PSY BEH 101D- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 76 pages long!)

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Psychology and Social Behavior
• Course: PSY BEH 101D
• Professor: Quas

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Part 1: research methods continued: data collection self and other report, observations (from lecture #1, non-experimental vs. Identify factors associated with increased risk: makes it easier to target where to intervene, study situations that cannot be controlled experimentally, disadvantaged. Just because two variables related does not mean they always co-occur: correlations do not prove causation, caveat: older children in the sample, experimental study: developmental or age reasons, 1. Made fewer errors: distress doesn"t cause error, it may be due to, ex) effects of interviewer behavior on children"s memory, children"s memory tested afterward, children visited lab and played. Prenatal influences: epigenetic influences, not just passing on genes, passing on experiences that shape whether genes are turned off and on, genetic influences, when something goes wrong genetically. If newborn doesn"t attend to one longer, could mean: can"t tell the difference or, don"t have a preference.