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Developmental Research Methods, 5th Edition
by Scott A. Miller
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc; 5 edition (14 May 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1506332013
ISBN-13: 9781506332017
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
