PSYCH 3AG3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Longitudinal Study, Cognitive Training
20 Mar 2019
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Menopause: development is multidimensional and multidirectional, not just a linear trend over time, growth and decline not just growth (ex. Are we the same person throughout the lifespan: stability, consistent patterns that do not change over the lifespan, change, predictable or unpredictable patterns of change that occur, ex) going bald, Sources of stability: genes, environment, gene-environment interactions. Operationalizing age: chronological age, when were you born, functional age, biological age, psychological age, social age. Outline: three main age-related research designs, cross-sectional, longitudinal, sequential, any data collection method fine for all three, experimental (sort of, survey, behavioural observation, archival, subject non-human participant, participants human"s taking part in experiments. Longitudinal designs: follow the same participants over several years, advantages, can establish patterns of development, differences across ages are not due to cohort effects, disadvantages, cost & time, cross-generational problem, practice effects, selective attrition. Can we make causal claims in aging research: no, survey studies, observational studies, behavioural observations, maybe, experimental.
