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Intro to DP - CD in infancy (Methods for carrying out tests (What do…
Intro to DP - CD in infancy
Cross sectional design, longitudinal design and micro-genetic design
Cross sectional - involves studying
different children
of different ages
Longitudinal design - Involves studying the
same group
of children at different ages
Micro-genetic - involves studying
individual children over a time period i.e every day over a two week period
Constructivist or Nativist approach
Object permanence
Baillargeon and Piaget
Tests are carried out on emotional, cognitive, language and sociability
Methods for carrying out tests
INFANCY:
Sucking, habituation, visual preference
Wheres the boat?
EARLY CHILDHOOD
observation, “tasks”, interviews
Later childhood and adolescence
interviews, questionnaires
What do neonates do? The difficulties of research with young childre
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6 major states of consciousness (Woolff, 1966)
Regular sleep
Irregular sleep
Drowsiness
Crying
Alert inactivity
Waking activity