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Frankenhuis, Willem E.; Tiokhin, Leonid – Child Development, 2018
Bjorklund synthesizes promising research directions in developmental psychology using an evolutionary framework. In general terms, we agree with Bjorklund: Evolutionary theory has the potential to serve as a metatheory for developmental psychology. However, as currently used in psychology, evolutionary theory is far from reaching this potential.…
Descriptors: Biology, Developmental Psychology, Evolution, Models

Berbaum, Michael L. – Child Development, 1985
This rejoinder to McCall (Volume 56, 217-218) discusses the differences in viewpoint with respect to the relationship between models and theory, the notion of "direct" tests of propositions, and the use of measures of explained variance to evaluate model performance. (Author/BE)
Descriptors: Efficiency, Models, Prediction, Research Problems

Scheirer, C. James; Geller, Sanford E. – Child Development, 1979
Argues that in research on the effects of modeling, models must be analyzed as a random factor in order to avoid a positive bias in the results. The concept of a random factor is discussed, worked examples are provided, and a practical solution to the problem is proposed. (JMB)
Descriptors: Modeling (Psychology), Models, Research, Statistical Analysis

Martin, Carol Lynn; Halverson, Charles F., Jr. – Child Development, 1981
A model is proposed in which stereotypes are assumed to function as schemas that serve to organize and structure information. The thesis is advanced that sex stereotyping is a normal cognitive process and is best examined in terms of information-processing constructs. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cognitive Processes, Models

Bertenthal, Bennett I; Campos, Joseph J. – Child Development, 1987
Reviews Greenough, Black, and Wallace's (1987) conceptual framework for understanding the effects of early experience and sensitive periods on development, and illustrates the applicability of their model with recent data on the consequences for animals and human infants of the acquistion of self-produced locomotion. (BN)
Descriptors: Early Experience, Infants, Literature Reviews, Models

Hertzog, Christopher; Nesselroade, John R. – Child Development, 1987
Challenges the typical treatment of causal effects in longitudinal data, arguing that models should be conceptualized and tested in ways that directly reflect prior assumptions as to the trait- or state-like nature of the variables. Examples demonstrate that meaningful longitudinal studies of state variables can be conducted without assuming their…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Longitudinal Studies, Models, Research Methodology

McCall, Robert B. – Child Development, 1981
Argues that developmental psychologists need attitudes, methods, and conceptual schemes that integrate the distinctive contributions of both nature and nurture in order to study change and consistency in developmental functions, as well as individual differences in behaviors of interest. A conceptual scheme for early mental development is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Individual Differences, Models

van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; De Wolff, Marianne S. – Child Development, 1997
Presents meta-analysis evidence of the association between paternal sensitivity and infant-father attachment from eight studies with 546 families (combined effect size r = 0.13). A meta-analysis of 950 families from 14 studies found an overall correlation of 0.17 between infant-mother and infant-father attachment. Presents a data-based model of…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Fathers, Infants, Meta Analysis

Lewis, Marc D. – Child Development, 2000
Argues that dynamic systems approaches may provide an explanatory framework based on general scientific principles for developmental psychology, using principles of self-organization to explain how novel forms emerge without predetermination and become increasingly complex with development. Contends that self-organization provides a single…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages, Individual Development

Schwebel, David C.; Plumert, Jodie M.; Pick, Herbert L. – Child Development, 2000
Argues that researchers can achieve objectives of advancing basic knowledge and addressing applied problems within a single research program. Provides a framework for this perspective by examining historical trends of basic and applied developmental research and examining potential approaches. Uses research on affordances and childhood injuries to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Injuries, Models

Bloch, Henriette – Child Development, 2000
Notes that the Piagetian perspective admits the existence of interindividual differences but interprets them as noise masking the universal logical succession of structures, whereas the differential perspective views development as consisting of "vicarious processes." Asserts that the main aim of the "procedural studies"…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Developmental Tasks

Sroufe, L. Alan – Child Development, 1985
Temperament and attachment, as defined by Bowlby and his followers, are fundamentally different constructs, and research guided by the attachment perspective cannot meaningfully be assimilated to the temperament construct. Qualitative aspects of relationships simply cannot be reduced to individual behavioral dimensions. (RH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Individual Characteristics, Infants

Lucariello, Joan – Child Development, 1998
Describes the slot-filler model of taxonomic knowledge development in which preschoolers derive "slot-filler" categories from event schemas. Maintains that the model has received considerable support across methodologies, ages, and sociocultural contexts. Argues that Krackow and Gordon's theorizing and methods could not lead to reliable,…
Descriptors: Children, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences

Edelstein, Wolfgang; Schroeder, Eberhard – Child Development, 2000
Focuses on the conceptual implications of analyses of individual differences in francophone post-Piagetian research. Maintains that these analyses are preoccupied by the "American question" of measurement and method, instead of attempting a theoretical account of the issues raised by intraindividual and interindividual variability in…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Individual Development

Geary, David C.; Bjorklund, David F. – Child Development, 2000
Describes evolutionary developmental psychology as the study of the genetic and ecological mechanisms that govern the development of social and cognitive competencies common to all human beings and the epigenetic (gene-environment interactions) processes that adapt these competencies to local conditions. Outlines basic assumptions and domains of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Competence, Developmental Psychology, Evolution