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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

Its outcome would affect the path, Brookwood writes, for “potential reforms in education, child psychology, medical training in child development, protections of the social safety net, judicial decisions, and parents’ encouragement of their children.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2021

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

From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo