Question

Marjorie is a psychology major and is considering applying to graduate programs. her primary interest has to do with life span development, including all the biological, environmental, social, cultural, and behavioral factors involved in the trajectory of the life span. marjorie might strongly consider applying to graduate programs in _____ psychology.

Answer 1

Developmental psychology is the study of life span development including physical development, cognitive development, and socioemotional development.  This field first started studying children's development; however, the field now studies the entire life span.