PSY 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Attention, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder
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Pattern of continuity and change in human capabilities that occurs throughout life growth decline. Early experience has a greater impact on later experience (plasticity) Resilience: a perso(cid:374)"s a(cid:271)ility to re(cid:272)over or adapt to diffi(cid:272)ult ti(cid:373)es. One-time, one-group design: test a single group of participants a single time. Longitudinal design: participants examined repeatedly over a prolonged period of time. Cross-sectional design: people of different ages are studied at a single time. Age differences tell you about development (across individuals) Can be affected by historical changes (sociocultural context) for each individual. Does(cid:374)"t address sta(cid:271)ility of i(cid:374)dividual differe(cid:374)(cid:272)es over ti(cid:373)e or patter(cid:374) of develop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Sequential design: multiple groups of individuals are examined at multiple time points. 6% of the worlds pop have been diagnosed with a psychological disorder. Behavior that is : atypical (deviant, maladaptive (dysfunctional, personally distressing (despair) Defi(cid:374)i(cid:374)g so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g as (cid:862)a(cid:271)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al(cid:863) relies heavily on: societal norms, contextual info, subjective judgement.
