Chapter 10 Flashcards
Developmental Psychology
Study of how behavior changes over a period of a lifespan
Post hoc fallacy
False assumption that because one event occurred before another even that it must have caused that event
Bidirectional Influence
Children’s experience is influenced by their development and their development is influenced by their expereinces
Cross-sectional design
Examine people of different ages at a single time point
Cohort effect
effects due to the fact that groups that lived during one time period called cohorts, can differ from other cohorts
Longitudinal Design
Research design that examines development in the same group of individuals on multiple occasions over time.
Infant Determinism
The assumption that the first few years of childhood experiences are more influential to our development than later experiences. Experiences shape us throughout our entire life
Childhood fragility
The belief that children are delicate and fragile but are in fact more resilient than we believe.
Gene environment
The impact of the genes on behavior depends on the environment in which the behavior develops
Nature via nurture
Genetic predisposition can drive us to select and create particular environments. Often appears to be a pure effect of nurture but genes were driving it
Gene Expression
Some genes only turn on in response to specific environmental events
Teratogen
Environmental factor that can harm development (drugs, alcohol, x-rays, depression, anxiety)
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
condition resulting from high levels of prenatal alcohol exposure, causing learning disabilities, physical growth retardation, facial malformations, and behaviourial disorders
Motor behaviour
bodily motion that occurs as result of self-initiated force that moves the bones and muscles
Constructivist theory
children ACTIVELY construct an understanding of their world based on observations of the effects of their behaviour
