Applied Child Study

by Pellegrini, Anthony D.

• ISBN13: 9780805807226
• ISBN10: 0805807225
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-04-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc

Summary

This text presents principles and methods for studying children in many kinds of contexts. Drawing on and applicable to both basic and applied research, it will be useful in developmental psychology, education, family studies, and other applied areas./P>

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Applied Child Study: An Introduction	p. 1
What is Developmental?	p. 10
Behavior in Context	p. 21
Conclusion	p. 34
Tests and Performance-Based Assessment	p. 35
Conclusions	p. 54
Experimental Methods	p. 55
Conclusions	p. 71
Observational Methods	p. 73
Naturalistic Inquiry: Ethological and Interpretive Methods	p. 90
Conclusion	p. 102
Children's Learning, Thinking, and Remembering	p. 104
Language Development	p. 146
Children's Social Competence	p. 174
Conclusion	p. 189
Children's Play	p. 191
Conclusion	p. 209
Bibliography	p. 210
Author Index	p. 235
Subject Index	p. 241
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