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NEW TO THIS EDITION: • New topics expose students to current research issues in human development. Topics include: emotional development, bullying, early forms of moral understanding, the “replication crisis” in psychology, the role of gestures in cognitive development, the study of false belief in infancy, the “teenage brain” and its implications for adolescent behavior, the study of the “oldest old,” and the population of centenarians. • Key Terms lists now appear at the end of each chapter to help students master the vocabulary of research methods. • New boxes, exercises, glossary items, and tables and figures bring the book completely up to date. • Approximately 400 new references reflect recent scholarship in the field KEY FEATURES: • Flexible chapters provide instructors the ability to cover material in any order they prefer. • A student-friendly design and engaging approach provides extended coverage of especially interesting and important contemporary topics through chapter boxes, tables, figures, and photos. • Built-in study tools, including exercises, chapter-ending summaries, key terms lists, a glossary, citation of further sources, and relevant websites, help students master key content.
Procedure
Procedure
Thus far most of our discussion has concerned the decisions that go into the planning of research. How should we go about selecting participants and assigning them to conditions? What are the best ways to compare different ages or experimental treatments? How can we select measures that are best suited for the particular questions being examined? How, in short, can we put together a study that will yield valid results?
Decisions of this sort are obviously crucial to good research; as indicated in Chapter 1, however, they are not sufficient. Working out the design and the measurements brings us to the brink of research; these decisions must then be implemented by actually testing or observing research participants. In this implementation a host ...
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