A PSY 203 Study Guide - Final Guide: Naturalistic Observation, Gender Role, Parenting Styles
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Reliability vs. validity (and two types of each) Correlation coefficient what it is; how to interpret. Chapter 13: development of sex differences and gender roles. Differences in parental treatment toward girls and boys. Four different parenting styles, the dimensions by which they differ, and how their children turn out. Pros and cons of being an only child, and of having siblings. Academic performance of u. s. students on an international scale. Traditional, constructivist, and social-constructivist teaching styles (21) 12/13. 0. 5 theory: an orderly, integrated set of statements that describes, explains and predicts behavior. 0. 5 hypothesis: a prediction drawn from a theory and is often framed as an if-then statement. 0. 5 descriptive research: provide detailed and thorough information, it can only inform us of what variables are correlated, rather than which variables led to a change in the other. 0. 5 naturalistic observation is high in external validity (outside world). Structured observation is high in internal validity (in lab).
