lecture 1

Question 1

when examining human development from conception through the end of life, what philosophical questions may be asked?

Answer 1

• are humans innately good or innately evil?
• where does morality come from?
• what about assisted dying?

Question 2

when examining human development from conception through the end of life, what psychological questions may be asked?

Answer 2

• why can’t you teach calculus to a 2-year-old?
• How do we develop a sense of self?
• When do children understand that other people have beliefs & desires?

Question 3

when examining human development from conception through the end of life, what parental concerns may be asked?

Answer 3

• should our baby sleep in our bed?
• does learning two languages delay language acquisition?
• The second language child syndrome

Question 4

when examining human development from conception through the end of life, what applied concerns may be asked?

Answer 4

• what can we do about bullying?
• The “American” question
• Free range kids and the difference between “risk” and “danger”

Question 5

does early lack of stimulation have effects that play out over the rest of their development?

Answer 5

• the passive “delayed” infants had become outgoing, alert, capable children

Question 6

how is age seen as a variable

Answer 6

• we assume that age=development and seeing age as a variable demonstrate that persons of different ages differently on a task

Question 7

does age = development?

Answer 7

no, chronological age does not cause psychological change

Question 8

what does the selection bias suggest?

Answer 8

that perhaps the groups differ in more than age

Question 9

explain cohort effects

Answer 9

questions if “age differences” are really “generational differences”

Question 10

do you understand measure equivalence?

Answer 10

yes