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Jerome Kagan (February 25, 1929 – May 10, 2021) was an American psychologist, who was the Daniel and Amy Starch Research Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, as well as, co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute. [1] [2] He was one of the key pioneers of developmental psychology. [3]
There she began the longitudinal Berkeley Growth Study, which worked to create a guide of physical and behavioral growth across development. [3] Bayley also examined the development of cognitive and motor functions in children, leading to her belief that intelligence evolves over the course of child development. [ 2 ]
During graduate school, Mary studied under the mentorship of William E. Blatz.Blatz focused on studying what he referred to as "security theory." This theory outlined Blatz's idea that different levels of dependence on parents meant different qualities of relationships with those parents, as well as the quality of relationships with future partners.
David Scott Moore (born August 4, 1960) [1] is an American developmental psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Pitzer College, where he is the Director of the Claremont Infant Study Center. He is also Professor of Psychology at Claremont Graduate University . [ 2 ]
A way to improve developmental psychology is a representation of cross-cultural studies. The psychology field in general assumes that "basic" human developments are represented in any population, specifically the Western-Educated-Industrialized-Rich and Democratic (W.E.I.R.D.) subjects that are relied on for a majority of their studies.
Specialized lists of psychologists can be found at the articles on comparative psychology, list of clinical psychologists, list of developmental psychologists, list of educational psychologists, list of evolutionary psychologists, list of social psychologists, and list of cognitive scientists. Many psychologists included in those lists are also ...
Sandra Wood Scarr (August 8, 1936 – October 8, 2021) [1] [2] was an American psychologist and writer. She was the first female full professor in psychology in the history of Yale University.