FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Nuclear Family, Morphogenesis, Longitudinal Study
17 Apr 2016
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Boundary: an imaginary line marking who belongs to a system. Cohort effect: characteristics or attitudes that result from the period of history in which people have lived. Communal living: a group of people, who may or may not be related by birth or marriage, sharing financial resources and living arrangements. Correlation: a mathematical method for showing whether a relationship exists between factors. Cross-sectional research: a method of research that studies individuals of different ages and compares them in relation to the factor under investigation. Developmental task: a task that an individual is expected to achieve at a particular stage in development. Direct observation: a research method in which the researcher watches and records behaviour. Exosystem: institutions and organizations in society in which individuals do not take an active part, but that affect them through the mesosystem or microsystem. Experiment: a research method that involves changing conditions deliberately and observing any changes in behaviour that results.
