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Child Development - A Thematic Approach
, Fifth Edition
Danuta Bukatko - College of the Holy Cross
Marvin W. Daehler - University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Chapter 2:
Studying Child Development
- Describe the issues that stimulated research and the changes that took place
in developmental psychology in the twentieth century.
- Define the scientific method and identify the requirements for scientifically
measuring attributes and behaviors.
- Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of the four methods of
collecting data available to developmental psychologists.
- Compare and contrast correlational, experimental, and single-case research
designs utilized by developmental psychologists to learn about development.
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of longitudinal, cross-sectional,
and sequential strategies for assessing developmental change.
- Explain the goals of cross-cultural studies of development.
- Discuss the ethical concerns that arise in human developmental research.
- Describe the conflict researchers sometimes face when they obtain information
about children and their development.
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