PSYC26 Chapter 7: Chapter 7
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Typical starting point is on an objective value-free search for what is assumed to be objective reality. Starting point is the search for variable forms of subjective meaning. Focus on how people invest their experiences with meaning. Emphasis on sampling is less on representativeness and generalization and more on identifying populations that are of interest. Qualitative more likely to be open-ended questions. Narrative research observer records a continuous descriptive account of the behaviours of interest. Applied research aspect of psychology which bears upon enhancing developmental processes and preventing developmental handicaps. Basically, attempts to make life better for the objects of the study. Relevant sources for publications in applied developmental psychology. Socially important issues adolescent pregnancy, aggression and violence, depression, domestic (cid:448)iole(cid:374)(cid:272)e, earl(cid:455) (cid:272)hild (cid:272)are, elder (cid:272)ar, po(cid:448)ert(cid:455), o(cid:271)esit(cid:455), (cid:449)ar trau(cid:373)a, (cid:373)ass (cid:373)edia, et(cid:272). Forensic developmental psychology research where children are witnesses, sometimes in cases of child sexual abuse.
