Question

Define and relate these three terms. Cohort effect, Time of test effects and Age effects.

Answer 1

Cohort effect describes variations in the area of study overtime among individuals who are defined by some shared experience or common experience such as year of birth or age onset in individuals.Most epidimiologists use this cohort study to identify illnesses or any adherence treatment in a particular illness.A cohort effect can occur when a commonly young r aged group of people in research affect the the results due to age related influences.

Testing effect is when we find that the long term memory is increased when some of the learning period is devoted to retrieving the message and with proper feed back. The effect is smetimes called retrieval practice,or test enhanced learning. Many patients who suffer from brain related problems ,this exercise is useful to test their memory and recall.

Age effects is how people age as they get older. Through life span development as we call,from childhood,adolescent to adulthood.When we talk about changes it is not only the physical changes but also coginitve and social changes that go along with aging.

The three effects are interrelated ,age effects are consequences of growing older and time effects are the consequences of influences that vary through time.