Time-Structured and Net Intraindividual Variability: Tools for Examining the Development of Dynamic Characteristics and Processes

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 778-791

  Ram, Nilam ^a,b   Gerstorf, Denis ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

developmental systems; idiographic; intraindividual change; life span theory; longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; MATURATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REINFORCEMENT; SENESCENCE; TIME;

COHORT EFFECT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75149128615     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017915     Document Type: Article

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