Developmental Research Methods

Name: Developmental Research Methods
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ISBN: 9780132081337

ISBN-10: 0132081334

ISBN-13: 9780132081337

Edition: 1987

Authors: Scott A. Miller

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Description:

This overview of developmental research methods prepares students to carry out, report, and evaluate research.

Book details

List price: $62.00
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540




Introduction


Goals of the Book


Steps in a Research Program


Plan of the Book


Summary


Exercises



General Principles


Variables


Validity


Sampling


Control


Subject Variables


Outcomes


Threats to Validity


Summary


Exercises



Design


Age Comparisons



The Microgenetic Method


Condition Comparisons


Correlational Research


Summary


Exercises



Measurement


Some Basic Concepts


Quality of Measurement



Looking Inside the Brain: Methods of Measuring Brain Activity


Tests


Regression


Observational Methods


Summary


Exercises



Procedure


Standardization


Some Sources of Bias


Reactivity and Related Problems



Archival Data


Experimenter Bias


Loss of Participants


Summary


Exercises



Contexts for Research


Lab and Field



The Experience Sampling Method


Ecological Systems


Summary


Exercises



Qualitative and Applied Research


Qualitative Research


Applied Research


Summary


Exercises



Statistics


Uses of Statistics


Some More About Significance


Choosing a Statistical Test


Correlations


Alternatives to and Extensions of ANOVA



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


Infant Cognitive Development


Infant Social Development



Attachment and Infant Day Care


Summary


Exercises



Cognitive Development


The Piagetian Approach


The Intelligence Test Approach


Memory


Theory of Mind



Executive Function


Concepts


Summary


Exercises



Social Development


Moral Development


Self-Concept


Sex Differences


Child Rearing


Summary


Exercises



Aging


General Issues (As Illustrated by the Study of IQ)



Wisdom


Memory


Personality and Social Development


Summary


Exercises


Appendix


Glossary


References


Indexes