Developmental and Child Psychology. Academic Program Description
A program that focuses on the scientific study of the psychological growth and development of individuals from infancy through adulthood. Includes instruction in cognitive and perceptual development, emotional development, personality development, the effects of biological maturation on behavior, theories of cognitive growth and related research methods, testing and assessment methods for different age levels, research on child and adolescent behavior therapy, and the psychology of aging. Note ( Family and Human Development Studies/Individual and Family Development Studies, General, have been integrated into Developmental and Child Psychology because the definitions are virtually the same for the two programs.
Related Occupations
- Clinical Psychologists
- Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists
- Counseling Psychologists
- Psychology Teachers
- School Psychologists
Colleges Offering this Curriculum
- Antioch University McGregor
- Bridgewater State College
- CUNY Graduate School and University Center
- Capella University
- Castleton State College
- Colby-Sawyer College
- Columbia University in the City of New York
- Corban College
- Cornell University
- DePaul University
- Duquesne University
- Eastern Washington University
- Eckerd College
- Emmanuel College
- Fordham University
- Gallaudet University
- George Washington University
- Heidelberg College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Keene State College
- La Sierra University
- LeTourneau University
- Lesley University
- Loyola University Chicago
- Martin Methodist College
- Maryville College
- Metropolitan State College of Denver
- Metropolitan State University
- Mount St Mary's College
- National-Louis University
- Peace College
- Prescott College
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
- Saint Marys College of California
- Suffolk University
- Teachers College at Columbia University
- Temple University
- The University of Texas at Dallas
- University of Chicago
- University of Detroit Mercy
- University of Houston
- University of Iowa
- University of Maryland-Baltimore County
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Rochester
- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
- University of the Incarnate Word
- Utica College
- Vanderbilt University
- Warner Pacific College
- Washington State University
- Western Washington University
- Whittier College
- Yeshiva University