PSYC 3520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Prenatal Development, Karyotype, Autosome
1 Mar 2020
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Measuring infant response - parental reports: incl diaries, checklists and ratings. Darwin kept a diary about his son"s development what he could/perceive at specific ages. Is biased, growing in diff environments, is focused on one child rather than an average. Questionnaire/checklist can be done by parent"s observation (for things not just to be looked at in short lab session) Measuring infant response archival research: using official sources of info at various. Points in time to make comparisons (data already collected by gov"t) Issues in infancy research must be kept in mind during designing, testing and interpreting studies. Behavioral state: quiet awake/alert state is best for testing (awake but not fussy is the state where they are most likely to pay attention to whatever experiment is being done). Less fussy if they"ve been fed + work around nap times (schedule breaks to ensure baby has time for napping or feeding). Experiments should be short (no more than 15-20 min exp.
