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scientific
must be falsifiable
TERM 2
applied
DEFINITION 2
use in practice; practical
TERM 3
interdisciplinary
DEFINITION 3
human development is an multi-disciplinary study
encompassing many fields
TERM 4
human development
DEFINITION 4
scientific study of physiological, emotional, cognitive, and
perceptual changes that occur in humans
TERM 5
ontogeny
DEFINITION 5
individual development; perpetually ongoing
phylogeny
species development
TERM 7
lifespan view of development
DEFINITION 7
emotional, cognitive, and physical aspects are all intimately
linked throughout development; one affects another
TERM 8
dialectic progression of theories
DEFINITION 8
Hegel; a thesis and alternate "anti-thesis" are reviewed and
the best of both are synthesized into a new thesis, process
then repeats
TERM 9
continuous theorists
DEFINITION 9
Binet, Watson, Miller
TERM 10
discontinuous theorists
DEFINITION 10
Freud & Piaget
sensorimotor period
birth to 2 years; development of object permanance
TERM 17
preoperational period
DEFINITION 17
age 2 to 7; symbolic though and centration
TERM 18
concrete operational period
DEFINITION 18
age 7 to 11; hierarchical organization, mastery of
conservation (think about the two glasses of water video)
TERM 19
formal operational period
DEFINITION 19
age 11 and on; systematic thinking and grasp of abstract
ideas
TERM 20
stability
DEFINITION 20
early experience may have lifelong impact; high or low in
certain characteristics may remain at those levels late in life
plasticity
change IS possible, based on experiences
TERM 22
big five personality traits
DEFINITION 22
Plasticity:O = opennessE = extraversionStability:C =
conscientiousnessA = agreeablenessN = neuroticism
(emotional stability)
TERM 23
modes of adaptability
DEFINITION 23
homeostasis: short, lasts days at mostdevelopmental
plasticity: middle, days to yearsselection: generations to
millennia; think evolution
TERM 24
linear development
DEFINITION 24
neo-darwinian; mendelian genetics, central dogma of
molecular biology (DNA>RNA>Protein)
TERM 25
emergent properties
DEFINITION 25
components combining to form something with properties
totally unlike the component's individual properties
information processing theory
nature and continuous supporting theory where human
cognition is like a computer: input being experience and
output being a behavior
TERM 32
sociocultural theory
DEFINITION 32
Vygotsky; emphasis on social interaction to pass down skills
and culture; zone of proximal development
TERM 33
Vygotsky vs. Piaget
DEFINITION 33
Piaget: inward to outward, stage conflicts,
universalVygotsky: outward to inward, social, different for
everyone
TERM 34
correlational design
DEFINITION 34
relationship between variables
TERM 35
experimental
DEFINITION 35
cause and effect, might not be as generalizable
choosing a research strategy
based on what types of operational definitions you use
(measurements like systematic observation, self-report,
ethnographies, and/or case studies)
TERM 37
longitudinal study
DEFINITION 37
same group of people studied across time; susceptible to
cohort effects
TERM 38
cross-sectional study
DEFINITION 38
different groups of people studied at the same time
TERM 39
sequential study
DEFINITION 39
several cross sectional and longitudinal studies at varying
times