Chapter 1 Flashcards
Why is culture connected to Child Development ?
Child Development- The way people grow and change from through emerging adulthood-biological, cognitive, psychological & social function
Culture- the total pattern of a group’s customs, beliefs, art and technology, transmitted through language
Have lower levels of income but experiencing rapid economic growth
Developing countries
world’s most economically developed countries, with the highest median levels of income
developed counties
People in rural areas of developing countries
Traditional culture
Cultural values such as independence & self-expression
individualism
cultural values such as obedience and group harmony
collectivism
Cultural categories of ‘‘female’’ & ‘‘male’’
gender
a person’s social class, including educational level, income level & occupation status
socioeconomic status
group identity that may include components such as cultural origin, cultural tradition, race, religion, language
ethnicity
Scientific method
Identify a research question
Propose a hypothesis
Choose a research measurement
Collect Data
Draw Conclusion
Purpose of child Development research
- Contribute to knowledge of children’s development
-Improve children’s lives
Works to prevent ethnical violations
IRBS- Institutional review boards
Ethnical guidelines
-Protection from physical and psychological harm
- Informed consent prior to participation
-Confidentiality
-Deception and debriefing
data collected in nonnumeric form
correlational
-qualitative
data collected in numeric form
experimental
quantitive
two hallmarks of a good assessment
Reliability
Validity
-Independent variable are manipulated to observe how these manipulations affect the dependent variable
-Usually has a control condition and an experiment group
Experimental studies
-Participants are randomly to either the control group
-The only way to attain causality
Experimental studies
-Data collected at two or more time points
-test the same participants over times
Longitudinal studies
-monitors change over time
-requires more time and money
-problems with attrition
longitudinal studies
- data collected at ONE time point
-quick and inexpensive
-difficult to determine causality
cross-sectional study
-Combines longitudinal & cross-sectional design
-Data collected at ONE time point
Cross-sequential design
-Children at different at different ages followed longitudinally
-Distinguishes age effect from cohort effects
Cross-sequential design
