This classic text successfully provides a comprehensive overview of methods to prepare students to carry out, report, and evaluate research on human development, with a focus on the whole lifespan.
This classic text successfully provides a comprehensive overview of methods to prepare students to carry out, report, and evaluate research on human development, with a focus on the whole lifespan.
Scott A. Miller (Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Minnesota, 1971) is Professor of Psychology at the University of Florida, where he regularly teaches survey courses in developmental psychology at the undergraduate and graduate levels and a course on research methods in developmental psychology. He is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association Division 7, Developmental Psychology, and in the Society for Research in Child Development. His areas of research are cognitive development, social cognition, and Piaget. He has authored numerous research articles in such journals as Child Development, the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Cognitive Development, the Journal of Cognition & Development, and the British Journal of Developmental Psychology. He is also an experienced textbook writer. In addition to Developmental Research Methods, he is a coauthor on Flavell, Miller, and Miller¿s Cognitive Development, Fourth Edition (Prentice Hall, 2002) and Vasta, Miller, and Miller¿s Child Psychology, Fourth Edition (Wiley, 2004).
Inhaltsangabe
1: Introduction Goals of the Book Steps in a Research Program Plan of the Book Summary Exercises 2: General Principles Variables Validity Sampling Control Subject Variables Outcomes Threats to Validity Summary Key Terms Exercises 3: Design Age Comparisons Condition Comparisons Correlational Research Summary Key Terms Exercises 4: Measurement Some Basic Concepts Quality of Measurement Tests Regression Observational Methods Summary Key Terms Exercises 5: Procedure Standardization Some Sources of Bias Reactivity and Related Problems Experimenter Bias Loss of Participants Summary Key Terms Exercises 6: Contexts Lab and Field Ecological Systems Cross-Cultural Research Summary Key Terms Exercises 7: Qualitative Research Characteristics of Qualitative Research Methods of Study Overview and Evaluation Summary Key Terms Exercises 8: Applied Research Assessment Socially Important Issues Intervention Summary Key Terms Exercises 9: Statistics Uses of Statistics Some More about Significance Choosing a Statistical Test Correlations Multiple Regression Meta-Analysis Some General Points Summary Key Terms Exercises 10: Ethics Guidelines and Procedures Rights of the Research Participant Summary Key Terms Exercises 11: Writing Sections of an Article Some Specific Stylistic Points Summary Exercises 12: Infancy General Issues Infant Perception Infant Cognitive Development Infant Social Development Summary Key Terms Exercises 13: Cognitive Development The Piagetian Approach The Intelligence Test Approach Memory Theory of Mind Concepts Executive Function Summary Key Terms Exercises 14: Social Development Moral Development Emotions Gender Differences and Gender Typing Peer Relations Child Rearing Summary Key Terms Exercises 15: Aging General Issues (as Illustrated by the Study of IQ) Memory Wisdom Memory Personality and Social Development Summary Key Terms Exercises
1: Introduction Goals of the Book Steps in a Research Program Plan of the Book Summary Exercises 2: General Principles Variables Validity Sampling Control Subject Variables Outcomes Threats to Validity Summary Key Terms Exercises 3: Design Age Comparisons Condition Comparisons Correlational Research Summary Key Terms Exercises 4: Measurement Some Basic Concepts Quality of Measurement Tests Regression Observational Methods Summary Key Terms Exercises 5: Procedure Standardization Some Sources of Bias Reactivity and Related Problems Experimenter Bias Loss of Participants Summary Key Terms Exercises 6: Contexts Lab and Field Ecological Systems Cross-Cultural Research Summary Key Terms Exercises 7: Qualitative Research Characteristics of Qualitative Research Methods of Study Overview and Evaluation Summary Key Terms Exercises 8: Applied Research Assessment Socially Important Issues Intervention Summary Key Terms Exercises 9: Statistics Uses of Statistics Some More about Significance Choosing a Statistical Test Correlations Multiple Regression Meta-Analysis Some General Points Summary Key Terms Exercises 10: Ethics Guidelines and Procedures Rights of the Research Participant Summary Key Terms Exercises 11: Writing Sections of an Article Some Specific Stylistic Points Summary Exercises 12: Infancy General Issues Infant Perception Infant Cognitive Development Infant Social Development Summary Key Terms Exercises 13: Cognitive Development The Piagetian Approach The Intelligence Test Approach Memory Theory of Mind Concepts Executive Function Summary Key Terms Exercises 14: Social Development Moral Development Emotions Gender Differences and Gender Typing Peer Relations Child Rearing Summary Key Terms Exercises 15: Aging General Issues (as Illustrated by the Study of IQ) Memory Wisdom Memory Personality and Social Development Summary Key Terms Exercises
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