{"product_id":"lifespan-developmental-psychology-9780898599718","title":"LifeSpan Developmental Psychology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDealing 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: \u003cbr\u003e * the metatheoretical issues about the relationship between data and theory \u003cbr\u003e * the identification and analysis of age, cohort, and time-of-measurement effects \u003cbr\u003e * the assessment of quantitative and qualitative change \u003cbr\u003e * the use of group and single-subject designs for control by systematic variation \u003cbr\u003e * the use of systems methodology to investigate the developmental continuity and organization of behavior \u003cbr\u003e * the analysis of data from repeated measures designs \u003cbr\u003e * the use of structural equations and path analysis to test causal hypotheses \u003cbr\u003e * the use of structured relational matrices to study development and change \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This unique volume offers students an unusually wide range of researc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents: H.W. Reese,\u003c\/b\u003e The Data\/Theory Dialectic: The Nature of Scientific Progress. \u003cb\u003eR.M. Stewart,\u003c\/b\u003e Reflections on a \"Model\" Approach to Metapsychology. \u003cb\u003eK.W. Schaie,\u003c\/b\u003e Developmental Designs Revisited. \u003cb\u003eJ.S. Jackson, T.C. Antonucci,\u003c\/b\u003e Survey Methodology in Life-Span Human Development Research. \u003cb\u003eM. Perone,\u003c\/b\u003e Single-Subject Designs and Developmental Psychology. \u003cb\u003eM.G. Trend,\u003c\/b\u003e Notes from the Field: On Coordinated Use of Quantitative and Qualitative Data. \u003cb\u003eR.D. Ray, D.J. Delprato,\u003c\/b\u003e Behavioral Systems Methodology: Investigating Continuity and Organization in Developmental Interactions. \u003cb\u003eA. Podolefsky,\u003c\/b\u003e Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Management: Some Recent Innovations in the Management and Analysis of Field Notes. \u003cb\u003eC. Hertzog,\u003c\/b\u003e Repeated Measures Analysis in Developmental Research: What Our ANOVA Text Didn't Tell Us. \u003cb\u003eJ.J. McArdle, J.R. Nesselroade,\u003c\/b\u003e Using Multivariate Data to Structure Developmental Change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090762494295,"sku":"9780898599718","price":123.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780898599718.jpg?v=1762273360","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lifespan-developmental-psychology-9780898599718","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}