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DiDonato, M. D.; England, D.; Martin, C. L.; Amazeen, P. G. – Human Development, 2013
Dynamical systems theory is becoming more popular in social and developmental science. However, unfamiliarity with dynamical analysis techniques remains an obstacle for developmentalists who would like to quantitatively apply dynamics in their own research. The goal of this article is to address this issue by clearly and simply presenting several…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Social Science Research, Systems Approach, Statistical Analysis
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Parnafes, O.; diSessa, A. A. – Human Development, 2013
This paper introduces and exemplifies a qualitative method for studying learning, "microgenetic learning analysis" (MLA), which is aimed jointly at developing theory and at establishing useful empirical results. Among modern methodologies, the focus on theory is somewhat distinctive. We use two strategies to describe MLA. First, we develop a…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Qualitative Research, Individual Development, Learning
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Pasupathi, Monisha; Wainryb, Cecilia – Human Development, 2010
This paper poses the following question: When, in spite of knowing that it is wrong, people go on to hurt others, what does this mean for the development of moral agency? We begin by defining moral agency and briefly sketching relations between moral agency and other concepts. We then outline what three extant literatures suggest about this…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Social Theories, Experience, Models
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Mischel, H. N. – Human Development, 1984
Reports studies conducted to clarify the development of children's knowledge and understanding of the types of stimulus conditions and cognitive activity that are likely to help or impair their own self-control. It was found that children's knowledge of effective delay strategies was related to their actual ability to delay gratification. (RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Delay of Gratification, Individual Development, Metacognition
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Muller-Brettel, Marianne; Dixon, Roger A. – Human Development, 1985
Reports an evaluation of the perceived visibility and quality of human development journals in France, Great Britain, and West Germany. Overall, the dominance of English-language journals (and especially American journals) is notable. Achieving particular international prominence were "Child Development,""Developmental…
Descriptors: Bias, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Individual Development
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Mumford, M.D.; Owens, W.A. – Human Development, 1984
Determines patterns of differential human development in a longitudinal study of 417 male and 358 female college students ages 18 to 30. Findings suggest individuality in development is associated with significant qualitative individual differences that are best described on a cross-time basis. (BJD)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Classification, Cohort Analysis, Individual Development
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McLoyd, V.C.; Randolph, S.M. – Human Development, 1984
On the basis of 117 journal articles published between 1973 and 1975, assesses differences in the qualitative nature of comparative studies of normal Afro-American children and normal children from other racial groups. Findings indicate only a small percentage of studies predicted how Afro-American children would differ from the comparison group.…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis
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Settersten, Richard A., Jr. – Human Development, 1997
Outlines emerging debates on salience of age in the life course. Notes study examining adults' perceptions of the relevance of age for life-course transitions related to family, education and work, or health and death: age was considered most salient in the family sphere; and was more salient for men than for women and for nonwhites than for…
Descriptors: Adults, Age, Attitudes, Behavior Standards
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Conrad, Rachel – Human Development, 1998
Conducted a textual analysis of Darwin's diary version of his observations of his oldest child and the published paper based on these observations to compare the degree to which Darwin identified himself in the two as detached observer or as embodied participant. Found that the embodied, relational vision evident in the diary version was absent…
Descriptors: Child Development, Content Analysis, Diaries, Individual Development
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Lerner, Richard M. – Human Development, 1982
Five symposium papers evaluate the usefulness of ideas associated with the life-span view for enriching, highlighting, or expanding issues, theory, and research pertinent to change processes during infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and for intervention programs during these periods. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aging (Individuals), Behavior Problems, Child Development
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Davis, Jessica Hoffmann – Human Development, 1997
Examined U-shaped development of graphic symbolization in children and in nonartist and artist adults. Found that drawing scores of adult artists did not differ from those of youngest children and artist adolescents, with a developmental sequence in acquisition of the ability to construct referential connections underlying visual metaphors.…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Art, Artists