TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller,Scott A.
TI  - Developmental research methods
SN  - 9781506332017
AV  - BF713 .M56 2018
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - SAGE
KW  - Developmental psychology
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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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