Central Michigan University Definition of Terms

Assignment One

Developmental      Psychology

Six      principles of the lifespan perspective

Cohort.        What generation are you?

SES

Culture

Lifespan      vs Life expectancy

Periods      of development with age ranges

Three      big issues in lifespan development

Four      important historical developers

Erik      Erikson

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

Behaviorism

Social      learning theory

Four      important people with cognitive theories

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

Microsystem

Mesosystem

Exosystem

Macrosystem

Chronosystem

Three      major types of research design

Seven      types of descriptive research

Third      variable

Goal      of descriptive research, advantages and disadvantages

Goal      of Correlational research, advantages and disadvantages

Goal      of experimental research, advantages and disadvantages

Advantages      and disadvantages of Time span research designs

Five considerations when conducting ethical research