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1. | whether there is just one path of development or several paths |
2. | problem with cross-sectional designs in which differences between age groups may result as easily from environmental events as from developmental processes |
3. | method that involves gaining in-depth understanding of human behavior and what governs it |
4. | watching people and carefully recording what they do or say |
5. | an expression of the strength and direction of a relation between two variables |
6. | whether a particular developmental phenomenon represents a smooth progression throughout the lifespan or a series of abrupt shifts |
8. | demands put on people by the environment |
9. | technique in which a researcher creates a setting that is likely to elicit the behavior of interest |
10. | in Erikson's theory, the idea that each psychosocial strength has its own special period of particular importance |
11. | learning that occurs by simply watching how others behave |
14. | a systematic way of manipulating the key factor(s) that the investigator thinks causes a particular behavior |
15. | study in which developmental defferences are identified by testing people of different ages |
16. | a useful way to organize the biological, psychological, & sociocultural forces on human development |
18. | theory based on idea that human development is inseparable from the environmental contexts in which a person develops |
19. | the factor being manipulated |
20. | learning paradigm in whicih the consequences of a behavior determine whether a behavior is repeated in the future |
21. | extent to which a measure actually assesses what researchers think it does |
22. | a tool that enables researchers to synthesize the results of many studies to estimate relations between variables |
23. | view that human development is multiply determined and cannot be understood within the scope of a single framework |
25. | Erikson's proposal that personality development is determined by the interaction of an internal maturational plan and external societal demands |
28. | social settings that a person may not experience firsthand but that still influence development |
30. | provides connections across microsystems |
31. | multidisciplinary study of how people change and how they remain the same over time |
33. | longitudinal study research design in which the same individuals are observed or tested repeatedly at different points in their lives |
36. | people's answers to questions about the topic of interest |
39. | a person's abilities |