Research Design Overview: Types of Studies
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What does the concept of Life-Span Perspective include?

  • A focus on the systematic processes of change and stability in people
  • The transitional state that tells a person is fully functional
  • A view of development as a lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual process (correct)
  • The scientific study of early traits and characteristics that persist through life
  • Which aspect of development focuses on the growth of the body and brain?

  • Physical Development (correct)
  • Social Construction
  • Cognitive Development
  • Psychosocial Development
  • Which issue addresses the degree to which development involves cumulative change?

  • Social Construction
  • Stability-Change Issue
  • Continuity-Discontinuity (correct)
  • Maturation
  • What is described as the concept of learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity?

    <p>Cognitive Development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term describes the emotions, personality, and social relationships aspect of development?

    <p>Psychosocial Development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does heritability specifically refer to?

    <p>The proportion of variability in a trait that can be linked to genetic differences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which research design is used to determine the genetic basis of traits by comparing biological and adoptive relatives?

    <p>Adoption studies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of behavioral genetics?

    <p>The extent to which genetic and environmental differences are responsible for traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a high concordance rate indicate?

    <p>A high percentage of pairs displaying the same trait if one member does</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which attribute is selectively bred in animals to study its heritability?

    <p>Activity level in rodents</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a son experiencing the Oedipus Complex fear will happen as a result of his desires?

    <p>Being punished by his father through castration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is the Electra Complex resolved in girls?

    <p>Identification with the mother</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What underlying fear does 'Castration Anxiety' pertain to in psychosexual development?

    <p>Fear of physical punishment from the father</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which defense mechanism involves redirecting an unwanted feeling from a more threatening person to a weaker one?

    <p>Displacement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What phase of psychosexual development involves sublimating sexual urges into sports and hobbies?

    <p>Latency phase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which principle emphasizes the importance of fair and just treatment to access and benefit from psychological practices?

    <p>Justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which component is NOT included under the principle of Respect for People's Rights and Dignity?

    <p>Contributing to knowledge about human behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a core requirement emphasized under the Competent Caring principle?

    <p>Do no harm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is emphasized by the Integrity principle?

    <p>Honesty and accurate communication</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key responsibility highlighted under Professional and Scientific Responsibilities to Society?

    <p>Contributing knowledge about human behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term describes the genetic makeup causing a child to evoke specific reactions from others?

    <p>Evocative Gene-Environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What consists of inborn traits and characteristics provided by parents?

    <p>Heredity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which context of development includes the combination of economic and social factors?

    <p>Socioeconomic Status</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is described as the overgeneralization that obscures variations within a society?

    <p>Ethnic Gloss</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term is defined as the modifiability of performance in development?

    <p>Plasticity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Under which condition is informed consent not required for conducting research?

    <p>In a study of normal educational practices in educational settings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a condition for dispensing with informed consent?

    <p>Confidentiality is not protected</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When is it necessary for researchers to obtain permission for recording images or voices?

    <p>When research involves interviews in private homes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should be avoided to prevent coercion in research participation?

    <p>Offering excessive monetary incentives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What must researchers do when their study involves deception?

    <p>Justify the use of deceptive techniques in the study and discuss as early as possible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What obligation do researchers have regarding the data of other competent professionals who intend to reanalyze it after publication?

    <p>Share the data only for the declared purpose</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What must researchers ensure when using animal subjects in their studies?

    <p>Justify and minimize discomfort, infection, illness, and pain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What principle regarding authorship credit must researchers adhere to?

    <p>Take credit only for work they have substantially contributed to</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of study is most likely to encounter ethical issues due to manipulation?

    <p>Experiment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which research design is valuable in debunking the logic that Western developed theories can be universally applied?

    <p>Ethnographic study</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of research design is specifically noted for its low external validity?

    <p>Descriptive study</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which study type lacks random assignment and controls over extraneous variables?

    <p>Correlational study</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following types of studies is best for establishing cause-and-effect relationships?

    <p>Experiment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which research design can study multiple influences operating in natural settings?

    <p>Correlational study</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which research method is particularly noted for being open to observer bias?

