01:830:333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Genetic Testing, Heart Rate, Decision-Making
24 Jan 2018
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Inborn, biological givens: based on genetic inheritance. Both influence biological and psychological development: causes of behavior are nature and nurture, but there can be a third option which is you deciding your actions. Definition: an orderly, integrated, evidence-based set of statements that. Predicts behavior/ phenomenon: research begins with questions. Interdependence between family members: confidence, diet, decision making. Longitudinal: same participants studied repeatedly at different ages. Cross-sectional: people of differing ages all studied at the same time: hybrid of longitudinal and sequential. Sequential: same groups of different-aged people studied repeatedly as they change ages: longitudinal. Advantages: permits study of common patterns and individual differences in development and relationships between early and later events and behaviors. Theoretical and methodological changes in the field can make findings obsolete: cross-sectional. Efficient: not plagued by selective attrition, practice effects, or theoretical and methodological changes in the field.
