PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Hindbrain, Myelin, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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Developmental psychology: study of human physical, cognitive, social, and behavioural characteristics across the lifespan. Methods for measuring developmental trends: cross-sectional design: used to measure and compare samples of people at different ages at a given point in time. Cheap and easy to administer, allows study to be done quickly. Can suffer from cohort effects: difference between people that result from being born in different time periods: longitudinal design: follows the development of the same set of individuals through time. Often suffers from attrition: when participants drop out of a study for some reason: patterns of development: stages and continuity. People go through a series of stages, pattern of change. Transition from stage to stage involves rapid shifts in thinking and behaving, and fundamental shifts in the types of abilities a child can perform. Complex interactions between genetics and environment affect developmental processes.
