Psychologist believe that core psychological processes are universal, they are susceptible to Individual dispositions. Justify
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Developmental Psychology
R.A. Dixon, in International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2001
Developmental psychology is concerned with the description and explanation of changes that occur in psychological processes at any point in the life span. Key guiding assumptions include: (a) the developmental perspective, or the notion that current behaviors are linked to past and present conditions and processes; (b) that developmental research methods must direct attention to individual change; and (c) that important developmental changes may occur throughout the life span. From this inclusive perspective, developmental psychology is a vast and diverse field. Theoretical and methodological diversity is reflected in the observations such as (a) research on nonoverlapping portions of the life span (e.g., infancy, childhood, adolescence, young and middle adulthood, and late life) is sponsored by different organizations and publications; (b) well-constrained psychological processes (e.g., selected aspects of personality, interpersonal relationships, reasoning, memory) are typically examined within specific periods; and (c) several legitimate but contrasting systems, or collections of theories and methods, of developmental psychology are presently active. During the twentieth century, increasing specialization in developmental psychology was associated with immense progress in understanding lifespan change.
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