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developmental psychologist

American  
[di-ve-luhp-ment-uhl-sahy-kahl-uhj-ist] / dɪˌvɛ ləpˈmɛnt əl saɪˈkɑl ədʒ ɪst /

noun

  1. a scientist or clinical practitioner in the field of developmental psychology.


Example Sentences

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One fundamental psychological challenge facing all presidents is to help citizens contain their anxiety and fear — both of which risk replacing thought with action.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2021

For example, one of the fundamental psychological concepts to emerge from Levine’s deception studies is “default to truth.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2019

Still, it’s merely a convenience for physicists, a reflection of a fundamental psychological divide that might never go away, because they—we—are only human.

From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2019

“As spiritually advanced as people like to believe these folks are, there’s some very fundamental psychological dynamics going on that are completely opaque to the people involved,” Kaminoff says.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2016

These, to be sure, are very trivial illustrations, but the same fundamental psychological laws which are true for the show-window of the next corner store are true for the world-display of the nation.

From Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Münsterberg, Hugo

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