The fields of applied and developmental psychology intersect in their shared commitment to understanding human behaviour and promoting well‐being throughout the lifespan. Applied psychology leverages ...

There is an open secret in the study of child development: Most of what we think we know about how babies develop is actually based on a specific subset of kids—those born to families from Western, ...

Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) published a new study that shows how a novel artificial intelligence (AI) machine-learning method using concepts from human developmental ...

Prof. Charles Brainerd, human development, has been awarded the highest honor in the field of developmental psychology: the American Psychological Association’s G. Stanley Hall award. He will receive ...

It turns out that we humans go through a predictable series of developmental stages (Cook-Greuter, 2014). As we move into each new stage, we develop a different, more expansive type of awareness (or ...

A PhD in Applied Developmental Psychology will allow you to conduct empirical research aimed to improve the lives of others. You will be able to apply technical knowledge learned to real-world ...