PSY 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Super Bowl Xxxii, Critical Period, Gender Identity

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2012
• Professor: Rachel Heatherly

Document Summary

Developmental psychology- the study of how behavior changes over the life span, can occur due to physical maturation, be shaped by experience, or a combination of both. Gene-environment interaction- the effects of the genes depend on the environment and vice versa. Nature via nurture- children with certain genetic predispositions often seek out and create their own environments. Cross-sectional design- an experimental design in which researchers examine people who are of different ages at a single point in time: don"t control for cohort effects or generational gaps. Longitudinal design- psychologists track the development of the same group of participants over time: examine true developmental effects- changes over time within individuals as a consequence of growing older. Post hoc fallacy- assuming a must cause b because a comes before b, particularly tempting in the field of developmental psychology: bidirectional influences, developmental influences often run in both directions, ex.