M. Kyle Matsuba & Pamela Ebstyne King 
Exemplar Methods and Research [EPUB ebook] 
Strategies for Investigation: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 142

1. An Introduction to Exemplar Research: A Definition, Rationale, and Conceptual Issues 1
Kendall Cotton Bronk, Pamela Ebstyne King, M. Kyle Matsuba
This opening chapter introduces the reader to exemplar researchby highlighting the strength to this methodological approach, raising important conceptual issues when adopting thismethodology, and linking these issues to the subsequent chapters.
2. Why a True Account of Human Development Requires Exemplar Research 13
William Damon, Anne Colby
The authors, trailblazers of the contemporary exemplar method, persuasively argue for an exemplar methodological approach to thestudy of human development, highlighting the problems that mayemerge when researchers neglect this approach.
3. Exemplars’ Moral Behavior Is Self-Regarding27
Lawrence J. Walker
Professor Walker presents his program of research on moralexemplars revealing important self- and other-promotingmoralmotivational sources behind moral behavior and offers adevelopmental account of how this unfolds.
4. Cultural and Contextual Issues in Exemplar Research41
Pamela Ebstyne King, Ross A. Oakes Mueller, James Furrow
In this chapter, King and colleagues present some of themethodological complexities in conducting exemplar research invarious cultural contexts, and provide valuable insights into whatresearchers ought to consider before entering the field.
5. The Making of an Environmental Activist: A Developmental Psychological Perspective 59
M. Kyle Matsuba, Michael W. Pratt
Upon reviewing the literature of environmental activists, Matsuba and Pratt offer a developmental psychological account ofhow environmental activists emerge.
6. Informative and Inspirational Contributions of Exemplar Studies 75
Daniel A. Hart, Theresa Murzyn, Lisa Archibald
Hart and colleagues offer a critical commentary of the precedingchapters, highlighting their strengths, and discuss the generalbenefits of using exemplar methodologies to better understand humanfunctioning.
INDEX 85

M. Kyle Matsuba is the author of Exemplar Methods and Research: Strategies for Investigation: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 142, published by Wiley.