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genetic psychology

genetic psychology

6.7
The study of how children's thinking and social skills develop
  • noun
  • /dʒəˈnɛtɪk saɪˈkɑlədʒi/
  • Archaic
translation icon : psicología genética
  • She decided to specialize in genetic psychology to better understand how children develop over time.

Examples

  • The university offers a course in genetic psychology for students interested in childhood mental development.

  • Many classic theories in genetic psychology originated from observations of children in classroom settings.

  • Many universities offer a degree in genetic psychology.

  • The field of genetic psychology is rapidly evolving.

  • She decided to specialize in genetic psychology to better understand how children develop over time.

  • The university offers a course in genetic psychology for students interested in childhood mental development.

  • Many classic theories in genetic psychology originated from observations of children in classroom settings.

Synonyms

child psychology
vsgenetic psychology
  • Specialized
4 3.7

Study of how children feel, think, and behave with other people

is narrower, stressing social and mental aspects rather than emotion or cognition
developmental psychology
vsgenetic psychology
  • Specialized
1 4.0

The study of how children and teenagers change and grow socially and emotionally over time

focuses only on early life stages rather than longer growth periods

Surface Forms

genetic psychology singular
genetic psychologies plural

Morphology

genetic + psychology

The compound is partly compositional: if a learner interprets 'genetic' in its older sense of 'pertaining to origin or development' and combines it with 'psychology' (study of mind), they can infer it refers to developmental study of mind. However, many learners know 'genetic' primarily as 'relating to genes/heredity', which makes the intended meaning ambiguous and somewhat specialized, so the link is not fully transparent to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

The term genetic psychology uses genetic in the old sense of 'origin' or 'birth' and psychology as 'the study of the mind'. So genetic psychology is the study of how the mind and social behaviour develop in early life, especially in children.