Occupation or Discipline
developmental psychology
de·vel·op·men·tal psy·chol·o·gy [ dih-vel-uhp-muhn-tal sahy-kol-uh-jee ]
Subclass of:
Psychology
Definitions related to psychology, developmental:
  • (developmental psychology) Branch of psychology concerned with the emotional, attitudinal, social, and intellectual changes in an individual between birth and death.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (developmental psychology) The study of the psychological and behavioral changes that occur in an organism between birth and old age.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Field of study concerned with age-related changes in BEHAVIOR that occur in human beings over the course of life, from birth to death. It includes all aspects of human growth, including emotional, intellectual, social, perceptual and personality development.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Developmental psychology, the branch of psychology concerned with the changes in cognitive, motivational, psychophysiological, and social functioning that occur throughout the human life span. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, developmental psychologists were concerned primarily with c...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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