Methods of Research
Descriptive Statistics
Language Abilities
Cognitive Development
Physical and Sexual Development
100
the small group of participants, out of the total number avaliable, that a researcher studies.
What is a sample?
100
the listing and summarizing of data in a practical, efficient way.
What is descriptive statistics?
100
babbling begins and increases; by year's end, infant masters sounds of own language and usually says his or her first word. (baba or mama)
What is 1 year?
100
a conceptual framework a person uses to make sense of the world.
What is a schema?
100
ceremonies or ritual in which an individual is admitted to new status or accepted into a new position.
What is initiation rights?
200
a research method in which the psychologist observes the subject in a naturalsetting without interfering.
What is naturalistic observation?
200
an arrangement of data that indicates how often a particular score or observation occurs.
What is frequency distribution?
200
infant will progress to saying dozens of words; begins to speak in paired words; to ask a question, child uses a declaration in a rising tone; to negate something, child uses nouns with a negative word. (Allgone ball. More ball. Jenny go?)
What is 2 years?
200
the process of fitting objects and experiences into one's schemas.
What is assimilation?
200
sexual maturation; the end of childhood and the point when reproduction is first possible.
What is puberty?
300
a research method that involves an intensive investigation of one or more participants.
What is a case study?
300
a graph of frequency distributionshaped like a symmetrical, bell-shaped curve; a graph of normally distributed data.
What is a normal curve?
300
child aquires more grammatical knowledge; says appropriate sentences; uses simple declaratives; produces correct negative sentences; average size of vocabulary is over 5,000 words. (I eating. I'm eating. Don't go.)
What is 3 years?
300
the adjustment of one's schemas to include newly observed events and experiences.
What is accommodation?
300
the first menstrual period.
What is menarche?
400
a research method in which information is obtained by asking many individuals a fixed set of questions.
What is a survey?
400
a number that describes something about the "average" score of a distribution.
What is central tendency?
400
child uses more grammatical rules and future tense; asks questions in adult form; average vocabulary is about 9,000 words. (Will Jenny go? I can't go. Why is Jenny crying?)
What is 4 years?
400
a child's realization that an object exists even when he or she cannot see or touch it.
What is object permanence?
400
period during which males achieve first ejacualtion. 8====> ** ***
What is spermarche?
500
a research method in which data is collected about a group of participants over a number of years to assess how certain charicteristics change or remain the same during development.
What is a longitudinal study?
500
a measure of difference, or spread of data.
What is variablility?
500
child uses more complex clauses; joins 2 or more ideas in one sentence; has problems with noun/verb agreement. (I see what you did.)
What is 5 years?
500
the intellectual ability of a child to picture something in his or her mind.
What is representational thought?
500
the condition during adolescence in which the growth or maturation of bodily parts is uneven.
What is asynchrony?
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