PSY 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Congenital Disorder, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Teratology
27 Apr 2016
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Learn from experience, acquire knowledge, adapt to knew experiences. Take a bunch of people that the test is targeted for and have them take the test and measure there scored. Chap 10: development - study of changes that happen as we age entire life span. 3 types of experimental design to measure development. Longitudinal a group of people being studied over a long period of time expensive, people move away. Cross sectional - groups of people at different ages studied at same time cheap and easy. Downside is there could be differences in the groups. Cross sequential - combo of both, start with groups of different ages and study them for 6 years. Germinal period first 2 weeks differentiation of cells, skin, organs etc umbilical and placenta development. Embryonic period 2 to weeks- major organ and structures develop critical period . Teratogen anything that can cause a birth defect drugs chemicals - viruses.
