PSYC 2500H Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Memory, Puberty, Jean Piaget
20 Nov 2018
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Ancient period (rome, carthage, sparta): active infanticide, family possessions (children were acquired to a family, known as little people , boys were favoured (part of the warrior culture) Medieval times: treatment of children debated by scientists, miniature adults, distinct phase of life, unconsciously incompetent. Original sin (they are inherently bad, he enforced adulthood) Innate purity (opposite of original sin, innate good, always referred to as. Tabula rasa (biological perspective, empty vessels, you can create this to be anything you want. Correlational design: goal: to determine if 2 things are related. Experimental design: goal: to determine whether a causal relationship exists, an experiment needs: Dependent variable the measure used to collect data depends on the independent variable: an experimental test of tv violence & aggression in the laboratory. Iv: children watch violent tv show, watch non-violent tv show. Longitudinal design: same participants observed repeatedly over time, time period may be brief (6 months-1 year, some have lasted decades.
