PSY 230 Study guide Midterm (chapters 1,2,3,4,5,6,7) Definition of…
Question Answered step-by-step PSY 230 Study guide Midterm (chapters 1,2,3,4,5,6,7) Definition of… PSY 230 Study guide Midterm (chapters 1,2,3,4,5,6,7) Definition of the study of human developmentBronfenbrenner’s Ecological systems approachCohortPlasticityScientific methodExperimentDescriptive methods Correlation (know positive and negative correlation, and that correlations can not determine cause)Two different experimental designs to study development (e.g. cross-sectional)Independent/dependent variableComparison/control group vs. experimental/treatment groupTheories – e.g. Piaget, Erikson, Vygotsky, Behaviorists/learning theories, universal theories (e.g., rogers, maslow, evolutionary) – Know all the different theorists along with their general theories (e.g., know the name of the theory and any stages or ideas that they theorized (e.g., general ages of each stage), mechanisms of change (e.g., ABC approach in behavioral theories)Nature/nurtureNormative (age-graded), history-graded and non normative influences on developmentGenotype/phenotypeTheory of gene/environment effectsTeratogens- What is risk affected by? (e.g. the four ways to determine risk and teratogenic concepts e.g., dosage)Three periods of prenatal developmentBest way to promote health of developing fetus – prenatal care Number one reason for low birth weight babies here and around the world.Stages of birthSIDS and how to protect against Social Science Psychology PSY 230 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
