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A BIOMETRIC LATENT CURVE ANALYSIS OF VISUAL MEMORY DEVELOPMENT
USING DATA FROM THE COLORADO ADOPTION PROJECT
by
Yan Zhou
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(PSYCHOLOGY)
December 2008
Copyright 2008 Yan Zhou
Object Description
| Title | A biometric latent curve anaysis of visual memory development using data from the Colorado Adoption Project |
| Author | Zhou, Yan |
| Author email | zhou5@usc.edu; zhouyannb@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Psychology |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-10-15 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-11-21 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | McArdle, John J. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Baker, Laura A. Prescott, Carol A. |
| Abstract | This study examined genetic features in the development of visual recognition memory using longitudinal data from the Colorado Adoption Project (CAP; DeFries et al., 1981). We followed the approach for the biometric decomposition of components of change in twin data analysis (McArdle, 2006), with genetic correlation revised for non-twin siblings. Four scores measuring visual recognition memory were found to represent two operationally independent factors. The two factors displayed different developmental trajectories as well as different patterns of genetic variance over age. In addition, the factors were affected by the telephone test protocol in different ways. The influence from the shared family environment was small and almost nonexistant in adulthood. The issue of missing data was addressed. The results did not seem to be biased by longitudinal attrition. However, the large proportion of incomplete sibling pairs potentially lowered the power of the biometric analyses. |
| Keyword | visual recognition memory; structural equation modeling; biometric decomposition; latent growth curve; multilevel modeling |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1808 |
| Rights | Zhou, Yan |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Zhou-2466 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume17/etd-Zhou-2466.pdf |
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| Full text | A BIOMETRIC LATENT CURVE ANALYSIS OF VISUAL MEMORY DEVELOPMENT USING DATA FROM THE COLORADO ADOPTION PROJECT by Yan Zhou A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (PSYCHOLOGY) December 2008 Copyright 2008 Yan Zhou |
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