title: Child study at Clark University: 1894-1904.
abstract: A first cooperative research program in developmental psychology was established in the Clark questionnaire studies. The program was not meant to be free-standing but to elaborate an evolutionary conception of child development synthesized from findings of several scientific fields. The short-lived program had some serious faults, but an examination of its research papers suggests that it produced some worthwhile work. The child-study researchers gathered information about children's social and emotional reactions in everyday settings; one or two of their studies were replicated; they found pattern and order; they elaborated a meaningful social-biological view of child development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000266:history*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D006128:Growth; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D011584:Psychology / Q000266:history*; D002666:Psychology, Child / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history*