Forty years ago, Baltes, Reese, and Nesselroade (1977) published their path-breaking textbook Life-span Developmental Psychology: Introduction to Research Methods, which delineated methods for studying individual differences and changes over the life course. The textbook's focus was explicitly interdisciplinary, emphasizing linkages among individual development, social contexts, and historical change. It is fitting that the articles featured in this special issue Methodological Innovations in Gerontology: Advances in Psychosocial Research bridge psychological and sociological principles. These papers exemplify the directive by Baltes and colleagues that "the complexity of the historical study of behavioral development within a changing biocultural context calls for unique methodologies and a heightened sensitivity to the pitfalls, blind alleys, and frustrations produced by malignant data" (1977: 13).
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