PSY 2301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Informed Consent, Socioeconomics, Dementia
30 Sep 2018
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5 characteristics of (full) life span: multicultural; non-linear (e. g. height: there are periods of growth, plateau, and descent, multicontextual: many factors play into personality (e. g. culture, socioeconomics. Etc. : multicultural: cultures differ everywhere which effects almost every aspect of life, multidisciplinary: e. g. Health includes the mind, the body, and spirit: plasticity: the ability to adapt to change. Dependent variable: the thing being measured (often numbers) Cross-sectional study: studying different age groups during one time period. Longitudinal study: tracking the same people who are the same age, over time. Longitudinal-sequential study: studying people of the same age group for a period of time, then different people over the same span of time (e. g. group 1: 12 years old, 2001-4; group 2: 15 years, 2004-7) In order to be ethical, the following must always be disclosed to participants in a study: Implications of research: honesty, study must be replicable. Theory: a set of concepts and prepositions intended to describe and explain certain phenomena.
