Developmental psychology
Article outline
- 1.Historical overview
- 2.The concept of development
- 3.Major research issues
- 3.1Causes of development
- 3.2Continuities and discontinuities
- 3.3Critical periods
- 3.4Individual and group differences
- 4.Points of view on development
- 4.1Biological-maturational perspectives
- 4.2Triggering theories
- 4.3Constructivism
- 4.4Socialization and learning
- 5.Methods of study
- 5.1Longitudinal vs. cross-sectional studies
- 5.2Comparative and ethnographic research
- 5.3Individual differences
- 5.4Sampling and generalization
- 6.Pragmatic perspectives on development
- 7.Some relations of pragmatics to developmental issues
- 7.1Sources of language development
- 7.2Language of reference in relation to cognition
- 7.3Effects of talk on thought
- 7.4The relation of social development and language
- 7.5The development of instrumental language
- 7.6Egocentrism, perspective-taking, social cognition and language change
- 7.7Play with and through language
- 7.8Learning social styles
- 7.9Bilingualism and bicultural development
- 8.Collaborative research potential
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