[PSY 225] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (15 pages long)
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Biological aging: begin to die from birth (neg. side) Age grade: socially defined age groups ex) teenagers. Socioeconomic status (ses) how much money you make, your career, education poverty greatest effect on development. Goals of studying development: description - explanation optimization - prediction normal development so we can describe how people differ in their development prediction: what you should be doing at certain ages. Why humans develop the way they do, why some develop differently how can we utilize all of our talents. The way that concepts relate to one another. You should be able to proof the opposite as well. Use experimental designs when you want to find causation. Cross-sectional method observe people of different cohorts (once) Longitudinal method observe people of one age group repeatedly over time. Sequential method observe different cohorts on multiple occasions. Ego defends against anxiety w/ defense mechanisms. More positive, adaptive view of human nature.
