| Conceptions of Development: Lessons from the Laboratory Contributor(s): Lewkowicz, David J. (Editor), Lickliter, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0863776817 ISBN-13: 9780863776816 Publisher: Psychology Press OUR PRICE: $68.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: This is a volume about the process of scientific discovery. Thirteen leading senior scientists, each interested in some aspect of behaviorial development, recount their intellectual journeys over the course of their careers and document their individual struggles to better understand and describe various developmental phenomena. Covering a broad range of topics, including perceptual, motor, social, and cognitive development, the contributors to this volume provide case-studies of how one pursues a long-term, systematic research program and how scientists continually formulate and reformulate their working conceptual frameworks based on their research results. "Conceptions of Development" provides a unique and personal, "behind-the-scenes" account of the process of scientific discovery, illustrating that useful and enduring scientific insight derives from the bidirectional interplay between empirical work and theory formulation. This volume will be of interest to a broad audience consisting not only of psychologists and psychobiologists interested in the study of development, but also teachers and students interested in behavioral development and its investigation, and the general reader interested in the process of scientific discovery. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Developmental - General - Psychology | Clinical Psychology |
| Dewey: 155.072 |
| LCCN: 2002017836 |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.12" W x 9.18" (1.31 lbs) 365 pages |
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| Publisher Description: First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |