Exam 1 Flashcards
What is a theory?
- set of ideas or organizing principles - relevant assumptions based on beliefs about a phenomena- systematically related to each other
Empirical and Operational defintions
- precise can look at it from study to study, operationalized ex - colic in a baby, 3x a day, 3x a week, 3 by 3 by 3- fruedian fixation, PMS, terrible twos,
The menstrual stress/Joy Questionare
- people have rxn to menstrual cycle - menstrual destress question = way to operationalize it - when we try an operationalize something we can’t let bias sneak in
Development theories allow us to:
Describe - being able to describe what they should be doing in a typical phaseExplain - explain accurately what is happeningPredict - being able to predict and aid , ie predicting learning disabilities
Development is the following domains
CognitiveSocial - humans tend to be fairly social, how we interactPhysical - how the brain changes/bodies change, puberty ALL interact not independent of one another
Otitus Media
symptoms - snotty nose, eye drainage, cranky, frequent night waking, cranky, unwillingness to lie flat, fever, crying, screaming
Ear infections
- adults have nasal canals which tilt up- kids get more - we put drains (tubes) - omoxycilin
OM issues
- not contagious but respiratory infections are - OM is more common in daycare situations- OM is less common in breastfed babies, anitbodies in milk current concernantibodies = developing resistancetubes = relatively uncommon in other countries
Otitus Media and Daycare attending Toddlers
- purpose examine effect of OM on children in three daycare situations - children (12-18 months) were divided into chromic and non chronic OM- cildren were given a picture book and reading task, Results - mothers rated kids with chronic OM as less attentive - children with chronic OM in low quality daycare setting, attended less and shared more off task behavior on the picture book
Age Graded/History graded (cohort)
- History graded = great depression, on people who grew up on canned food, sexual revolution, more unplanned pregnancyies, post sexual revolution, more sex less unplanned pregnancies- Age graded = changes that happen at certain ages, going to kindergarten at 5, graduate high school at 18
Non Normative
- we have individual difference, not everyone has a pony, only child, grew up in rural area
Cohort
- people who are born at the same time, studying how kids learn to crawl
Development is … Multidimensional
- during development multiple things are developing but sometimes development declines - teen buzz only under 25 can hear - one town put up speakers playing the noise to stop teens from hanging out
Organismic World View
- egg -> caterpillar -> butterfly - qualitative change (stages/levels)- active development - actively engaging with the world - movement towards a goal, point where you are developed - seen an endpoint
Mechanistic World View
- no qualitative change - passive reaction - no movement towards a goal - can’t meet in the middle because they are worldviews
Contextual World View
- considers perspective between individuals and their physical, cognitive, and social worlds
Ethology
- emphasis on relevance of environmental contexts - seeks to understand the adoptive or survival value of behavior and its evolutionary history - important ethological concepts
Imprinting
baby geese, form a bond with first body they see, baby geese imprint on human
Sensitive/Critical Periods
letting babies bond w/parents instead of taken away, those allowed to bond reached more physical milestones faster
Bonding
importance of bonding changed birthing practices
Do humans imprint?
Klaus and Kennel - babies were permitted/not permitted to bond, babies who imprinted, reached milestones more quickly - species specific responses (laughing/tickling) - “Babyness” - rounded head shape, large eyes, below middle of head, protruding forehead, Bambi = exaggerated baby cues
The ecological Approach - Bronfenbrenner
- “embedded in the real world- believed development exists in a series of nested concepts Microsystem - individuals immediate surroundings, families, friends, coworkers, people you go to church with Mesosystem - connections among microsystems, parents interacting with teachers Exosystem - doesn’t directly contain the individual but influences them, teacher snapping at there kids becuase of a bad work day Macrosystem- values, ideals, customs and laws of a particular culture, in the U.S very scared of birht, highly sexual mediaChronosystem - (temporal/time) - having a sister, 4 years apart, children born during the pandemic
Independent Variable
- variable you manipulate, different TV shows
Dependent Variable
- impacted by changing I.V
Reliability
- consistency, car is reliable doing what it should do consistently, does it test consistly, odds vs evem
Validity
- is it measuring what it’s supposed to measure? IQ tests are they valid? argue that they don’t measure intelligence yet achievement
Cross Sectional Design
- you are getting groups of folks at different ages, testing and comparing Advantages - quick, inexpensive, differences in behavior at diffrent points of development can be studied Disadvantages - no info about determinants of age cohort, you have to make sure that your cohorts match on all variable, older gens have less years of school
Longitudinal Design
subject assessed repeatedly Advantages - stability of behavior can be determined, impact of early events on later behavior can be investigated differences in behavior at different point in development can be studied Disadvantages - cost, subject loss, changes in ppl, infexibility, test/retest effects,
Sequential Design
- combines cross sectional and longitudinal - advantages - flexible .stability of behavior can be determined, impact of early events on later behavior can be investigated, differences in behavior at different point in developmental studies Disadvantages = cost, subject loss, test/retest effects
Correlational Studies
- correlational does not equal causation
Positive Correlation
- if you score high on one, score high on another/low on the other
Negative Correlation
- if you score high on one, low on the other
Correlation Coefficent
- looking at relationship between 2 variables -1/1 strong
Naturalistic Observation
- Jane Goodall looked at chimps, might act differently in presence, you need to be there until they ignore you, become part of the backgroundno manipulation, change in environment
Structured Observation
- setting up something so its biased, studying sharing, not enough toys for everyone
Clinical Interview
- John Piaget, follow up question dependent on what is aid, NO leading questions
Structured Interview
Same questions to everyone, less chance of bias, but the data isn’t as rich
Case Studies - Genie
- discovered at 13, her father though she was impaired congitivley, kept tied to a potty chair for 13 years, without human interaction, Genie went to a foster family, tried to see if she could learn language, socialize
Case Studies - David Reimer
- had a twin brother, being circumsized, malfunction, burn off his pensi, parents saw psychologist on TV, kids are raised gender nuetral, David had survery became Bredna, had his parents raise him as a girl, when 14 came out he was bullied, and was a boy, had reconstruction died bu sucicide
DNA
codes for templates of proteins that make up our body, timing of things
Genes
- organized by genes
Chromosomes
- 48 chromosomes sets of genes, DNA wrapped around histoproteins
Watson and Crook
got noble prize for discovering DNA, controversy because was actually Rosalind
Mitosis
cells replicate, replace themselves
Meiosis
- how we make gametes, reduction, division, sperm is doing it all the time, eggs are made in prenatal development, don’t divide as well as you get older
Homozygous
same from both parents
Heterozygous
genes from one parent are different
Dominant
the trait that is expressed in the presence of gene will be expressed
Recessive
you must get 2 recessive for trait to be present
Phenotype
trait/gene that you display
Genotype
CC, Cc, cc
Range of Reaction
idea that genes set the limits but the environment determines where you fall between the limits
Canalized
some gene expression can be pushed around by enviormental factors, ex = height, eye color, Strongly = cannot be pushed around ,Weakly = can be pushed around
Genetics
- incest causes many genetic issues - possible to have a lethal condition expressed- some genetic conditions are lethal - NOW we can test for them, make decisions based on them
Dominantly inherited conditions
Huntington’s disease, Nuerofirbomatosis
Huntington’s Disease
- doesn’t start to express until 30/40, dominant, 50-50 shot kids will have it - ultimately fatal, test available,- degenerative of nerve cells in the brain
Nuerofibromatosis
- not typically fatal - develop benighn tumors on the edge of nerves- people more drastically impacted have them on face/body
Recessively inherited Conditions
Cystic Fibrosis, Sickle cell Anemia, PKU, tay sachs