A textbook case of a research group

The DePsy research group is featured in an upper secondary school textbook on developmental psychology published late last year, written by Suvi Hoffman, Kristiina Holm and Vesa Åhs. The book is the second installment in the Motiivi series, which approaches its topics in a demonstrative manner by complementing knowledge based on current psychological research with a contemporary picture of its professional applications.

 

We collaborated with the authors as they were writing the chapter on research in developmental psychology, providing consultation on the current practices in our field including the kinds of phenomena we are interested in, the questions our research seeks to answer, and the methods we employ in answering them. Research assistants Antti Kuivaniemi and Niina Vähäaho also demonstrated their work with data collection on the ongoing Predo follow-up, which was neatly summarized on the page below (in Finnish only – apologies to our international readers).

We received the following comment from the authors:
“As authors of the book we were thrilled to open up a collaboration with The Developmental Psychology Research Group. The group was extremely helpful in providing us with knowledge, ideas and publications that influenced our creative process. We would like to thank the research group for the collaboration and inspiration that helped us in creating material that is current, interesting, and based on the latest scientific developments. This will benefit numerous upper secondary students in understanding this field of research for years to come.”
-Suvi Hoffman, Kristiina Holm & Vesa Åhs

Likewise, the DePsy group would like to thank the authors for the smooth and professional collaboration, we are very happy to have done our part to help inform and inspire future researchers and practitioners as well as anyone interested in developmental psychology!
/Ville Rantalainen