Central Michigan University Definition of Terms

Assignment One

Developmental      Psychology                                                                                        

Six      principles of the lifespan perspective

Cohort.        What generation are you?

SES

1. Culture

Lifespan      vs Life expectancy

1. Periods      of development with age ranges

Three      big issues in lifespan development

1. Four      important historical developers

Erik      Erikson

1. Erikson’s      psychosocial stages.  Age range, crisis and positive resolution

Behaviorism

1. Social      learning theory

Four      important people with cognitive theories

1. Piaget’s      stages of cognitive development. Stage, age range, characteristics, stage      attainments

Microsystem

1. Mesosystem

Exosystem

1. Macrosystem

Chronosystem

1. Three      major types of research design

Seven      types of descriptive research

1. Third      variable

Goal      of descriptive research, advantages and disadvantages

1. Goal      of Correlational research, advantages and disadvantages

Goal      of experimental research, advantages and disadvantages

1. Advantages      and disadvantages of Time span research designs

Five considerations when conducting ethical research