The study of human development is a rich and varied subject. We all have personal experience with development, but it is sometimes difficult to understand how and why people grow, learn, and act as ...

Children's Environments, Vol. 9, No. 2, Children's Changing Access to Public Places (1992), pp. 3-9 (7 pages) Playing is defined here as imitation whereby children become acquainted with the world of ...

This post was co-written by Brittany Thompson and Dr. Thalia R. Goldstein. The post discusses an academic paper recently published in Developmental Review. Source: Thalia R. Goldstein, used with ...

The core concepts involved in Theory of Mind are beliefs, desires, and intentions, which are used to understand why someone acts in a certain way or to predict how someone will act (Kloo et al., 2010) ...

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Theory and research find that the early years of life provide an important foundation for later childhood and adult development. Although much of this research has focused on early childhood, we ...

A new developmental theory from an Iowa State researcher describes how our memory and perception of trauma can evolve over time, shifting with new experiences and as cognitive and emotional ...

The graduate program in child development is a multi-disciplinary, two-year program leading to a Master of Science degree. This program offers students an in-depth examination of cognitive and ...