PSYC 4072 Chapter : Dr Cherry Aging Notes
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Ageism: form of prejudice/discrimination based on a person"s/group"s perceived chronological age. There is such thing as positive ageism (senior discounts) 75-84 is old old oldest old is 85+ Descriptive research: describe age differences in performance on an experimental task. Explanatory research: test hypotheses that are theory based; used for longitudinal research; finds the mechanisms presumed to be responsible for age related changes. Cohort: collection of people born within 10 years of each other (all experienced same historical events) Cohort effect (represents a past history and is unique to that cohort; exp. Sequential research designs: warner schaie (builds on 3 things) **you can only account for two out of three sources of variance! Ethics in research: research needs to be used for betterment; apa has 10 ethical principles that serve as guidelines for research with human participants. 2. identify at risk participants are they mentally stable enough. Justify deception very difficult to get passed today.
