developmental psychology

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   the branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children

   Synonymsgenetic psychologychild psychology

   Broaderpsychology

Questions about developmental psychology

What does developmental psychology mean?

developmental psychology means "the branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children".

What is another word for developmental psychology?

Close synonyms include genetic psychology, child psychology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is developmental psychology a common word?

developmental psychology is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.