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Week 1
Intro to Human Development
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Psychology
Not Applicable
04/23/2012

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Term
CONTINUITY
Definition
continual progression from beginning of life to the end
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DISCONTINUITY
Definition
growth as occurring in identifiable stages each with distinct problems & characteristics
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INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
Definition
variable can be changed "indendently" of other factors; "cause"
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DEPENDENT VARIABLE
Definition
this variable "depends" on what happens to subjects in the experiment; "effect"
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LONGITUDINAL
Definition
studying the same individuals over a "long" period of time
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CROSS SECTIONAL
Definition
comparison of people at various ages
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CROSS SEQUENTIAL
Definition
combination of longitudinal and cross sectinal designs; starts with cross sectional studies of different ages then after some time, the same individuals are tested again
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CORRELATION
Definition
a mathematical statistic that indicates whether 2 variables are related to each other
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POSITIVE CORRELATION
Definition
one variable changes in the same direction as another variable changes
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NEGATIVE CORRELATION
Definition
when 2 variables are inversely related; when one goes up, the other goes down
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CAUSATION
Definition
when change in one variable causes a change in another
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COHORT EFFECT
Definition
changes due to a subject's time of birth or generation but not actually to "age"
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PSYCHOANALYCTIC THEORY
Definition
interprets human behavior and development in terms of intrinnnnnnsic drives and motives, may of which are unconscious
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REINFORCEMENT
Definition
a term used in operant conditioning to explain anything that "increases" a behavior
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PUNISHMENT
Definition
a term used in operant condtioning to explain anything that "decreases" a behavior
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ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT (ZPD)
Definition
range of skills that can be used without assistance versus what can be obtained with help
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