AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of development do developmental psychologist study?
A
physical
B
social
C
cognitive
D
all of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Developmental psychologists study human growth and development over the lifespan, including physical, cognitive, social, intellectual, perceptual, personality and emotional growth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Developmental psychologists study how people grow and adapt at different life stages. They conduct research designed to help people reach their full potential. For example, babies who are not walking by 15 months may be demonstrating a developmental delay or signs of a more serious health condition.

Detailed explanation-3: -Developmental psychologists aim to explain how thinking, feeling, and behaviors change throughout life. This field examines change across three major dimensions, which are physical development, cognitive development, and social emotional development.

Detailed explanation-4: -Developmental psychology is a field of study that focuses on people’s change and growth across their lifespan-how people develop physically, socially, mentally, and emotionally over time. Developmental psychology aims to answer questions about human development.

Detailed explanation-5: -psychological development, the development of human beings’ cognitive, emotional, intellectual, and social capabilities and functioning over the course of a normal life span, from infancy through old age. It is the subject matter of the discipline known as developmental psychology.

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