Relational developmental systems theories and the ecological validity of experimental designs: Commentary on freund and isaacowitz

Human Development

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 372-380

  Lerner, Richard M ^a   Schmid Callina, Kristina ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological validity; Experimental design; Identity of opposites; Opposites of identity; Optimization; Relational developmental systems theory

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYSTEMS THEORY; TRIANGULATION;

EID: 84894454019     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: 14230054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357179     Document Type: Note

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