child psychology

American  

noun

1. the study of the mental states and processes of children.

2. the application of psychological techniques to children.

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Etymology

Origin of child psychology

First recorded in 1895–1900

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child psychology

As of 2021, only 10% of master’s degree recipients who specialized in developmental and child psychology were male.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

“You have to learn to cater to what’s developmentally appropriate to each person. You learn about child behavior, child psychology and the formation of the brain and how they learn.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

There were also significant rises in the number of children waiting to access child psychology and children's learning disability services.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2022

Research by G. Stanley Hall, a pioneer of child psychology, found that as many as three-quarters of boys played with dolls.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2021

And that was all supplemented by the progress of physiological psychology, pathological psychology, child psychology, animal psychology.

From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg