PSYA02H3 Chapter 10: PSYA02 Chapter 10
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Module 10. 1 physical development from conception through infancy. To study cognition from infancy to adulthood, you could compare people of different age. Suffer from cohort effects , which are differences between people that. Attrition , which occurs when participants drop out of a study for. Transition from stage to stage involves rapid shifts in thinking and behaving, and. Relatively cheap and easy to administer, and they allow a study to be done. A longitudinal study fixes the problem of cohort effects. Measure an infant"s cognitive development periodically for 20 years. Developmental psychology is the study of human physical, cognitive, social, and behavioural characteristics across the lifespan. Longitudinal design follows the development of the same set of individuals through time some reason, such as losing interest or moving away. Development is seen as a progression of abrupt transitions in physical or mental skills, interspersed with slower, more gradual change fundamental shifts in the types of abilities a child can perform.
