ABSTRACT

What are the changes we see over the life-span? How can we explain them? And how do we account for individual differences? This volume continues to examine these questions and to report advances in empirical research within life-span development increasing its interdisciplinary nature. The relationships between individual development, social context, and historical change are salient issues discussed in this volume, as are nonnormative and atypical events contributing to life-span change.

part I|1 pages

The Field of Developmental Psychology

chapter I|4 pages

Why Developmental Psychology?

part II|1 pages

General Issues in Research Methodology

chapter III|13 pages

The Nature of Theories and Models

chapter IV|9 pages

The Nature of Scientific Methods

chapter V|11 pages

The Internal Validity of Research Designs

chapter VI|10 pages

The External Validity of Research Designs

chapter VII|17 pages

Measurement

chapter VIII|7 pages

Data Analysis and Interpretation

part III|2 pages

Objectives and Issues of Developmental Research in Psychology

chapter IX|8 pages

The Scope of Developmental Psychology

chapter X|8 pages

Targets of Developmental Analysis

chapter XI|8 pages

Developmental Research Paradigms

chapter XII|10 pages

Time and Change: The Basic Data Matrix

part IV|2 pages

Descriptive Developmental Designs

chapter XIII|12 pages

Simple Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Methods

chapter XVII|11 pages

Selected Issues in Developmental Assessment

part V|2 pages

Explanatory-Analytic Developmental Research

chapter XXI|11 pages

Heredity-Environment Research and Development