Command Terms
This command term asks you to give a detailed account of a study or process.
What is describe.
This was the primary aim of Luby et al.’s longitudinal study on childhood development
What is examining how early maternal support affects hippocampal development and later emotional outcomes?
They used what kind of imaging technique
What is MRI
These two brain structures were examined using MRI scans.
What are the hippocampus and the amygdala.
An example of a limitation
What is high ecological validity
This command term requires you to give reasons and link cause and effect using evidence.
What is explain.
This type of participant group was used in Luby et al.’s study, consisting of children followed over several years.
What is a longitudinal sample?
They looked at the involvement of ___ and ___.
adults and stress
This type of brain tissue was reduced in children exposed to poverty.
What is gray and white matter?
Is the small sample size considered a strength or limitation
what is a limitation
This command term asks you to present similarities and differences.
What is distinguish.
These participants made up the sample in Luby et al.’s study examining brain development and early caregiving.
What are children and their primary caregivers?
Since the study was over multiple years long, what kind of study is it considered?
what is a longitudinal study.
This brain structure showed reduced negative effects with positive caregiving.
What is the hippocampus.
This study is not ____ because the sample is too small and focused on children.
what is generalizable
This command term requires strengths, limitations, and a clear judgment.
What is evaluate.
This factor was measured in early childhood as the key independent variable in Luby et al.’s study.
What is the level of maternal support?
How many MRI scans were done on the children
what is 2
This factor reduced the negative impact of poverty on brain development.
What is high quality caregiving.
The study has a type of variables that make it hard to interpret the results accurately
what is confounding variable
This command term asks you to assess the degree of an argument using evidence and counterarguments.
What is to what extent.
This feature of Luby et al.’s sample allowed researchers to observe developmental changes in the hippocampus over time.
What is repeated MRI assessment of the same children across multiple years?
What system are the amygdala and hippocampus apart?
What is the Limbic system
This concept explains how brain structure changes in response to environment.
What is neuroplasticity.
A type of variable that is a strength since it give good background information
what is non-clinical variables