From birth to death, people are learning, growing, and changing, and developmental psychologists try to understand the "why" and "how" behind the changes people undergo. Developmental psychology is a ...

Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) published a new study that shows how a novel artificial intelligence (AI) machine-learning method using concepts from human developmental ...

If you enjoyed the research process as an undergraduate and have a strong interest in human development—and want to see how research can be applied in real-world settings—then it is time to think ...

Our lab conducts research on risk and protective factors for psychosocial adjustment in adolescence and young adulthood. We conduct longitudinal studies where we follow youth and their parents over ...

Why do we study anxiety as a multi-faceted construct? Does it matter to our phenomenology, how we experience this emotion, and how we behave? This begs the question: What matters most in the study of ...

We train graduate students to be leaders in the study, teaching, and use of applied developmental and educational psychology, preparing our graduates for successful careers at top research ...