Psychology

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Seeks to understand how and why people of all ages and circumstances change or remain the same over time

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The science of human development

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A way to answer questions using empirical research and data-based conclusions

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Scientific method

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• begin with curiosity and pose a question
• develop a hypothesis
• test the hypothesis
• analyze the evidence
• report the results

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5 basic steps of the scientific method

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Repeat of a study, usually using different participants, perhaps of another age, SES, or culture

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Replication: the final step

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• one-third did not reproduce same results

- one- third less conclusive than original

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Published replication studies showed

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Influence of genes we inherit

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Nature

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Influences of our environment, including the entire development context

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Nurture

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Heredity-environment
Maturation-learning
Sex-gender

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Manifestations

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• Ways in which environment alters genetic expression

- Differential susceptibility

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Epigenetics

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Study of human development that takes into account all phases of life

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Life-span perspective

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Multidisciplinary
Multicontextual
Multicultural 
Multidisciplinary
Plastic

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Development viewed

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At every moment in life, context and culture affect each person’s past and shape their future

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True

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Development is

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Multidirectional

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Discontinuity and continuity

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Patterns of change

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Climate, noise, population density

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Psychical

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Urban, suburban or rural; multiethnic or not

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Community

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each person is affected by many social contexts and interpersonal interactions.
nested levels and systems surround individuals and affect them

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bioecological theory

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• microsystems
• exosystems
• macrosystems
• mesosystem
• chronosystem

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ecological system

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the___ and the ___ context are basic to understanding people

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historical

socieconomic

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• born within the same historical period
• move through life together
• experience same events, new technologies, and cultural shifts at the same ages
• influence of attitudes and behaviors

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historical context: cohort

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• involves education, occupation, neighborhood, income

- brings advantages and disadvantages

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economic context reflected in socioeconomic status (SES)

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is a social construction

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culture

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• biosocial development
• cognitive development
• psychosocial development

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study of development

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includes all the growth and change that occur in a person’s body and the genetic, nutritional, and health factors that affect that growth and change

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biosocial development

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includes all the mental processes that a person uses to obtain knowledge or to think about the environment

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cognitive development

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encompasses perception, imagination, judgement, memory and language

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cognition

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includes development of emotions, temperament and social skills.

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psychosocial development

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• requires researcher to systematically and objectively record behavior
• may be conducted in a naturalistic setting or a laboratory

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scientific observation

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• effect size
• significance
• cost-benefit analysis
• odds ratio
• factor analysis
• meta-analysis

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statistical measures often used to analyze research results

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establishes casual relationships among variables

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experiment

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• independent variable

- dependent variable

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variables

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• experimental group

- comparison group

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groups

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includes information collected from a large number of people by interview, questionnaire, or some other means

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survey using scientific method

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• acquiring valid survey data is not easy
• some people lie; some change their minds
• survey answers are influenced by the wording and the sequence of the questions

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challenges of using scientific method

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• cross sectional research
• longitudinal research
• cross sequential research

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basic research designs

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most convenient, quickest and least expensive way to study developmental change over time; does not always indicate processes of development

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cross-sectional research

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useful in studying development over many years; uncovers links that cross-sectional research does not; more time and resource intensive

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longitudinal research

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allows disentanglement of age and historical context

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cohort-sequential research

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• most important safeguard ensures no harm occurs

- participants must understand and agree to research procedures (informed consent)

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protection of research participants

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methods and conclusions must promote accuracy, honesty, and truthfulness

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integrity of scientific study

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the study of development is often divided into _ domains

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three