PSY 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Prenatal Development, Low Birth Weight, Gene Expression
17 Apr 2016
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The genain quadruplets differed in their timing and expression of schizophrenia, offering powerful evidence for the role of environment in the manifestation of this disorder. Developmental psychology study of how behaviour changes over time. Post hoc fallacy false assumption that because one event occurred before another event, it must have caused that event. Children"s development influences their experiences, but their experiences also influence their development (bidirectional, not unidirectional as displayed in popular psychological media) Cross-sectional design research design that examines populations of different ages at a single point in time. Can obtain only a snapshot" of each person at a single age. Does not control for cohort effects (effects observed in a sample of participants that result from individuals in the sample growing up at the same time) Longitudinal design research design that examines development in the same sample of participants on multiple occasions over time.
