An Introduction to Evolutionary Developmental Psychology [PDF]
Evolutionary Psychology, 2014 Evolutionary developmental psychology represents a synthesis of modern evolutionary theory and developmental psychology. Here we introduce the special issue on evolutionary developmental psychology by briefly discussing the history of this field and then
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Intuitive physics learning in a deep-learning model inspired by developmental psychology. [PDF]
Nat Hum Behav, 2022 ‘Intuitive physics’ enables our pragmatic engagement with the physical world and forms a key component of ‘common sense’ aspects of thought. Current artificial intelligence systems pale in their understanding of intuitive physics, in comparison to even ...
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Variation is the universal: making cultural evolution work in developmental psychology. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2018 Kline MA, Shamsudheen R, Broesch T.
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Polygenic Scores in Developmental Psychology: Invite Genetics In, Leave Biodeterminism Behind. [PDF]
Annu Rev Dev Psychol, 2020 Polygenic scores offer developmental psychologists new methods for integrating genetic information into research on how people change and develop across the life span.
Raffington L, Mallard T, Harden KP.
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The Road Not Taken: What Developmental Psychology Might Learn From Darwin’s Insights Concerning Sexual Selection [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Developmental Psychology is the branch of psychology that studies, not only human behavior, but how and why human behavior changes over time. This essay seeks to review to what extent Developmental Psychology has failed to perceive human behavior through
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How Could Children's Storybooks Promote Empathy? A Conceptual Framework Based on Developmental Psychology and Literary Theory. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2019 This conceptual paper proposes a framework for understanding the developmental mechanisms and literary characteristics that bind children’s storybooks with empathy. The article begins with a taxonomy of empathy composed of three key continuous dimensions:
Kucirkova N.
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Robotics in Clinical and Developmental Psychology [PDF]
Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, 2022 A. Marchetti +3 more
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Daniel Stern′s Developmental Psychology and its Relation to Gestalt Psychology [PDF]
Gestalt Theory, 2017 Daniel N. Stern’s research on the first years of life offers the view of an active newborn, developing in a continuous dialogue with the Other.
Galli Anna Arfelli
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Developmental psychology of praise [PDF]
, 2020 From cradle to college, young people are evaluated—and often praised—by parents, teachers, and other well-intentioned adults. In fact, infants are already praised from well before they have developed any verbal understanding (e.g., “look at you, you’re so cute!”).
Sander Thomaes, Patty Leijten
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Comparative developmental psychology: how is human cognitive development unique? [PDF]
Evol Psychol, 2014 The fields of developmental and comparative psychology both seek to illuminate the roots of adult cognitive systems. Developmental studies target the emergence of adult cognitive systems over ontogenetic time, whereas comparative studies investigate the ...
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