Why study developmental psychology - 2nd Year
- Created by: Disha
- Created on: 25-05-15 17:59
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- Why/How to study developmentalpsychology
- Why
- Intrinsically interesting
- Enriches our understanding of human nature
- Support/Inform child welfare and practice
- How
- Observation
- Draw inferences for new hypotheses
- Difficult to apply to naturalistic setting - different setting may have another outcome
- May mistake child for not developed, when perform not how we expect
- Positivist
- Formulates Q, tests it under controlled conditions
- Differences in natural setting?
- Constructivist
- Interaction and context important. Gives wide validity.
- Not generalisable.
- Cross-sectional
- Compares different age groups, rich data.
- Must be matched otherwise other things can interfere
- Cohort effects?
- Longitudinal
- Same individual/s, rich data.
- More time and resources
- Cannot generalise and ** may become sophisticated from exposure to repeated testing
- Observation
- Important
- Language
- Memory
- Setting
- Individual differences
- Ethics
- Why
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