Lecture 1 Flashcards
What are some of the reasons that we study child development?
It’s preventative, vulnerable group, and holistic
What do we mean by child development is preventative?
By studying child development, we can come up with ways to make childhood less detrimental to their development, helping them have less issues later in life
What do we mean by children are a vulnerable group?
There are different ways of helping children, and finding out more about them and the way they respond to certain things can help us to know more about how to interact with them
What does it mean that child development is holistic?
It combines other areas of psych-doesn’t isolate any of the different areas.
What are some ethical things to take into consideration when doing child development research?
Protection from harm, informed consent, confidentiality
What are some ways that children can be protected from harm?
By knowing the facial expressions and body languages of different age groups so you can know when they are getting uncomfortable or tired, by giving kids breaks
How many breaks would a 5 year old need in a 3 hour session? How long can they go for?
3-4 at least, and they can usually go for 20 mins until they need a break
Who do we need to get informed consent from if we want to do a study on children?
Parents. If doing a study at a school, however, you need consent from the teachers, parents, principal, university AND the student.
If parents or teachers ask for results on how their kids did in a study, are we allowed to tell them? (confidentiality).
NO, unless stated in the letter of consent AND the ethics application. You also have to tell the child that their parents will be told the results.
What are some of the research designs in developmental psych?
Case studies, experiments, quasi-experiments, correlation.
What are case studies?
Detailed analyses of a kid who is unique in some way (Genie, Autism spectrum)
What are experimental studies versus quasi-experimental studies?
Experimental is when you have full manipulation of the IV. Quasi is when one of the IV’s cannot be manipulated (ex: Gender, age)
What is a correlational study?
The bulk of development studies fall under this-includes observation, surveys, tests etc.
What is APRON?
Longitudinal study about pregnancy lifestyle, then later health checkups to see how the baby is doing.
What is a longitudinal study?
A study that tests 1 group at multiple time points
What are some of the benefits of a longitudinal study?
Can infer causation even if it’s a correlational study, observable development and stability.
