PSY 3128 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Memory, Longitudinal Study, Working Memory
20 Nov 2018
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Questions that should be answered before the midterm: A cross- sectional design is faster, cheaper, and can incur data relative to aging. However, it is subject to cohort effects where differences between age are not due to age itself but due to variances such as education or history-graded experiences. Longitudinal designs can more accurately generate knowledge about the progression of aging as it follows individuals over their life course. However, these designs are expensive and take a long time before they can produce publishable data. Deep and narrow information vs. wide and shallow. When accumulating information on a particular topic, the individual. Most studies conducted are on this population so can decrease external validity to the general population. Dreaming occurs in all stages of sleep, however, it is more common to dream in rem sleep. Working memory is ideas/things you are actively trying to keep in your mind or things that are happening to you right now.
