Measuring environment across the life span : emerging methods and concepts /
Psychologists have long understood that laboratory settings only approximate genuine human environments. Yet, how can the influence of the real world, with all its complexity and variability, be measured? This book deals with this question by providing theoretical models and testing methods for quan...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
American Psychological Association,
[1999]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Psychologists have long understood that laboratory settings only approximate genuine human environments. Yet, how can the influence of the real world, with all its complexity and variability, be measured? This book deals with this question by providing theoretical models and testing methods for quantifying physical and social environments that serve as contexts of human development. /// The book brings together the work of developmental researchers specializing in specific domains or populations. Chapter authors explore ways for measuring and conceptualizing the environment across major stages in the life span, focusing on home life, the adolescent peer environment, child care settings, community settings for the elderly, the after school environment, and the workplace. The unpredictable influence of real world events is considered at each stage. The volume represents the state of the art in environmental assessment procedures and is intended as a resource for psychologists specializing in assessment, methodology, and development. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 419 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1557985677 9781557985675 |