Lexic.us

Definition of Developmental psychology

1. Noun. The branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children.

Medical Definition of Developmental psychology

1. The study of the psychological, physiological, and behavioural changes in an organism that occur from birth to old age. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Developmental Psychology

Literary usage of Developmental psychology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Science, Treatment, and Prevention of Antisocial Behaviorsby Diana H. Fishbein by Diana H. Fishbein (2004)
"developmental psychology, 20, 549—562. Westen, D. (2000). The efficacy of dialectical behavior therapy for borderline personality disorder. ..."

2. When I'm 64 by Laura L. Carstensen, Christine R. Hartel (2006)
"Research Infrastructure Committee on Aging Frontiers in Social Psychology, Personality, and Adult developmental psychology As stated in our recommendation ..."

3. Prevention of Mental Disorders, Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Children and edited by David Shaffer (1989)
"developmental psychology, in press. Cooke, K; Bradshaw, J.; Glendinning, C.; Parker, ... developmental psychology 21:495-507, 1985. Cytryn, L.;McKnew, DW; ..."

4. Addresses and Proceedings by National Education Association of the United States, National Teachers' Association (U.S.)., American Normal School Association, Central College Association (1904)
"Now, developmental psychology shows us that this is an utterly false and superficial way to conceive of the developmental relation between different phases ..."

5. Americas Kindergartners: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study by Jerry West, Kristin Denton, Elvie Germino-Hausken (2000)
"developmental psychology 18:199-214. Kupersmidt, JB, Coie, JD, and Dodge, K. 1990. ... developmental psychology 28 (6): 1006-1017. Meece, JL 1992. ..."

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