CHYS 2P10 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Epigenetics, Dependent And Independent Variables, Lev Vygotsky
17 Oct 2016
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Goal: to understand the science of development, not just psychology. Goals of developmental scientists: describe development, normative development, ideographic/individual development, explain development, why do individuals develop different, optimize development, apply findings to the real world. Children have generally been viewed similarly over the course of history. Kids are different and are treated differently, contrary to post-modernist relativism. Aries believed that childhood was not a concept known or practiced in medieval europe because of the extreme death rates and labor demands. This is false, childhood is a universal concept. Data determines the merits of the theory. Fact meant to be something that is certainly true. Scientific fact phenomenon or observation that is agreed upon by most observers. Theory an idea that attempts to explain facts and observations, every scientific fact is actually a theory. Hypothesis predictions resulting from a theory. Data information gathered by direct observation. Experimental study isolates the effect of one or more variables (independent) or another variable (dependent)
