PSYC 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Monoamine Oxidase, Longitudinal Study, Gene Expression
14 Sep 2016
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Special considerations in human development: developmental psychology: the study of how humans and behavior changes over the life span, several challenges arise when examining human development, post hoc fallacy. Logical error where you assume that a causes b just because b came after a. Example: all serial killers drink milk as babies, so milk causes people to be serial killers: bidirectional influences. As children and teens grow older, the play more of a role in selecting their environments. Cohort effects: sets of people who lived during one period may differ from sets of people who lived during a different period. Knowledge of events during the carter administration. 13 year olds vs. 3 year olds: cross-sectional designs: examine differences between groups. In developmental research: examine people of different ages at a single time. Example: comparing the puzzle solving abilities between a group of 10 year olds, 20 year olds, and 50 year olds, and 80 year olds.
