Life-Span Developmental Psychology: Methodological Contributions (West Virginia Conference on Life-Span/Developmental Psycholo) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0898599717 ISBN 13: 9780898599718

Publisher: Psychology Press, 1994

Synopsis

Dealing with the methodological and data analytic problems in developmental research, this book presents solutions advanced from the disciplinary perspectives of psychology, behavior analysis and behavioral systems, sociology, and anthropology. Topics addressed include:
* the metatheoretical issues about the relationship between data and theory
* the identification and analysis of age, cohort, and time-of-measurement effects
* the assessment of quantitative and qualitative change
* the use of group and single-subject designs for control by systematic variation
* the use of systems methodology to investigate the developmental continuity and organization of behavior
* the analysis of data from repeated measures designs
* the use of structural equations and path analysis to test causal hypotheses
* the use of structured relational matrices to study development and change

This unique volume offers students an unusually wide range of research tools for identifying and studying specific developmental problems.

About this title

About the Author

Stanley H. Cohen, Hayne W. Reese both of West Virginia University, USA

Edition details

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0898599717
• ISBN 13: 9780898599718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Cohen Stanley H., Reese Hayne W.