David Magnusson / Paul Casaer (eds.)

Longitudinal Research on Individual Development

Herausgeber: Casaer, Paul; Magnusson, David

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Longitudinal research is an essential element in the investigation of human development over time, with considerable advantages over more widely used cross-sectional research designs. This book examines the scope for longitudinal studies in a range of developmental fields, emphasising the advantages of this approach for the investigation of causal mechanisms and processes and the dynamics of development over the life-span. It also discusses methodological issues and some of the practical and ethical problems that longitudinal research may present. The distinguished contributors review normal and disordered development in the emotional, cognitive and social domains, including valuable discussions of gene-environment interactions, the maturation of the human brain, and issues relating to aging.

Table of contents:
1. Human ontogeny: a longitudinal perspective David Magnusson; 2. Genes, experience and development Sandra Scarr; 3. The human brain and longitudinal research in human development Paul Casaer; 4. Longitudinal research and a biology of human brain development and behaviour Verne S. Caviness, Jr.; 5. Cognitive, social and emotional development F. E. Weinert and W. Schneider; 6. Developmental psychopathology some historical and current perspectives Norman Garmezy; 7. Developmental psychopathogy as a research perspective Michael Rutter; 8. Longitudinal research on human aging: the power of combining real-time microgenetic and simulation approaches Andreas Kruse; 9. Development, aging and control: empirical and theoretical issues Jochen Brandtstadter; 10. Some methodological issues in longitudinal research: looking ahead Lars R. Bergman; 11. The longitudinal research approach and its ethics Bertil Torestad and Paul Casaer.

This book examines the scope for longitudinal studies in a range of developmental fields, emphasising the advantages of this approach for the investigation of causal mechanisms and processes and the dynamics of development over the life-span.

This book examines the scope for longitudinal studies in a range of developmental fields.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9780521434782
• ISBN-10: 0521434785
• Artikelnr.: 22395421

Inhaltsangabe

List of principal contributors
Foreword
Preface
1. Human ontogeny: a longitudinal perspective D. Magnusson
2. Genes, experience and development S. Scarr
3. The human brain and longitudinal research in human development P. Casaer
4. Longitudinal research and a biology of human brain development and behaviour V. S. Caviness, P. A. Filipek and D. N. Kennedy
5. Cognitive, social and emotional development F. E. Weinert and W. Schneider
6. Developmental psychopathology: some historical and current perspectives N. Garmezy
7. Developmental psychopathogy as a research perspective M. Rutter
8. Longitudinal research on human aging: the power of combining real-time, microgenetic and simulation approaches A. Kruse, U. Lindenberger and P. B. Baltes
9. Development, aging and control: empirical and theoretical issues J. Brandtstädter
10. Some methodological issues in longitudinal research: looking ahead L. R. Bergman
Index.