When methods matter: Qualitative research issues in psychology

In this article, develop-mental psychologist Annie Rogers uncovers the strong qualitative roots of psychological inquiry. She observes that, despite current positivistic academic gatekeepers, psychologists have continued to engage in qualitative approaches to research, pushing the boundaries of what we know as qualitative research. Rogers tracks the contributions of psychologists through the century, names the obstacles presented by the current gatekeepers, and then offers a brief view other own method of "interpretive poetics " as a, peek into the future of the field.