An Introduction to the Classic Studies in Developmental Psychology An Introduction to the Classic Studies in Developmental Psychology 经典导论 研究发展 心理学

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1、AnIntroductiontotheClassicStudiesinDevelopmentalPsychologyAlanM.SlaterandPaulC.QuinnInthelonghistoryofdevelopmentalpsychologytherehavebeenthousandsofarticles,books,monographsandchapterswrittenandasmallnumberofthesecanbeidentifiedas“classics.”Theseares

2、tudiesthathavehelpedshapethedisciplineandhavehadamajorimpactonitsdevelopment.AsChristianJarrett,authorofTheRoughGuidetoPsychology,hasnoted,“whileotherscienceshavetheircardi-naltheories…psychology’sfoundationsarebuiltnotoftheory,butwiththerockofclassic

3、experiments”(2008,p.756).Notsurprisingly,thestudiesthathavebeenselectedareverywellknownwithindevelopmentalpsychology.Theyallcontinuetobecitedinnewarticlesandtext-booksandtheireffectandinfluenceremainundiminished.Thestudieshavebeencarefullyselectedbyth

4、eeditorstorepresentarangeofareaswithindevelopmen-talpsychology:itislikelythatsomeofthemmaynothavebeenselectedbyadif-ferenteditorialteam,butwethinkthatmostofthemwould.STRUCTUREOFTHECHAPTERSAllofthechaptersbeginwithanaccountofthebackgroundtotheclassicst

5、udyorreview,inordertoplacethemwithintheirdevelopmentalandhistoricalcontext–identifyingtheconcernsandscientificperspectivesthatmotivatedtheresearchers.Thisisfollowedbyadescriptionoftheclassicpaper,whichinturnisfollowedbyadiscussionofthestudy’simpact,wh

6、ichlooksatwaysinwhichideasandfindingsweretakenupbyotherresearchersandwaysinwhichtheseconceptsanddatainfluencedthefieldofdevelopmentalpsychologyandhelpedtoshapeitsprog-ress.Howeverimportantaclassicstudymaybe,nopaperinpsychologycaneverbeconsideredperfec

7、t,andinthenextsectioncritiquesofthestudiesarepresented,discussingalternativeinterpretationsandfindings.Thechaptersconcludewithanaccountofhowthestudyadvancedthinkingand,importantly,howthefieldhassubsequentlyadvanced.01-Slater&Quinn-Introduction.indd117

8、/03/201210:22:18AM2_____________________________________ALANM.SLATERANDPAULC.QUINNPURPOSEANDSTRUCTUREOFTHEVOLUMEOurgoalinthisvolumeistwo-fold.Wewanttorevisitclassicstudiestoshow,first,howtheyhelpedshapethefieldofdevelopmentalpsychology,andalso