Developmental psychology is the study of how humans grow and change over the course of their lives, with particular focus on the periods of infancy and childhood. Developmental psychology is a broad field: areas of study range from physical growth, to cognition and intelligence to social and gender development. Over the course of the semester, we will examine developmental questions using empirical evidence, looking both at classic studies as well as recent work in the field. And we’ll pay special attention to the variation in the child’s early environment and to the effects of that variation.
- Teacher: Molly Flaherty