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ERIC Number: EJ603909
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Child Development and the PITS: Simple Questions, Complex Answers, and Developmental Theory. [1999 Presidential Address to the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)].
Horowitz, Frances Degen
Child Development, v71 n1 p1-10 Jan-Feb 2000
Discusses responsibility of developmental scientists to convey the complexity of development lest oversimplified popular accounts gain credibility. Presents a model of development elaborating on the role of experience in relation to constitutional, cultural, economic, and social factors contributing to children's development. Discusses importance of accommodating data from prior theories and from neuroimaging studies. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cultural Influences, Developmental Psychology, Economic Factors, Individual Development, Individual Differences, Information Dissemination, Models, Researchers, Scholarship, Social Influences, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Neuroimaging; Researcher Role; Society for Research in Child Development
Note: Special Theme Issue: "New Directions for Child Development in the Twenty-First Century."