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Adams-Price, Carolyn E.; Reese, Hayne W. – 1986
The "emic" research method used in cultural anthropology is described and its usefulness in developmental psychology is illustrated. A distinction is made in cultural anthropology between "etic" and "emic" research methods. In etic research observers employ established categories, such as prior definitions of…
Descriptors: Classification, Context Effect, Memory, Participant Observation