# Developmental Psychology

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Category: Psychology
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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:04.006Z
Tags: psychology, developmental

## Summary

How a 270-day collection of cells becomes, over twenty years, a creature capable of doing calculus, falling in love, and lying about its taxes. Key sections include: Developmental Psychology.; Opening What developmental psychology studies.; Chapter I How to study development.; Chapter II Nature and nurture.; Chapter III Prenatal development.; Chapter IV The infant perceives more than was thought.; Chapter V Piaget's stages.; Chapter VI What Piaget got wrong.; Chapter VII Vygotsky.; Chapter VIII Attachment..

## Slide Outline

1. Developmental Psychology.
2. Opening What developmental psychology studies.
3. Chapter I How to study development.
4. Chapter II Nature and nurture.
5. Chapter III Prenatal development.
6. Chapter IV The infant perceives more than was thought.
7. Chapter V Piaget's stages.
8. Chapter VI What Piaget got wrong.
9. Chapter VII Vygotsky.
10. Chapter VIII Attachment.
11. Chapter IX The Strange Situation.
12. Chapter X Adult attachment.
13. Chapter XI Theory of mind.
14. Chapter XII Language acquisition.
15. Chapter XIII Erikson's eight stages.
16. Chapter XIV Kohlberg and Gilligan.
17. Chapter XV The marshmallow studies.
18. Chapter XVI Adolescence.
19. Chapter XVII The smartphone debate.
20. Chapter XVIII Cognition across adulthood.
21. Chapter XIX Aging.
22. Chapter XX The WEIRD problem.
23. Chapter XXI Twenty-five works.
24. Chapter XXII Watch & read.
25. Chapter XXIII What has held up.
26. Chapter XXIV The field's open questions.
27. The end of the deck.

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