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Basic concepts of infant behavior and development
Infant Development A Topical Approach: Chapter 1
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Undergraduate 2
09/12/2012

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empiricism
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education should provide the skills to make rational choices; inspired by locke
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Arnold Lucius Gesell
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Nature. First to use natural observation
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maturation
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genetic timetable for the patterning of development
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John B. Watson
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Nurture. taught children to be afraid of cuddly animals
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Sigmund Freud
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psychological experiences of children
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Anna Freud
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create nurturing psychological experiences
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Stone, Smith, and Murphy's The Competent Infant
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discover signs of infant intelligence
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Three features of developmental change
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1. Changes are not reversible
2.changes are stable
3. changes occur in sequence
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habituation
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decrease in interest of a repeated stimulus
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recovery
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increase in interest due to a change in stimulus
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response-contingent behavior
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operant conditioning
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Problem with infant studies
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just because an infant doesn't respond doesn't mean he or she cannot respond
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Gibson and Walk
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visual cliff experiment, researched autonomic nervous system responses
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actometer
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measures gross motor activity
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Hormonal activity recorded
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by blood or saliva tests
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Event-related potentials (ERPs)
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Average of electrical activity inside the brain recorded from the central nervous system with electrodes
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Neuroimaging techniques
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create pictures of the brain showing where in the brain an activity is taking place
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CT (computed tomography)
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use x-rays to track glucose in the brain but do not require sedation.
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fMRI (functional magnetic resonance)
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use x-rays to track glucose in brain. requires sedation
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observational research methods
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natural variations rather than random assignment
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attrition
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subject of longitudinal study drops out prematurely
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cross-sectional study
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different group of children at each age period of interest
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predictor variable
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independent variable
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outcome variable
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dependent variable
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reliability
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how consistent is this method
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validity
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how accurately does the study measure what it's supposed to measure
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representative research
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conclusions can be applied to infants who were not direct participants in the study
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microanalysis
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natural observation that includes what is said, nonverbal social expressions, timing, etc.
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coding
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process by which observer record the presence or absence of the predefined categories
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macroanalysis
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focusing on the overall features in a behavior
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rating scale
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list of categories in relation to numerical value
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solitary play
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child plays alone
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parallel play
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play next to someone
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associative play
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respond to others during play but maintain different goals
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cooperative play
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play is joint and requires working together
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two goals of qualitative research
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1. focus on meaning of situation for subject
2. role of researcher taken into account
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participant observer
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researcher taken into account as to how they are effecting the subject
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baby biography
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first qualitative research
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qualitative study
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detailed study that takes narrative form and explains behavior
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credibility
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what validity is in quantitative research. credibility increases as experience increases
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constant comparative method
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qualitative researches constantly revise their interpretations
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case study
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same subject observed over a long period of time
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generalizability
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data applicable to anyone
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