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Psych chapter 9

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Developmental psychology   the study of individuals' changes to the mind, brain, and behavior across the lifespan  
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Post Hoc Fallacy   logical error in which it is assumed that event A caused event B solely because B occurred after A  
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Bidirectional influences   Human development is a two way street children's development influences their experiences, but the experiences also influence their development  
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cohort effects   when history plays out in differences between the same aged participants collected at different points in time. influences groups of people based on time periods of life.  
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nature   genetic endowments input from genotype  
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nurture   environmental input  
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Involuntary/Obligatory responses   collecting data from infants who can't respond verbally; habituation, heart rate, blinking, attention  
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Voluntary responses   data collected from slightly older children given by choice; selecting toys, recalling information, etc..  
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psychophysiology   collecting data through brain scans, skin data such as GSR  
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Parent-report data   gathering data by asking the parents to provide information  
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Interview data   gathering information from older children who can report their own behaviors/ thoughts  
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Single point design   research data collected at one time  
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longitudinal design   data collected at numerous time points; tracks a set of participants  
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cross-sectional design   data collected at one time; sample includes groups to compare  
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sequential design   elements of both longitudinal and cross-sectional; follows and compares  
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informed consent   participants have the right to know what the researcher is conducting the study for  
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parental assent   used for children who can't consent, instead the parents consent for them  
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attrition   participant drop out  
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germinal stage   conception to about 2 weeks  
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embryonic stage   2 to 8 weeks  
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fetal stage   9 to 40 weeks  
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emerging adulthood   ages 18 to 29 not an adult, but not a teen; point in life where you are still figuring things out  
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Piaget's stage theory   contains 4 stages; the "end point" is when you reach the ability to reason logically and hypothetically  
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sensorimotor stage   age 0 to 2, development of object permanence (peekaboo)  
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preoperational stage   age 2 to 7, begin to think symbolically (words for objects)  
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concrete operational stage   age 7 to 11, develop ability to reason but only concretely  
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formal operational stage   age 11 to 15, reasoning about abstract ideas  
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Temperament   early emerging differences in reactivity and self-regulation in children  
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easy-going   40%  
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difficult/active   10%  
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Slow to warm   15%  
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attachment   an emotional connection we share with those to whom we feel closest, often parents  
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Ainsworth's strange situation   when a mother leaves her child for a short period of time, the child is sad; when the mother returns, the child is happy  
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secure attachment   healthy relationship, sad when leaving happy when returning  
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insecure-avoidant   non-reactive to the mother leaving or returning  
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Insecure anxious   panic at departure mixed emotions when returning  
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disorganized   inconsistent/confused reaction  
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permissive   lenient, little discipline, affectionate  
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authoritarian   very strict, punishing, little affection  
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authoratative   supportive but set firm limits  
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uninvolved   neglectful and ignoring  
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Identity   sense of who we are, our goals, our priorities, biggest interests  
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