PSYC 1020H Study Guide - Final Guide: Overdiagnosis, Thomas Szasz, Endocrine System
5 Apr 2016
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Developmental psychology: the study of changes in behaviour and mental processes (includes child development, aging, family, and sexuality) Normaive development: ideniicaion of what is typical: issues. Research techniques: longitudinal: a study in which subjects are followed and periodically reassessed over a period of ime. Measure a speciic variable at ime 1, then again at ime 2. The development is what is diferent between ime 1 and 2. The interval between the imes and the number of imes vary greatly. Issues: takes ime, very expensive, paricipant mortality (drop out or cant ind paricipants), historic efects (events that only happen to these kids, e. g. 9-11) Measure diferent age groups across a variety of ages all at a single point in ime. Issues: much cheaper and faster, need more people, diferent individuals in each groups (may have diferent historic efects, may not have the same outcome". Prenatal stages: germinal/zygote: irst two weeks ater contracepion, begins at ferilizaion.
