Psychology 2040A/B Study Guide - Amniocentesis, Heritability, Xyy Syndrome
12 Apr 2014
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5: mental representations tertiary circular reactions milestones in sensorimotor stage development of imitation imitation of novel objects emerges between 8 12 months deferred imitation thought to emerge 18 24 months development of object permanence things still exist even if hidden from view. 12 year olds can rehearse clusters of words organization semantically organized lists elaboration adding information or creating meaningful links between pieces of information retrieval processes free recall cued recall meta memory increases between ages 4 12. Ethical considerations in developmental research research conducted with children and adolescents raises some challenging ethical issues the benefits to be gained from the research should always exceed the risks to participants but no matter how positive this benefits to ratio participants have the right to: expect protection from harm give informed consent to participate (or to stop participation) have their data treated with confidentiality receive explanations for any deception that may have been necessary to collect their data.
