The Master of Arts in Psychological Science: Concentration in Developmental Psychology program focuses on growth and development across the lifespan. It is designed for students with major interests in areas of social and emotional development, parent-child relationships, sex differences, development across cultures and ethnic minority groups, learning, cognition, and psycholinguistics. The program prepares students for academic, research, and applied careers in the field of child and developmental psychology.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Acquire a broad knowledge of life span development in each of the areas of cognitive, social, and emotional development, to develop theoretical sophistication, to become familiar with current issues in the field, and to learn to critique research studies.
• Learn strategies and techniques of current developmental research and statistical analyses.
• Experience practical laboratory training in research techniques including naturalistic observation.
• Develop technical (scientific) writing skills for journal publication.
• Gain experiences in the field of Developmental Psychology.
• Apply research design skills and statistical analyses by conducting an independent research project, and to demonstrate intellectual self-reliance.
• Gain experience in presentation of research and content relevant to developmental psychology.