Term Paper Handout #7Psychology 1230: Psychology of AdolescenceAdministrative AnnouncementsWhat’s ForthcomingDiscussion Topic #6Discussion Topic #7WEB Discussion ProcessHandout SummarySample Lecture CritiqueEvaluating ExperimentsEvaluating Laboratory Vs. Naturalistic ExperimentsSupplementary ReferencesOverviewThe Three (Defining) Variables Underlying Developmental DesignsAge, Cohort, & Time of AssessmentSlide 16A Simple Developmental Design: The Longitudinal DesignIllustration of a Longitudinal Design, ages 4-8“Results” of our Longitudinal InvestigationEvaluation of The Longitudinal DesignConfounding in the Longitudinal DesignDo Times Really Change?Another Simple Developmental Design: The Cross-Sectional DesignIllustration of the Cross-Sectional Design“Results” of our Cross-Sectional InvestigationConfounding in the Cross-Sectional DesignEvaluation of the Cross-Sectional DesignA Final Thought..Summary of: Methods I1Term Paper Handout #7Some term-paper preparation errors that are easily avoided:–Check in with me on your proposed topic(s). I might be able to help you with references and save you from some anticipatable problems–Give your editors enough time to edit your paper and get it back to you for revision before the due date–Don’t be afraid to make all of the suggested changes that are relevant in the papers you edit. Your extra credit will depend on the number and quality of your editing suggestions—including correction of references–Read the term-paper handout and the little tidbits I inserted prior to and at the end of each lecture2Psychology 1230: Psychology of AdolescenceDon HartmannFall 2005Lecture 7: © Methods II: Developmental Designs3Administrative AnnouncementsThe following WEB Discussion groups may be open to additional membership:–4♀+1♂ (see Tiffanie Burgon)–The Justice League (see Sarah Formosa)–Pith Helmets (see Mike Gillham)If you come up to visit, –and there is a crowd, have a seat in 604, diagonal from my office, if there is not a meeting there. –The 6th floor bathroom is directly north of the elevator banks, and is coed, so knock before entering, and lock after entering—unless you prefer bathroom visitors.–If you plan on discussing your term paper, and we might discuss a topic that is at least semi-confidential, you may want to close my office door to a crack.–If we meet over lunch time, bring along your lunch if you like, as I may also be nibbling.4What’s ForthcomingNext week we shall discuss puberty—a hot issue. To make our discussion useful, could you please think of issues –that arose during your puberty that distressed you? –that your parents discussed with you during puberty that helped you get through puberty? –that your parents failed to discuss with you or did so inadequately during puberty that made puberty worse for you? If you keep a diary or journal, it might be useful to page back to your puberty when responding to these inquiries.If you feel uncomfortable about bringing up an issue, but would like to have it used for the class discussion, please email a description of the issue in enough detail so that it could contribute to our discussion. Some issues that have come up in the past include the following:– Early maturation in girls with teasing (“stuffing”) and5Discussion Topic #6#6 Sex Rears it Ugly Head. Psyched I (Summary due Thursday, September 22). Some have argued that Freud was all wet because he focused too much on the role of sex in development. Do you think that he was “all wet” on this issue? You might address the following sub issues: What do you think about the importance of sex in our lives? What did Freud mean by sex? Feel free to comment on other discussant’s replies.6Discussion Topic #7#7 Interpreting Correlation Coefficients. Pith Helmets I. (Summary-Evaluation due on Friday, September 23rd ). An investigator reports a sizable correlation between the size of male college students’ biceps and their GPA (or female students’ bust size and their GPA). Please give a possible interpretation of that correlation, and briefly describe a study that could evaluate your interpretation.7WEB Discussion ProcessGroup #1 due #2 due #3 due #4 due #5 dueWhippets 09/12Hotties 09/134♀+1♂ 09/19GypsyMafia 09/20JusticeLeague 09/21Psyched 09/22PithHelmets 09/23----------Note: Anyone can contribute to any WEB discussion; group members are responsible to summarizing the discussion. The last day to contribute to any discussion is 3 days before the due date.8Handout Summary Handout WEB Date Date 10, HO-Term Paper* 08/12  11. Lect. #2: Historical Perspect. 08/12 12. HO-Suppl. Proj. #1* 08/12 13. Lect. #3: Devel. Issues 08/15 14. HO-Completing a Film Review* 08/14 15. HO-Preparing a Book Review 08/14 16. Completed Class Locator 08/31 17. Lect. #4: Introduction to Theory 09/02 18. Lect. #5: Bandura 09/02 19. Supplemental Lecture: Termpaper 09/06 20. Lect. #6: Method I 09/07 21. Lect. #7: Method II 09/09-----*Indicates handouts discussed in class.9Sample Lecture CritiqueName: R Gyle KingLecture Critique: #2: Historical PerspectivesThe good: (I should say that I had a difficult time thinking of anything good to say.)Using PowerPoint and handing out candy—but watch your aim; you almost killed the girl I love. The instructor is tall, dark, and reasonably upright for an old person.The less good: Who cares about the ancient past? We want sex, drugs, & violence, not history.And if you are going to talk about the “father” of adolescent psychology, why not talk about the mother as well—or are you a sexist?Is it necessary to talk about Hall’s sexual practices? Sex is holly, and belongs in the bedroom.Stick with English; your German rendition of “storm and stress” would make Goethe turn in his grave.I really don’t understand what salt story (is that how you pronounced it?) has to do with growth, or have you confused this course with naval sciences.Use larger print size on your slides. I have 20/10 vision, and your slides are all a big blur to me.10Evaluating ExperimentsPluses:–Direction of causation clear—so addresses the causal question.Minuses:–Not all studies allow for random assignment—e.g., who is early maturer and who is late maturer.–Simply because a variable may be causal in some experiment doesn’t necessarily mean that it is important in