Lecture Review: Cohort Trends, Assessment Procedures, and Research Methodology

Vocabulary flashcards covering topics from the lecture transcript including cohort trends, stress factors, specific assessment procedures, and experimental versus non-experimental designs.

Netherlands and Japan Cohorts

Demographic groups examined to study historical trends over the past 100 to 200 years regarding the age of onset of menarche and marriage trends.

Factors in Age of Onset Decline

Influences discussed in the transcript that affect physiological biology and lower the age of onset, including overall health improvements, the Industrial Revolution, altered circadian rhythms, and significant environmental stress or deprivation.

Parental Description Assessment Procedure

An assessment procedure where a participant is asked to provide 25 adjectives describing a parent and then elaborate with a story for each provided adjective.

Experimental Manipulation

A methodology in which a researcher actively imposes a specific variation or setting—such as placing a group in a 1000 square foot spatial environment—to observe its specific effects compared to a control group.

Non-Experimental Disruption Study

An observational study design used when conditions cannot ethically be manipulated, such as examining children experiencing family disruption, losing a house, or relocating due to a hurricane.