    <p>Ethnographic study</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of study aims to explore sources of behavior and test treatments, but does not permit strong causal statements?

    <p>Case study</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which developmental theory states that children are born with an inherent goodness and develop negatively only when corrupted by society?

    <p>Noble Savages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of change involves an increase in number or amount, addressing aspects such as height or vocabulary size?

    <p>Quantitative Change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which concept in developmental theories deals with the sudden appearance of new qualities that were not present before?

    <p>Qualitative Change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which developmental model suggests that individuals generate their own development by initiating events?

    <p>Organismic Model</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to which theory, people are likened to machines that only respond to environmental input?

    <p>Mechanistic Model</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which developmental perspective emphasizes genetic predispositions as the primary driver of development?

    <p>Nativist Perspective</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who proposed that all children acquire language in the same manner?

    <p>Noam Chomsky</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which principle from the APA General Principles emphasizes the importance of minimizing harm?

    <p>Beneficence and Nonmaleficence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which study design allows researchers to track the same individuals over an extended period to observe long-term trends?

    <p>Longitudinal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a significant disadvantage of the cross-sectional study design?

    <p>It cannot determine causation due to its snapshot nature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of research design is described when data are collected on successive cross-sectional or longitudinal samples?

    <p>Sequential</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which developmental theory emphasizes the role of innate biological drives and early experiences in shaping later behavior?

    <p>Psychosexual Theory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characteristic differentiates a quasi-experiment from other experimental designs?

    <p>Natural assignment to groups due to circumstances beyond the researcher's control.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which drawback is common to both longitudinal and sequential study designs?

    <p>Time-consuming and expensive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why can longitudinal studies provide insight into individual patterns of continuity and change?

    <p>They observe the same individuals over an extended period.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one main advantage of using a sequential study design?

    <p>It combines both cross-sectional and longitudinal approaches, thus separating age-related changes from cohort effects.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Research Design Overview

    • Quasi-Experiment: compares people who have been accidentally assigned to separate groups due to circumstances that are out of the researcher's control.

    Study Types

    Cross-Sectional Studies

    • Children of different ages are assessed at one point in time to find differences
    • Pros: more economical, quicker to conduct
    • Cons: cannot find causes and effects, results can be affected by differences due to social/historical context

    Longitudinal Studies

    • Study the same people over time, can be conducted over years
    • Pros: provides insight into long-term trends, tracks individual differences and change over time
    • Cons: time-consuming and expensive, possibility of participant drop-out, more difficult to control confounding variables

    Sequential Studies

    • Collect data on successive cross-sectional or longitudinal samples
    • Pros: allows researchers to separate age-related change from cohort effects, offers a more complete picture of development
    • Cons: time-consuming and expensive, requires more than one researcher, may require a larger number of participants for each sample

    Developmental Theories

    Psychosexual Theory by Freud

    • Humans are born with instinctive drives like hunger, sex, and aggression
    • These drives are shaped by early experiences
    • People are driven by motives and emotional conflicts
    • They may not be aware that their motivations stem from early experiences

    Ethical Considerations in Research

    • Seek individual's assent, provide an explanation, consider their best interest, and obtain permission from their guardians
    • Must appropriately document written or oral consent, permission, or assent
    • Permission for recording images or voices is needed unless the research consists of solely naturalistic observations in public places or research designed includes deception
    • Consent must be obtained during debriefing

    Developmental Psychology

    Learning

    • How a person adapts to the environment

    Behavioral Genetics

    • Scientific study of the extent to which genetic and environmental differences among people and animals are responsible for differences in their traits

    Heritability

    • Proportion of all the variability in a trait within a large sample of people that can be linked to genetic differences among those individuals

    Research Designs

    Twin Studies

    Adoption Studies

    Family Studies

    Concordance Rate

    • The percentage of pairs of people studied in which if one member of a pair displays the trait, the other does too

    General Principles of APA

    Respect for Dignity of Persons and Peoples

    • Respect for all human beings, diversity, culture, beliefs
    • Free and informed consent
    • Privacy, fairness, and justice

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    Learn about different research design types, including quasi-experiments, cross-sectional, longitudinal, and sequential studies. Understand their characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages.

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