PSYCH 1XX3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Experiment, Menopause, Prenatal Development
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Developmental psychologists are concerned with the entire lifespan. More focus on adolescence since that is where the most changes occur. Section 1: research methods with the long view. Rely on experimental methods less often than other psychologists. Controlling effect one process has on another is difficult, or impossible. Even if you control it in a lab setting, it may not be the same in real life. Quasi-experiment group subjects based on existing level of that variable (age, gender) from age to age: not randomly assigning subjects to groups cant make cause and effect interpretations that a true experiment could. Normative descriptive, asks questions about how things normally change. Analytic asks about processes and variables responsible for changes in abilities and needs. Longitudinal compare development at different ages, follow same group of individuals over time, repeatedly testing them within-subjects design: advantage eliminate extraneous variables, disadvantage time-consuming, costly, subjects lost over time,
