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| continual progression from beginning of life to the end |
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| growth as occurrig in identifiable stages with distinct problems and characteristics |
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| vaiable can be changed "independently" of other factors; "cause" |
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| this varible "depends" on what happens to subjects in the experiment;"effect" |
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| studying the same individuals over a "long" period of time |
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| comparison of people at various ages |
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| combination of longitudinal and cross sectional designs; starts with a cross sectional studies of individuals with with different ages then after some time, the same individuals are tested again |
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| a mathematical statistic that indicates whether 2 variables are related to each other |
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| one variable changes in the same dirction as another variable changes |
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| when 2 variables are inversely related' when one goes up the other goes down |
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| when change in one variable causes a change in another |
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| changes due to a subject's time of birth or generation but not actually to "age" |
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| interprets human behavior and development in terms of intrinsic drives and motives, many of which are unconscious |
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| a term used in operant conditioning to explain anything that "increases" a behavior |
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| a term used in ioerant conditioning to explain anything that "decreases" a behavior |
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| zone of proximal development (ZPD) |
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| range of skills that can be used without assistance versus what can be obtained with help |
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