child psychology
Americannoun
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the study of the mental states and processes of children.
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the application of psychological techniques to children.
Etymology
Origin of child psychology
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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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
Holocaust survivor Lydia Tischler is awarded an MBE for services to Holocaust remembrance and child psychology.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
His father, Robert S. Albert, was a professor of child psychology at Pitzer College and his mother, Julie Maehling Albert, was a social worker at Loma Linda University.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023
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
A knowledge of child psychology and a more sympathetic insight into child nature have shown us that instead of external compulsion we must get hold of the inner springs of action.
From How to Teach Religion Principles and Methods by Betts, George Herbert
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