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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ683879
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Jul
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-930X
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The Limitations of Concepts in Developmental Psychology
Kagan, Jerome
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, v50 n3 p291-298 Jul 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 predicates representing psychological processes.
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Concept Formation, Research Methodology, Context Effect, Psychological Patterns
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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