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Developmental and Child Psychology

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The field of psychology known as "developmental psychology" investigates the causes and effects of human development over the lifespan. Initially focused on young children, lifespan development now also considers adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Developmental psychology aims to shed light on how people's minds, emotions, and actions evolve. This study focuses on transformation in three key areas: the body, the mind, and the feelings. Motor capabilities, executive functions, moral understanding, language acquisition, social change, personality, emotional development, self-concept, and identity formation are all included within these three categories. The field of developmental psychology studies how both biological and environmental factors shape human growth and change through time. There has been a lot of study into the relationships between an individual's traits, actions, and surroundings. Both natural and human-made environments are considered here. Both biological essentialism and neuroplasticity, as well as the distinction between stages of development and dynamic systems of action, continue to be contentious topics in developmental psychology. Even though developmental psychology research has challenges, scientists are currently trying to figure out how biological elements and life stage transitions influence our behavior and development.

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  1. American Psychological Association(APA), Division 7: Developmental Psychology
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  2. Association for Psychological Science (APS)
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  3. Canadian Psychological Association (CPA),Section on Child and Adolescent Psychology
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  4. European Association for Developmental Psychology (EADP)
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  5. International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP)
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  6. International Society for Infant Studies (ISIS)
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  7. International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD)
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  8. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
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  9. Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA)
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  10. Society for the Study of Human Development (SSHD)
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Top Journals
  1. Behavior Research Methods
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  2. Child Development Perspectives
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  3. Contemporary Educational Psychology
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  4. Current Directions in Psychological Science
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  5. Developmental Review
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  6. Educational Psychologist
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  7. Educational Psychology Review
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  8. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
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  9. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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  10. Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, The
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