Developmental Psychology
It is the scientific study of about how and why an individual changes during their lives. It is originally associated with infants and children and expanded including adolescent, development of adult and ageing. Professional developmental psychologists try to explain how thinking, feeling and behavioural changes occur during the whole life span of an individual. This particular field examines three major dimensions: Physical development, cognitive development and socioemotional development. Within these three major dimensions broad range of topics are included such as motor skills, executive functions, moral understanding, language acquisition emotion development, identity formation.
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Empowerment and quality of life |
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Empathy, Self-Help and The Ideal Self |
Ethical Standards |
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Parenting and caring |
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Mechanisms of Development |
Violence and Aggression |
Environmental and cultural psychology |
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Physical and Memory Development |
Evolutionary Developmental Psychopathology |