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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That was until she enrolled in Dr. Bruce Chorpita’s Youth Behavioral Health Intervention course, where she learned about local disparities in mental healthcare and child psychology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
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
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
Democracy, machine industry, immigration and child psychology combine to make the child a new problem to the modern state and city, especially in America.
From Library Work with Children by Alice Isabel Hazeltine
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