Methods and Models for Studying the Individual

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.

List of contents

Lawfulness in Individual Development - Robert B Cairns, Jerome Kagan and Lars R Bergman
Through Categories towards Individuals - Robert A Hinde
Attempting To Tease Apart the Data
The Logic and Implications of a Person-Oriented Approach - David Magnusson
The Value of Extreme Groups - Jerome Kagan, Nancy Snidman and Doreen Arcus
A Pattern-Orientated Approach to Studying Individual Development - Lars R Bergman
Snapshots and Processes
The Individual in Context - Joan Stevenson-Hinde
The Typological Approach to Studying Personality - Richard W Robins, Oliver P John and Avshalom Caspi
Levels of Longitudinal Data Differing in Complexity and the Study of Continuity in Personality Characteristics - Lea Pulkkinen
A Prospective Replication of Developmental Pathways in Disruptive and Delinquent Behavior - Rolf Loeber et al
Retrospective Recall Recalled - Sir Michael Rutter et al
Phenomena Regained - Robert B Cairns and Philip C Rodkin
From Configurations to Pathways

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.

Product details

• Authors: Lars R. Bergman, Robert B. Cairns, Jerome Kagan
• Assisted by: Lars Bergman (Editor), Lars R. Bergman (Editor), Bergman Lars R. (Editor), Robert B. Cairns (Editor), Cairns Robert B. (Editor), Jerome Kagan (Editor), Kagan Jerome (Editor)
• Publisher: O'Reilly
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.08.1998
• EAN: 9780761914525
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-1452-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Weight: 450 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Social research & statistics, cognitive psychology, Social research and statistics