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| an enduring theme that says environment and genetics interact to influence development |
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| biological endowment, particularly genes |
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| wide or narrow range environment |
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| the idea that children shape their own dev. through selective attention and beyond |
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| the idea that dev. is a process of small changes |
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| the idea that dev. is a series of sudden changes like steps |
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| dev. by Jean Piaget of thinking, rethinking and reasoning |
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| the differences with and withing individuals |
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| the more frequent survival of indiv. w/ advantageous traits, survival of the fittest |
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| a particular set of cultural and physical envrionmental characteristics |
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| a measure of social class based on income and education |
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| genetics, differences in parental treatment, differences in reactions, different environments |
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| the degree to which repeated measures are consistent with each other |
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| reliability that is attained when two or more tests yield similar results |
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| reliability that is attained when two or more raters yield similar ratings |
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| the degree to which a test measures what is supposed to measure, or accuracy |
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| the degree to which the test is effective |
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| the ability to generalize the results of the experiment outside the test |
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| interview used to collect self reports and the same topics from all particpants |
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| interview for obtaining in-depth information about an individual participant |
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| a numerical value assigned to the direction and strength of a correlation |
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| direction-of-causation problem |
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| correlation does not mean causation |
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| the correlation betw. two var. may actually be caused by a third variable |
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| compares participants of different ages on the same topic |
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| compares participants across time on the same topics |
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| the same participants are studied repeatedly over a short period of time |
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