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Child Growth and Development
The Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
08/24/2012

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Term
Experimental Group
Definition
The group of participants who receive an imposed treatment or special condition.
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Three research designs used to study change over time
Definition
Cross-sectional
Longitudinal
Cohort-sequential
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Summary of research done in Dunedin, New Zealand
Definition
Mistreated boys with a low-level version of the MAOA gene were twice as likely to be overly aggressive.
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Quantitative Research
Definition
Research data that may be categorized, ranked or numbered
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Study Replication
Definition
The repeating of a study using different participants in order for study to be recognized by scientific community
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Why do researchers obtain informed consent?
Definition
To ensure the participant knows that participation is voluntary, confidential and harmless for all
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Differential Sensitivity
Definition
Genes can act in opposite ways depending on the environment.
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The Difference equals Deficit error
Definition
The mistaken belief that a difference implies a lack or inferiority
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Human development is often divided into what three domains?
Definition
biosocial, cognitive and psychosocial
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