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_____period; A time that is optimal for certain capacities to emerge.
Sensitive
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Developmental cognitive ____ is the study of relationships between changes in the brain & the developing child's cognitive processes & behavior.
Neuroscience
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Design in which the same subjects are studied repeatedly @ different ages.
Longitudinal
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_____ observation; Observing a behavior of interest in the natural environment.
Naturalistic
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Design that permits inferences about cause & effect.
Experimental
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Behavior _____; Procedures that combine conditioning & modeling to eliminate undesirable behaviors & increase desirable responses
Modification
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Design in which researchers present children with a novel task & follow their mastery over a series of closely spaced sessions.
Microgenetic
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Design in which researchers gather info without altering the participants' experience.
Correlational
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_____ ____; An interdisciplinary field that includes all changes throughout the life span.
Developmental Science
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A _____ describes, explains and predicts behavior
Theory
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Variable that is manipulated by the researcher.
Independent
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_____ designs allow researchers to conduct several similar cross-sectional or longitudinal studies @ varying times
Sequential
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Participant observation of a culture.
Ethnology
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Variable expected to be influenced by the experimental manipulations
Dependent
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_____ effects refer to the impact of cultural historical change on the accuracy of findings.
Cohort
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Design in which groups of ppl differing in age are studied @ the same point in time.
Cross sectional
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The clinical method or _____ study approach.
Case
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____ ____; The researcher sets up a situation that evokes a behavior of interest & observes that behavior in a lab Setting.
Structured Observation
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Approach that uses age related averages to represent typical development.
Normative
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_____ interview; Each participant is asked the same questions in the same way.
Structured
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A number describing how two variables are related is called a ____ ____.
Correlation Coefficient
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In a ____ interview, the researcher uses a flexible conversational style to probe for a participant's POV.
Clinical
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____ assignment helps researchers ctrl characteristics of participants that could reduce the accuracy of their findings.
Random
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____ is a genetically determined, naturally unfolding course of growth.
Maturation
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Information- ____ approach: views the human mind as a symbol manipulating machine.
Processing
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Freud's theory focusing on early sexual and aggressive drives.
Psychosexual
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Erikson's stage theory of development entailing resolution of psychological conflicts.
Psychosocial
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Social ____ Theory: emphasizes the role of of observational learning in the development of behavior.
Learning
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In ecological systems theory, temporal changes in a child's environment
Chronosystem
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Theory that focuses on how social interaction contributes to development.
Sociocultural
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Theory concerned with the adaptive value of behavior.
Ethology
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____ developmental psychology seeks to understand the adaptive value of species-wide cognitive, emotional and social competencies as those competencies change with age.
Evolutionary
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_____ savages: view children as possessing an innate plan for healthy growth.
Noble
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Development as a process in which new ways of understanding & responding to the world emerge at specific times.
Discontinuous
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Nature vs ____ controversy
Nurture
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In ecological systems theory, social settings that do not contain the child but effect their experiences in immediate settings.
Exosystem
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Unique combinations of personal & environmental circumstances that can result in different paths of change.
Contexts
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____ development: field of study devoted to understanding constancy & change fr conception through adolescence & emerging adulthood
Child
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Theory that emphasizes the unique developmental hx of each child.
Psychoanalytic
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View of the child as a blank slate.
Tabula Rasa
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In ecological systems theory, activities & interactions patterns in the child's immediate surroundings.
Microsystem
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In ecological systems theory, cultural values, laws, customs & resources that influence experiences & interactions @ inner levels of the environment.
Macrosystem
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____ systems theory; view of the child as developing within a complex system of relationships.
Ecological
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Emphasizes the study of directly observable events.
Behaviorism
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In ecological systems theory: connections between the child's immediate settings.
Mesosystem
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Ability to adapt effectively in the face of threats to development.
Resilience
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Piaget's ____ developmental theory suggests that children actively construct knowledge as they manipulate & explore their world.
Cognitive
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Development as gradually adding on more of the same types of skills that were there to begin with
Continuous
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_____ systems perspective; the child's mind, body & physical & social worlds form an integrated system.
Dynamic
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Qualitative change characterizing a particular time period of development.
Stage
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