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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
