Development

Question 1

Maturation

Answer 1

the biological timing of changes, environmental conditions must be met for the processes to occur [optimally] - physical milestones

Question 2

Learning

Answer 2

knowledge gained through living and experience – developments in thoughts, feelings, and behaviours

Question 3

Habituation

Answer 3

showing a baby the same stimuli until it no longer interests them

Question 4

Event-related potentials

Answer 4

measures brain electrical activity as the infant engages with the stimulus

Question 5

High-amplitude sucking

Answer 5

allowing an infant to control a stimulus using their sucking to measure whether they like it or not

Question 6

Preference method

Answer 6

presenting two stimuli simultaneously and seeing which the infant engages with more

Question 7

Longitudinal design

Answer 7

uses the same participants and repeats a test over their lifespan – expensive, time-consuming, selective-attrition (loss of participants), practice may change their performance over time

Question 8

Cross-sectional design

Answer 8

uses people from many age groups to test all at once – may simply be generational effects, not directly tracking changes through age