Methods and Models for Studying the Individual

by Robert B. Cairns; Lars R. Bergman; Jerome Kagan

• ISBN13: 9780761914525
• ISBN10: 0761914528
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-24
• Publisher: Sage Publications

Summary

How can the richness of individual lives be captured by the objective methods and statistical analyses of developmental research? Some of the leaders in developmental research pursue the answers to this question in this book. Each chapter is followed by a commentary and discussion by Marian Radke Yarrow.

Author Biography

Doreen Arcus: Department of Psychology, Harvard University Lars R. Bergman: Department of Psychology, Stockholm University Robert B. Cairns: Center for Developmental Science, University of North Carolina Avshalom Caspi: Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin Mary S. DeLamatre: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Robert A. Hinde: Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, Madingley St. John's College, Cambridge Oliver P. John: Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley Lerome Kagan: Department of Psychology, Harvard University Kate Keenan: Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago Rolf Loeber: School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh David Magnusson: Department of Psychology, Stockholm University Barbara Maughan: Institute of Psychiatry, University of London Andrew Pickles: Institute of Psychiatry, University of London Lea Pulkkinen: Department of Psychology, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Marian Radke-Yarrow: Scientist Emerita National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland Richard W. Robins: Department of Pyschology, University of California at Davis Philip C. Rodkin: Center for Developmental Science, University of North Carolina Sir Michael Rutter: Institute of Psychiatry, University of London Emily Simonoff: Institute of Psychiatry, University of London Nancy Snidman: Department of Psychology, Harvard University Joan Stevenson-Hinde: Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge Quanwu Zhang: Center for Law and Justice, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Lawfulness in Individual Development	1	(10)
Robert B. Cairns
Jerome Kagan
Lars R. Bergman
Through Categories Toward Individuals: Attempting to Tease Apart the Data	11	(22)
Robert A. Hinde
Comments on Chapter 2	30	(3)
Marian Radke-Yarrow
The Logic and Implications of a Person-Oriented Approach	33	(32)
David Magnusson
Comments on Chapter 3	63	(2)
Marian Radke-Yarrow
The Value of Extreme Groups	65	(18)
Jerome Kagar
Nancy Snidman
Doreen Arcus
Comments on Chapter 4	80	(3)
Marian Radke-Yarrow
A Pattern-Oriented Approach to Studying Individual Development: Snapshots and Processes	83	(40)
Lars R. Bergman
Comments on Chapter 5	122	(1)
Marian Radke-Yarrow
The Individual in Context	123	(12)
Joan Stevenson-Hinde
Comments on Chapter 6	132	(3)
Marian Radke-Yarrow
The Typological Approach to Studying Personality	135	(26)
Richard W. Robins
Oliver P. John
Aoshlom Caspi
Comments on Chapter 7	158	(3)
Marian Radke-Yarrow
Levels of Longitudinal Data Differing in Complexity and the Study of Continuity in Personality Characteristics	161	(24)
Lea Pulkkinen
Comments on Chapter 8	183	(2)
Marian Radke-Yarrow
A Prospective Replication of Developmental Pathways in Disruptive and Delinquent Behavior	185	(34)
Rolf Loeber
Mary S. DeLamatre
Kate Keenan
Quanwu Zhang
Comments on Chapter 9	216	(3)
Marian Radke-Yarrow
Retrospective Recall Recalled	219	(26)
Sir Michael Rutter
Barbara Maughan
Andrew Pickles
Emily Simonoff
Comments on Chapter 10	242	(3)
Marian Radke-Yarrow
Phenomena Regained: From Configurations to Pathways	245	(22)
Robert B. Cairns
Philip C. Rodkin
Comments on Chapter 11	264	(3)
Marian Radke-Yarrow
References	267	(26)
Author Index	293	(8)
Subject Index	301	(6)
About the Authors	307