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2 unusual facts about Developmental psychology


Bowlby baronets

He is the son of the developmental psychologist John Bowlby, second son of the first Baronet.

The Roots of the Self

The Roots of the Self: Unraveling the Mystery of Who We Are is a 1995 book about human development by Robert Ornstein (author of The Evolution Of Consciousness) .


Character creation

The term character development is, in some contexts, used interchangeably with character advancement (in a sense similar to professional development or Human Development), whereas elsewhere character development refers instead to the player’s indirect characterization of the character through role-playing (in a sense similar to film developing).

Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development

Moreover, Demetriou's theory integrated models from cognitive, psychometric, and developmental psychology into an overarching model that describes the architecture of the human mind, its development, and individual differences in regard to both architecture and development.

No Two Alike: Human Nature and Human Individuality

No Two Alike expands on some of the ideas from her previous book The Nurture Assumption, especially the effect of birth order on personality and criticism of developmental psychology.


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Kurt Danziger

On completing his doctorate, he joined the University of Melbourne in Australia where he did research in developmental psychology, studying children’s understanding of social relationships (e.g. Danziger, 1957).