PSYC 207 students have an essay due at the end of April. Below are some searches that might help locate information on their topics.

There are a few useful titles in 3 day and 3 hour loan at BF 713, but students are expected to find additional material.

Differences between children and adults are quantitative rather than qualitative.
Any general books about lifespan development/childhood development (BF 713) should have information on these two approaches. More challenging to find journal articles, try combinations of the following keywords on PsycINFO:

discontin* (KW) and continu* (KW) and developmental psychology (DE) or child* development (DE)
child* development (DE) or developmental psychology (DE) AND qualitative (KW) AND quantitative (KW)
adult development (DE) AND child* development (DE) and difference* (DE)
developmental psychology (DE) and difference (DE) (finds age differences, individual differences)

DE – descriptor
KW – keyword

Children don’t change much as they get older

This is a very broad topic. Any general books on child development, lifespan development (BF 713) will have information.

Journal articles (PsycINFO), try:
Age differences (DE) and developmental psychology (DE)
Age differences (DE) and aging (DE)
Age differences (DE) and adult (DE) and child* (DE)
Age differences (DE) and cognit* (DE)
Age differences (DE) and developmental age groups (DE)

Correlational studies can’t help us explain children’s developmental phenomena

Any general books about psychology research methodology or child development (BF 713) will discuss research methods

Also try the following keyword combinations on library catalogue:
correlat* child*
correlate* psychology
methodology developmental psychology research

PsycINFO, try:
Correlat* (KW) AND development (DE)
Correlate* (KW) AND research design or research methodology or experimental design (KW)
Limit by age to childhood, school age, infant, preschool.