Developmental Psychology
The model consists of three parts: Biological, Psychological, and Social.
What is the biopsychosocial model?
What is autism?
The study of how the shape and size of the skull can be used to determine an individual's personality and behaviour.
What is phrenology?
A progressive brain degeneration and fatal condition thought to be caused by repeated blows to the head and repeated concussions.
What is Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)?
A testable prediction of the relationship between two or more variables.
What is a hypothesis?
People have an easier experience learning a new language during this period.
What is the sensitive period?
This characteristics refers to an individual's difficulty in remaining still and is one of the behaviours of ADHD.
What is hyperactivity?
This hemisphere specialises in non-verbal functions such as creative thinking and recognising faces and emotions.
What is the right hemisphere?
This is an insulating layer around the neuron that allows electrical impulses to travel along the neuron.
What is the myelin?
One major limitation of this methodology is that it cannot conclude a causation relationship.
What is correlational studies?
An infant is maintaining distance from people, rarely cries when the caregiver leaves the room and ignores the caregiver when they return.
What is insecure avoidant attachment?
This behaviour is considered to be detrimental, counterproductive and interferes with an individual's ability to adjust to their environment.
What is maladaptive behaviour?
This area of the brain includes the medulla, pons, and cerebellum.
What is the hindbrain?
These brain changes are unique to the individual and can occur at any time during their life span.
What is experience-dependent plasticity?
An experiment is considered low in this its results are inconsistent and unstable.
What is reliability?
The child is displaying accomplishments of abstract and idealistic thinking at this stage.
What is formal operational stage?
This person can make assessment and diagnosis of an individual's mental health but cannot prescribe medication.
What is a psychologist?
This technique uses a radioactive tracker to record the level of activity in the brain.
What is Positron Emission Tomography (PET)?
This type of seizure originates from both hemispheres simultaneously. Awareness and loss of consciousness is common.
What is generalised seizures?
Researchers collected this type of data by asking people to rate how they feel on a scale from 1 - 5.
What is subjective primary quantitative data?
This factor includes the brain chemistry, nervous system activity, sleep patterns, and bodily responses to stress.
What is the biological factor?
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)?
This part of the brain is involved in maintaining homeostatis.
What is the hypothalamus?
What is nonfluent aphasia?
A researcher does not publish their findings because their hypothesis was incorrect is a breach of this ethical concept.
What is integrity?