Psychiatry and Psychology

Developmental Psychology

Field of study concerned with age-related changes in BEHAVIOR that occur in human beings over the course of life, from birth to death. It includes all aspects of human growth, including emotional, intellectual, social, perceptual and personality development.

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Field of study concerned with age-related changes in BEHAVIOR that occur in human beings over the course of life, from birth to death. It includes all aspects of human growth, including emotional, intellectual, social, perceptual and personality development.

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  • Psychology, Developmental

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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use for the specialty only

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History Note

2015

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  1. F04.096w.628w.270w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Developmental Psychology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D066233. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D066233
  2. Developmental Psychology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_psychology
  3. Developmental Psychology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175002