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Direct linkKagan, Jerome – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2004
Many concepts in developmental psychology are inferred or confirmed from very particular experimental or naturalistic observations but investigators often generalize their validity to a broad domain of situations. This permissiveness is affecting progress. This paper provides examples of this error and criticizes the tendency to award essences to…
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Concept Formation, Research Methodology, Context Effect
Download full textLieberman, Marcus – 1971
The limitations in the methods which are usually used in stage theory test analysis to determine the stage of development of an individual are outlined. Piaget's and Kohlberg's conceptions of moral judgment are presented along with one method of estimating a subject's level of development. The concept of a latent trait is developed. Its…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Theories, Correlation, Cultural Differences
