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Evocative effects inter relationship with environment - ANSWER Childs gene evokes,
or provokes actions from others.
Developmental Psychology - ANSWER Goals: Describe, Explain and Optimize
Human Development.
Empirical Thinking - ANSWER uses scientific evidence:
Theory -- Hypotheses -- Method
Sample Selection - ANSWER Research -- population -- random sample
3 main methods for Data Collection - ANSWER Verbal.
Behavioral Observations.
Physiological Measures.
Verbal Method - ANSWER standardized (surveys, questionnaires)
, Naturalistic Observations - ANSWER observing in natural setting
Structured Observation - ANSWER controlling conditions, than observing
Physiological Measures - ANSWER methods to find data. examples: fmri, mri, measure
hormone levels, neurotransmitters, heart rate. etc.
Experimental Method - ANSWER Manipulations of Variables.
Random Assignment
Experimental Controls
(allows to make a cause and effect)
--weakness of method are: the generalizability and ethical concerns.
Correlational Method - ANSWER a research technique that involves determining whether
two or more variables are related. it cannot indicate that one thing caused another but it can
suggest that a causal relationship
Descriptive Method - ANSWER participation or non-participation. naturalistic and systematic
observations.
Reinforcement - ANSWER a consequence strengthens a response or makes it more likely
to occur
Punishment - ANSWER decreases the strength of the behavior or weakens it.
Germinal Period - ANSWER first 2 weeks of pregnancy
-Zygote forms from a single celled fertilized egg.
-Cells divide to form the morula(lump of cells) and floats down the fallopian tubes and than
forms a placenta
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