PSY 256 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Triple X Syndrome, Turner Syndrome, Fertility Medication
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The one you have control over: dependent variable. In theory depends on the independent: participant group. Longitudinal research: same children observed over a long period of time, may lose participants over time. Those who stay are more motivated: could skew your study. Cross-sectional research: children of different ages are observed and compared. When you grew up effects you: cross-sequential research. Combines longitudinal (time period) and cross-sectional (cohorts) Chromsomes: nucleus, rod shape, 23 pairs. Mother > son: women are more likely to be carries and males are more likely to show. !3: problems with clotting, queen victoria had it. Monozygotic: single zygote splits in two, identical. Dizygotic: two zygote, fraternal, probability increase with age and fertility drugs. Industrialized: last or nearly last in children"s welfare, correlation with population. Taken to the fallopian tube: fertilized. Blastocyst: 60-70 cells, connects to the uterine lining. Umbilical cord connects baby to placenta: nourishment and waste removal.
