Mid-Term Flashcards
Longitudinal Research
Collecting data repeatedly on the same individuals as they age
Cross-sectional research
Comparing groups of people of one age with people of another age
Cross-sequential research
Studying several groups of people
Five Steps of the scientific method
- Begin with curiosity and pose a question
- Develop a hypothesis
- Test the hypothesis
- Draw conclusions
- Report the results
- (Bonus) accepted by peers
- (Bonus) replicated
Positive Correlation
Both variables tend to increase or decrease together
Negative correlation
One variable tends to increase while the other decreases
Zero Correlation
No connection
Correlation is not:
Causation
What does Quantity research provide?
Numbers ranks or scales
Qualitative research provides
qualities
Genome
A set of genes that are the instructions to make an individual member of a certain species
Epigenetics
Focuses on how environment factors affect genes and gene expression
Allele
A Variation of a gene where a trait could occur
Three stages of Pre-natal development
- Germinal period
- Embryonic period
- Fetal period
How many weeks is a pregnancy?
38