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 ...