PSYC 355 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Amniotic Sac, Umbilical Cord, Prenatal Development
19 Feb 2017
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Early philosopher"s views on origins of knowledge and children"s nature and implications for child-rearing and education. Historical contributions to the field of child development: social reform movements, darwin"s theory of evolution, freud and watson"s research-based theories. List and understand the seven themes in developmental psychology understand the question being raised in each theme and be able to give examples. Describe the procedures involved in the scientific method. Be able to define and describe different types of reliability (interrater, test-retest) and validity (internal, external) Describe the contexts researchers use to gather data about children including pros and cons for each (interviews, naturalistic observation, structured observation, physiological. Understand differences between correlational and experimental designs: know what is involved in experimental designs (random assignment, experimental control, iv, dv) Compare designs to studying development and pros and cons for each (cross-sectional, longitudinal, microgenetic) Identify physiological and neuroscience methods described in lecture.
