Developmental psychologists study what drives human development or behavior, and much of that study is focused on the idea of nature vs. nurture, or the argument about whether human behavior is ...

Over the past year or two, we have been exploring what we termed the origins—or the embryology—of human development. We examined the three pillars of development: Feelings (Affects), Language ...

Majoring in Human Development. Human development is the study of how people grow and change, from conception through the end of life. The changing nature of the American family, childhood and ...

This program emphasizes an interdisciplinary understanding of various aspects of human behavioral development and the contexts in which they take place across the lifespan. The program has a ...

The Applied Psychology and Human Development major in the Lynch School of Education emphasizes state of the art connections between research, theory, and practice. Through practica and community ...

Topics include: doctrines of human nature in early Greek philosophy; emergence of science in the post-Renaissance period; contributions of Descartes, Locke, the British empiricists and associationists ...

Our programs are broad, allowing students to pursue graduate degrees across the spectrum of specialties. Many of our faculty specialize in the human-factors specialty area. Students are able to focus ...

January 2016 Newsletter. Over the past year or two, we have been exploring what we termed the origins—or the embryology—of human development.