Developmental Research Methods
Autor Scott A. Milleren Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 mai 2017
Incorporating new topics, pedagogy, and references, this edition conveys an appreciation of the issues that must be addressed, the decisions that must be made, and the obstacles that must be overcome at every phase in a research project, capturing both the excitement and the challenge of doing quality research on topics that matter.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781506332017
ISBN-10: 1506332013
Pagini: 480
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Ediția:Fifth Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN-10: 1506332013
Pagini: 480
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Ediția:Fifth Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
Cuprins
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
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
Notă biografică
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).
Descriere
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.