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Direct linkDuncan, Greg J. – Child Development, 2012
As with any discipline, the field of child development progresses by both deepening and broadening its conceptual and empirical perspective. The rewards to refinement are impressive, but there is little need for encouragement in this area, since existing disciplines, universities, and funding agencies reward depth. The current study makes the case…
Descriptors: Child Development, Intellectual Disciplines, Interdisciplinary Approach, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedPlomin, Robert – Child Development, 1983
Provides an introduction to a special section on developmental behavioral genetics (the study of genetic and environmental influences on individual differences in behavioral development), discussing the potentialities of the interdiscipline and presenting an overview of the following articles. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Children, Genetics
Peer reviewedLockman, Jeffrey J.; Thelen, Esther – Child Development, 1993
Advances in the neurosciences, biomechanics, and behavior sciences, along with attempts to integrate theories and findings across these disciplines, have led to a renewed interest in the study of motor development. Considers the contributions that have led to the reinvigoration of this field of study and its new interdisciplinary outlook. (MDM)
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Biomechanics, Child Development, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedTurvey, M. T.; Fitzpatrick, Paula – Child Development, 1993
After reviewing recent contributions to the field of motor development, suggests a pattern formation or dynamics approach to child development as an alternative to the conventional approaches emphasizing maturation (nativist), specific learning experiences (empiricist), cognitive stages (Piagetian), and strategies of encoding and retrieval…
Descriptors: Child Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Motor Development, Motor Reactions
Parke, Ross D. – Child Development, 2004
The major conceptual and empirical advances in the field of child development and in the Society for Research for Child Development (SRCD) as a professional organization over the last 70 years are examined. First, despite reasons for some skepticism, it is argued that both the field and organization have achieved significant progress. Second,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Developmental Psychology, Child Development, Professional Associations
Peer reviewedRolf, Jon; Read, Peter B. – Child Development, 1984
Describes recent attempts to integrate developmental perspectives in research involving infant and child psychopathology. Definitions are offered, and various methods to foster the growth of developmental psychopathology are presented. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Definitions, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedSontag, Lester – Child Development, 1971
Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Miami, Florida, September, 1970. (RY)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Evaluation Methods
