PSYC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Konrad Lorenz, Puberty, Fallacy
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Developmental psychology: the study of how behavior changes over the life span. Post hoc fallacy: the mistake of assuming that because a comes before b, a must cause b. Bidirectional influences: children"s experiences influence their development, and their development influences their experiences, children influence their parents and vice versa. Keeping an eye on cohort effects: cross-sectional design: a design in which researchers examine people of different ages at the same point in time. Baby boomers grew up in a different technological age than those of us today. Solution: longitudinal design: longitudinal design: psychologists track the development of the same group of subjects over time. Home videos of people at different times in development. Not experimental designs and thus cannot be used to infer cause-and-effect relationships. The myth that extremely early experiences are more influential in shaping us than those in adulthood. No evidence supports this claim: childhood fragility. The myth that children are delicate beings that are easily damaged.
