(i) Introduction to the field – what is Developmental Psychology and why is studying development important? (ii) What are the main controversies in the field? (iii) What are the main theoretical approaches? Give concrete examples. Developmental psychology is the study of change in a person throughout their life‚ from birth to death (White‚ Hayes & Livesey‚ 2013). It often focuses on childhood development‚ as this is a time where a lot of rapid change happens‚ though developmental psychology also
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Psychology January 8th‚ 2014 Chapter 9: Intelligence and Psychological Testing Key Concepts in Psychological Testing Standardization - Test norms - Standardization group Reliability - Correlation coefficient Validity - Content validity (ex. Acadia entrance test thats only math based‚ not fair to all) - Criterion-related validity (ex. test is able to predict something important - Construct validity Characteristics of a good test - Reliability: test-retest (test again)‚ split half (score
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Kerri Peer period 2 Mrs. Langhammer 11.28.11 Of Mice and Men‚ a heartbreaking tale‚ a strongheld protest Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck’s naturalistic novella‚ is a tragic tale of two men traveling together in the hardships of the Great Deal. Frequently throughout the book Steinbeck indirectly critiques the flaws that the Great Deal contained. Within the text migrant workers‚ Lennie Small‚ a kind hearted mentally handicapped man and George Milton‚ a small‚ yet mighty spirited man‚ take
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Natalie Smith AP Psychology March 6‚ 2012 The Five Stages of Grief: My Girl Elisabeth Kübler-Ross & David Kessler came up with the five stages of grief‚ which are denial‚ anger‚ bargaining‚ depression and acceptance. Although grief is individual depending on the person and the situation‚ these stages help organize the process of grieving. The stages act more as tools than a timeline. The movie My Girl portrays these stages after the death of Thomas J.‚ Vada’s best and only friend. Denial
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Introduction to Psychology Review from Last Class: Pre-Psychology Psychology; Are humans like animals or do we have something special? Modern Roots of Pyschology Early physiologists (Sechnov‚ Pavlov‚ Broca) brain can explain behaviour Wundt behaviour (the mind) can be measured scientifically using laboratory techniques Titchener introspection can provide clues to the mind James functionalism: how depends on why Freud ‘nuf said Other influential branches Gestalt Behaviorists
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8/27 Memory Chapter Summary Memory 6.1 What are the three processes of memory and the different model of how memory works? Memory can be defined as an active system that receives information from the senses‚ organizes and alters it as it stores it away‚ and then retrieves the information from storage. The three process are: Encoding Storage Retrieval Models of Memory In the levels-of-processing model of memory‚ information that gets more deeply processed is more likely to be remembered
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The Catcher in the Rye There are many different ways to see something and everyone has a different way of perceiving things as real or fake. There are many different ways of looking at something and every single person has a right to look at things in their own unique way. Holden had a way of looking at things very differently as well. The phrase “Everyone is innocent until proven guilty” was not something that Holden went
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Many people may get the concepts of sensation and perception mixed up. It is a common error or misconception that they are the same thing‚ but they actually are not. Sensation has much more to do with our five senses‚ whereas perception is more of an interpretation of what is actually sensed. Even though they are usually linked together 99 percent of the time‚ they do not always have to go together… meaning we can have sensation without perception or vice versa. Sensation is all based on
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University of Phoenix Material Validity and Reliability Matrix For each of the tests of reliability and validity listed on the matrix‚ prepare a 50-100-word description of test’s application and under what conditions these types of reliability would be used as well as when it would be inappropriate. Then prepare a 50-100-word description of each test’s strengths and a 50-100-word description of each test’s weaknesses. TEST of Reliability Application and APPROPRIATENESS Strengths Weaknesses
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Variables - any factor that can change in amount or kind over time. Eg age‚ time‚ IQ‚ memory etc An experiment tests the cause-effect relationship between variables Independent variable – the variable that is systematically manipulated‚ changed or varied in some way by the experimenter‚ in order to assess its effect on participant’s responses (DV) Dependent variable – the variable that the experimenter is measuring‚ shows any effects of the IV It is called the DV because whether or not it will
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