Child development theories help explain how children grow socially, emotionally, and cognitively over time. Understanding child development is valuable for appreciating the physical, emotional, and ...

Relational Frame Theory (RFT) offers a robust behavioural framework that elucidates the underpinnings of human language and cognition through the learned derivation of relations among stimuli. In ...

Children's Environments, Vol. 9, No. 2, Children's Changing Access to Public Places (1992), pp. 3-9 (7 pages) Playing is defined here as imitation whereby children become acquainted with the world of ...

This post was co-written by Brittany Thompson and Dr. Thalia R. Goldstein. The post discusses an academic paper recently published in Developmental Review. Source: Thalia R. Goldstein, used with ...

Theory and research find that the early years of life provide an important foundation for later childhood and adult development. Although much of this research has focused on early childhood, we ...

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The graduate program in child development is a multi-disciplinary, two-year program leading to a Master of Science degree. This program offers students an in-depth examination of cognitive and ...

Child and Adolescent Development is the study of the biological, physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive growth and development of the child from conception through emerging adulthood. Using theory, ...