Developmental research methods/ Scott A. Miller

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
Box 2.1. Controlled Studies With Animals
Outcomes
Threats to Validity
Summary
Exercises
3. Design
Age Comparisons
Box 3.1. The Microgenetic Method
Condition Comparisons
Correlational Research
Summary
Exercises
4. Measurement
Some Basic Concepts
Box 4.1. Looking Inside the Brain; Methods of Measuring Brain Activity
Quality of Measurement
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Tests
Regression
Observational Methods
Box 4.2. The Experience Sampling Method
Summary
Exercises
Procedure
Standardization
Some Sources of Bias
Reactivity and Related Problems
Box 5.1. Archival Data
Experimenter Bias
Loss of Participants
Summary
Exercises
6. Contexts for Research
Lab and Field
Box 6.1. Research in Museums
Ecological Systems
Cross-Cultural Research
Summary
Exercises
7. Qualitative Research
Characteristics of Qualitative Research
Methods of Study
Box 7.1. Mixed Methods Research
Overview and Evaluation
Summary
Exercises
8. Applied Research
Socially Important Issues
Assessment
Box 8.1. Research With Minority Populations
Intervention
Summary
Exercises
9. Statistics
Uses of Statistics
Some More About Significance
Choosing a Statistical Test
Correlations
Alternatives to ANOVA
Box 9.1. Meta-Analysis
Some General Points
Summary
Exercises
10. Ethics
Guidelines and Procedures
Rights of the Research Participant
Summary
Exercises
11. Writing
Some General Points
Sections of an Article
Some Specific Stylistic Points
Summary
Exercises
12. Infancy
General issues
Infant Perception
Box 12.1. Perception of Faces
Infant Cognitive Development
Infant Social Development
Box 12.2. Attachment and Infant Day Care
Summary
Exercises
13. Cognitive Development
The Piagetian Approach
The Intelligence Test Approach
Memory
Theory of Mind
Box 13,1. Executive Function
Concepts
Summary
Exercises
14. Social Development
Moral Development
Sex Differences
Peer Relations
Box 14.1. The Internet as a Context for Development
Child Rearing
Summary
Exercises
15. Aging
General Issues (as Illustrated by the Study of IQ)
Box 15.1. Wisdom
IVlemory
Personality and Social Development
Box 15.2. Ageism