05753oam 2200757I 450 991078657960332120230803024725.01-136-23679-10-203-10175-81-283-85232-21-136-23680-510.4324/9780203101759 (CKB)2670000000308319(EBL)1075348(OCoLC)821176335(SSID)ssj0000783877(PQKBManifestationID)11428756(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783877(PQKBWorkID)10760898(PQKB)11575524(MiAaPQ)EBC1075348(MiAaPQ)EBC3423982(Au-PeEL)EBL1075348(CaPaEBR)ebr10631012(CaONFJC)MIL416482(OCoLC)819379230(Au-PeEL)EBL3423982(OCoLC)1086526205(FINmELB)ELB137553(EXLCZ)99267000000030831920180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrObserving children in their natural worlds a methodological primer /Anthony D. Pellegrini ; with John Hoch and Frank J. Symons3rd ed.New York :Psychology Press,2013.1 online resource (333 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84872-957-X 1-84872-958-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Cover; OBSERVING CHILDREN IN THEIR NATURAL WORLDS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; About the Author; Preface to the Third Edition; Chapter 1 The "Whys" and "Whens" of Observational Methods; Good Descriptions: Or, Maximizing Reliability and Validity; "Mere Description"?; Using Observational Methods in Educational, Child, and Developmental Psychology; Summary and a Preview of What Follows; Some Things to Think About; Chapter 2 Science, Psychology, and Research; What is Science?; Scientific Inquiry; Summary; What Scientific Psychology is NotWhat are the Goals of Psychological Research?Science as Experiment; Conclusion; Some Things to Think About; Chapter 3 Ethics in Research; What's Ethical and Unethical Behavior Fraud?; Social Responsibility and Scientific Fraud; Authorship, Plagiarism/Self-Plagiarism, and "Salami Science"; Research Data Management; Conclusion; Some Things to Think About; Chapter 4 Choosing a Perspective: Qualitative-Insider/Quantitative-Outsider Distinctions; Naturalistic Study: Individuals in Context; Transaction Between Individuals and Context; Basic Differences: The Etic-Emic ContrastThe Outsider Perspective: EthologyThe Emic Case: Ethnography; Conclusion; Some Things to Think About; Chapter 5 Asking the Research Question: Implications for Design and Specification in Observational Research; Clear Questions and Hypotheses; The Laboratory or the Field?; Observer Bias; Replication; Conclusion; Some Things to Think About; Chapter 6 Initial Considerations: Entering the Field, Looking Around, and Refining the Plan; Taking the First Steps into the Field; Becoming Familiar with Infra-Structural Personnel; Conclusion; Some Things to Think About; Chapter 7 Coming Up With CategoriesCategory Choice/Formation as a Theoretical ActA Sad Tale of Inappropriate Borrowing (with apologies to Beatrix Potter); From Questions to Categories; The Specific Category System; Two Examples of Category System Development; Measuring Categories; Conclusion; Some Things to Think About; Chapter 8 Measuring Behavior and Rules for Sampling and Recording; Measuring Behavior; Rules to Live by: Sampling and Recording Behavior; Recording Rules; Conclusion; Some Things to Think About; Chapter 9 Reliability; Reliability, Error, and Consistency; Sources of VariationEstimating Reliability, and Reliability CoefficientsIntra- and Inter-Observer Reliability: Determining It; Intra-Observer Reliability; Inter-Observer Reliability; Conclusion; Some Things to Think About; Chapter 10 Validity; Types of Validity; Content Validity; Criterion-Related Validity; Construct Validity; Validity: Molar and Molecular Categories; Threats to Validity of Observational Scores; Validity in Experimental Design; Conclusion; Some Things to Think About; Chapter 11 Indirect Observational Methods; Why and When to Use Indirect Methods; Diaries; Rating ScalesRemote/Spot Sampling Using Telephones and AudiorecordersThis book shows readers how to conduct observational methods, research tools used to describe and explain behaviors as they unfold in everyday settings. The book now uses both an evolutionary and a cultural perspective. The methods presented are drawn from psychology, education, family studies, sociology, and anthropology, but the author's primary focus is on children in school, family, and social settings. Readers learn how to make observations in real contexts to help them create a verbal picture of behaviors they see. The importance of considering reliability and validity factors while tChild psychologyResearchMethodologyObservation (Psychology)Child psychologyResearchMethodology.Observation (Psychology)155.407/23Pellegrini Anthony D.157637Hoch John1528574Symons Frank James1967-1528575MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786579603321Observing children in their natural worlds3772237UNINA