developmental psychology

noun

1. a branch of psychology that studies changes in human behavior from early life to death.

developmental psychology

1. The branch of psychology that studies the psychological growth of individuals. It deals with the psychological responses and changes in behavior that characterize such stages of life as infancy, adolescence, and old age.

Other Words From

• developmental psychologist noun

Example Sentences

You know, one of the things in developmental psychology that we do with little kids is we give them the marshmallow test so they can either have one marshmallow now or two marshmallows — I knew you would know about this — two marshmallows later.

From Freakonomics

I have taught lifespan developmental psychology for more than 20 years to college students.

From The Daily Beast