GERO 14029 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Social Desirability Bias, Dependent And Independent Variables, Observer-Expectancy Effect
29 Apr 2016
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Life-span perspective: paul baltes: fathers of lifespan psychology, 1st researchers to put adulthood in context, places adulthood in a developmental context, look at old adults starting at childhood and adolescents, later in life: abilities continue to develop. To become familiar with the tools of the trade . To learn which design is most appropriate for different research questions. To further understanding of the effects of age, cohort, and time. Experimental designs: interventions: change something, random assignment, experimental group (receive intervention, control group (do not receive intervention) Independent variable: factor manipulated (memory strategies: dependent variable: outcomes measured (memory performance) Correlational designs: examines between variables: relationship, association, direction of relationship, high/high or low/low, high/low or low/high, magnitude of relationship: -1. 0 to +1. 0, -1 perfect negative relationship, +1 perfect positive relationship, 0 no relationship. 22. correlation does not equal causality!: third variable (sedentary lifestyle) More hours spent watching tv is associated with lower life expectancy.
