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Pediatric psychologyis a multidisciplinary field of both scientificresearch and clinical practice which attempts to address the psychologicalaspects of illness, injury, and the promotion of health behaviors in children, adolescents, and families in a pediatrichealth setting. Psychological issues are addressed in a developmental framework and ...
Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult development, aging, and the entire lifespan. [1] Developmental psychologists aim to explain how thinking, feeling ...
Child development. Child development involves the biological, psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the conclusion of adolescence . Childhood is divided into three stages of life which include early childhood, middle childhood, and late childhood (preadolescence). [ 1]
Jean Piaget in Ann Arbor. Piaget's theory of cognitive development, or his genetic epistemology, is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence. It was originated by the Swiss developmental psychologist Jean Piaget (1896–1980). The theory deals with the nature of knowledge itself and how humans gradually come ...
Transference ( German: Übertragung) is a phenomenon within psychotherapy in which repetitions of old feelings, attitudes, desires, or fantasies that someone displaces are subconsciously projected onto a here-and-now person. [1] [2] [3] Traditionally, it had solely concerned feelings from a primary relationship during childhood.
Child and adolescent psychiatry (or pediatric psychiatry) is a branch of psychiatry that focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders in children, adolescents, and their families. It investigates the biopsychosocial factors that influence the development and course of psychiatric disorders and treatment responses to ...
According to Anastasi and Urbina, psychological tests involve observations made on a "carefully chosen sample [emphasis authors] of an individual's behavior." [1] A psychological test is often designed to measure unobserved constructs, also known as latent variables. Psychological tests can include a series of tasks, problems to solve, and ...
Educational psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning. The study of learning processes, from both cognitive and behavioral perspectives, allows researchers to understand individual differences in intelligence, cognitive development, affect, motivation, self-regulation, and self-concept, as well ...