Developmental psychology studies human growth and changes across the lifespan from infancy to late adulthood. It examines physical, cognitive, social, intellectual, perceptual, personality, and emotional development over time. Developmental psychologists define development as a progressive series of predictable changes that occur due to maturation and experience.

1. Introduction to
Growth and Development

2. Psychology
The scientific study of the mind and behaviour, according
to the American Psychological Association

3. Developmental Psychology
• Developmental Psychology Studies Humans Across the
Lifespan.
• Developmental Psychology is a branch of psychology and the
scientific study of how people grow and change over the
course of life time.
• Developmental psychologists focus on human growth
and changes across the lifespan, including physical,
cognitive, social, intellectual, perceptual, personality
and emotional growth.

8. Definition by Elizabeth Hurlock
Development means a progressive series of changes that
occur in an orderly predictable pattern as a result of
maturation and experience.