Psychology / Unit 8 Psych 0851 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Developmental Psychology
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The idea
Developmental psychology studies how people change physically, cognitively, and socially across the entire lifespan.
In practice
The same question about memory is asked of a four-year-old, a twenty-year-old, and an eighty-year-old.
Where people slip
Development does not end at adulthood. Treating it as childhood study is a century-old habit the field abandoned.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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