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Developmental Research Methods

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ISBN-10: 1412996449

ISBN-13: 9781412996440

Edition: 4th 2013

Authors: Scott A. Miller

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Developmental Research Methods, now in its Fourth Edition, successfully presents an overview of methods to prepare students to carry out, report on, and evaluate research on human development, with a focus on the whole lifespan. Updated and expanded coverage of the traditional topics blends seamlessly with new topics such as cross-cultural research, animal research, causal modeling, autobiographical memory, and peer relations to provide students with a wealth of current information. Author Scott A. Miller explores every step in the research process, from the initial concept to the final written result, covering conceptual issues of experimental design as well as the procedural skills…    
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Book details

List price: $118.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/19/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Preface
Introduction
Goals of the Book
Steps in a Research Program
Plan of the Book
Summary
Exercises
General Principles
Variables
Validity
Sampling
Control
Subject Variables
Box 2.1. Controlled Studies With Animals
Outcomes
Threats to Validity
Summary
Exercises
Design
Age Comparisons
Box 3.1. The Microgenetic Method
Condition Comparisons
Correlational Research
Summary
Exercises
Measurement
Some Basic Concepts
Box 4.1. Looking Inside the Brain: Methods of Measuring Brain Activity
Quality of Measurement
Tests
Regression
Observational Methods
Box 4.2. The Experience Sampling Method
Summary
Exercises
Procedure
Standardization
Some Sources of Bias
Reactivity and Related Problems
Box 5.1. Archival Data
Experimenter Bias
Loss of Participants
Summary
Exercises
Contexts for Research
Lab and Field
Box 6.1. Research in Museums
Ecological Systems
Cross-Cultural Research
Summary
Exercises
Qualitative Research
Characteristics of Qualitative Research
Methods of Study
Box 7.1. Mixed Methods Research
Overview and Evaluation
Summary
Exercises
Applied Research
Socially Important Issues
Assessment
Box 8.1. Research With Minority Populations
Intervention
Summary
Exercises
Statistics
Uses of Statistics
Some More About Significance
Choosing a Statistical Test
Correlations
Alternatives to ANOVA
Box 9.1. Meta-Analysis
Some General Points
Summary
Exercises
Ethics
Guidelines and Procedures
Rights of the Research Participant
Summary
Exercises
Writing
Some General Points
Sections of an Article
Some Specific Stylistic Points
Summary
Exercises
Infancy
General Issues
Infant Perception
Box 12.1. Perception of Faces
Infant Cognitive Development
Infant Social Development
Box 12.2. Attachment and Infant Day Care
Summary
Exercises
Cognitive Development
The Piagetian Approach
The Intelligence Test Approach
Memory
Theory of Mind
Box 13.1. Executive Function
Concepts
Summary
Exercises
Social Development
Moral Development
Sex Differences
Peer Relations
Box 14.1. The Internet as a Context for Development
Child Rearing
Summary
Exercises
Aging
General Issues (as Illustrated by the Study of IQ)
Box 15.1. Wisdom
Memory
Personality and Social Development
Box 15.2. Ageism
Summary
Exercises
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Author
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