PSYC 2500H Midterm: PSYC2500 Midterm Reading Review
8 Feb 2018
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Chapter 1: introduction to developmental psychology and its research strategies. The process of modifying existing schemas in order to incorporate or adapt to new experiences. A detailed record of an infant"s growth and development over a period of time. A comparison of the possible benefits of a study for advancing knowledge and optimizing life conditions vs its costs to participants in terms of inconvenience and possible harm. A group of people the same age who are exposed to similar cultural environments and historical events as they are growing up. Age related difference among cohorts that is attributable to cultural/historical differences in cohorts" growing up experiences rather than to true developmental change. The right of participants to concealment of their identity with respect to the data they provide. Some factor other than the independent variable that, if not controlled, could explain any differences across treatment conditions in participant"s performance on the dependent variable.
