Individual differences in infancy research: Letting the baby stand out from the crowd.
Individual differences in infancy research: Letting the baby stand out from the crowd.
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10.1111/infa.12338
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2020-07
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通讯作者：
Koraly Pérez-Edgar;Alicia Vallorani;K. Buss;Vanessa Lobue
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作者：
Koraly Pérez-Edgar;Alicia Vallorani;K. Buss;Vanessa Lobue
在发展文献中，在旨在捕捉大范围、相当普遍的本体特征的研究与专注于具体的、在某种程度上受系统个体差异限制的机制和轨迹的研究之间，经常存在一种不言而喻的紧张关系。这些方法的适用性因手头的具体研究兴趣而异。虽然这些方法是相互依存的，但它们往往是作为平行的研究传统进行的。目前的审查注意到这种划分的一些历史和经验基础，并建议每一种传统都将受益于结合两种方法方法来反复研究导致发展变化的普遍（非同构）现象和个体差异（个别）因素。这项工作可能有助于分离潜在的因果机制，更好地了解当前的功能，并预测长期的发展后果。在此过程中，我们还强调需要解决的经验性和结构性问题，以支持这一整合。
Within the developmental literature, there is an often unspoken tension between studies that aim to capture broad scale, fairly universal nomothetic traits, and studies that focus on mechanisms and trajectories that are idiographic and bounded to some extent by systematic individual differences. The suitability of these approaches varies as a function of the specific research interests at hand. Although the approaches are interdependent, they have often proceeded as parallel research traditions. The current review notes some of the historical and empirical bases for this divide and suggests that each tradition would benefit from incorporating both methodological approaches to iteratively examine universal (nomothetic) phenomena and the individual differences (idiographic) factors that lead to variation in development. This work may help isolate underlying causal mechanisms, better understand current functioning, and predict long-term developmental consequences. In doing so, we also highlight empirical and structural issues that need to be addressed to support this integration.