with changes of another variable however an experiment has 2 groups where one group is treated the same as another group but in one thing that one group does get a ____________ intervention

Answer 5

somatic