Developmental Psychology

Modernizing Maslow's Hierarchy through the Lens of Self-Care

Modernizing Maslow’s Hierarchy through the Lens of Self-Care

Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) is one of the founders of Humanistic Psychology. Along with Carl Rogers (1902-1987), Maslow stressed the importance of looking at the whole person rather than reducing individuals to a ...
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/ / Carl Rogers, Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Hierarchy of Needs, Maslow, Media Psychology & Technology, Positive Psychology, Self-Care, Technology
Twelve Things that Sigmund Freud Got Right

Twelve Things that Sigmund Freud Got Right

Sigmund Freud continues to be an influential figure in the field of psychology for his development of psychoanalysis, a theory and treatment approach focusing on the psychological development of mental illness. His ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Defense Mechanisms, Developmental Psychology, Ego, Freud, History, Id, Sigmund Freud, Superego
The Education Gender Gap: APA Task Force looks at How to Help Boys Succeed in School

The Education Gender Gap: APA Task Force looks at How to Help Boys Succeed in School

The April/May, 2023 edition of the Monitor on Psychology, the bimonthly magazine of the American Psychological Association, led with a cover story about helping boys and young men succeed in the classroom ...
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/ / APA, Boys, Children, Cognitive Psychology, College, Developmental Psychology, Education, News, School, Teens
Social Media and Self-Esteem

Social Media and Self-Esteem

A recent article published in Science Direct looked at the association between social media use and mental health among adolescents. The impact of social media on mental health is certainly not a ...
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/ / Developmental Psychology, Media Psychology & Technology, Positive Psychology, Social Media, Social Psychology, Well-Being
Awareness and Sympathy May Be Key Components of Guilt for Children

Awareness and Sympathy May Be Key Components of Guilt for Children

Guilt is a negative emotion, but it’s a negative emotion that to some extent is good. If no one ever felt guilt, the world would be a scary place indeed! One question ...
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/ / Children, Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Guilt
Like Narcissistic Parent, Like Narcissistic Child?

Like Narcissistic Parent, Like Narcissistic Child?

"You have your mother’s nose, and your father’s narcissism!" For better or worse, through genes or through environment, parents pass along many things to their children. And one of those might be ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Narcissism, Parenting, Personality
Helping Others Makes Toddlers Happy

Helping Others Makes Toddlers Happy

A finding that comes up again and again in psychology research is that people feel better when they take prosocial actions, which is why helping others is one of the best ways ...
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/ / Altruism, Developmental Psychology, Positive Psychology, Toddlers
Why Do Most People Cradle Babies Facing Left?

Why Do Most People Cradle Babies Facing Left?

If I hand you a baby without warning, chances are you’ll instinctively take them and cradle them with their head on your left side. Approximately 70 percent of people prefer to hold ...
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/ / Developmental Psychology
Want Your Toddler to Clean Up and Eat Their Vegetables? Supporting Autonomy Might Help

Want Your Toddler to Clean Up and Eat Their Vegetables? Supporting Autonomy Might Help

One of the findings that repeatedly comes up in child psychology literature is that when children have a sense of autonomy, good things tend to happen. That pattern is evident in the ...
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/ / Developmental Psychology
Night-Owl Teens Might Be Angrier

Night-Owl Teens Might Be Angrier

Psychologists that research people’s "chronotypes," or their propensities to go to bed at different times, have found that early and late risers tend to differ in a variety of ways. In many ...
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/ / Anger, Developmental Psychology, Emotion-Affective Psychology, Health Psychology, Sleep, Teens