Lecture 10- Child Development Flashcards
What is development?
development is the sequence of physical and psychological changes that human beings undergo as they grow older, occurs throughout our life span
What is developmental psychology?
the scientific study of age-related changes in behaviour, thinking, emotion and personality
What is continutity?
continuity is something that we can calculate and measure (size, weight, height, amount of vocabulary)
What is discontinuity?
something that completely changes, and therefore we cannot measure to count as it is a completely different stage
What is a self-report?
ask behaviour about behaviours, often done in the form of a questionnaire or interview
can be not as trust worthy, as people tend to want to make selves look better than they are
What is observation?
people observe other and record their behaviours and movements and then try to explain them
What is an experimental method?
an experimental method is where a change is introduced, and the effect is recorded and being tested
What is an advantage of the clinical interview method?
this method is helpful as it is more flexible, due to being able to ask more specific questions to the context, and then base next questions on the answers to keep developing the understanding of the
What is a longitudinal research design method?
this method is when the same participants are taken and studied across many years and their life
What is a cross-sectional design method?
this method is when participants of all ages are taken and studied at the same time
