child psychology
- noun
- /ˈtʃaɪld saɪˈkɒlədʒi/
- Specialized
- He attended a seminar on child psychology to understand better how children learn and grow.
- clinical child psychology
- pediatric child psychology
- professional child psychology
Did he find any overlaps with those people and with his current knowledge of child psychology or, or, you know, like night terrors with children?
- Did he find any overlaps with those people and with his current knowledge of child psychology or, or, you know, like night terrors with children?
Examples
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Completion of a master's degree in child psychology considerably catapults your career and provides you with many opportunities.
Blog text (24) -
Instruction should be provided in parent education, which includes principles of homemaking, family relationships, child care, and child psychology.
Academic text (1995) -
The police need training in child psychology in dealing with these kids.
Academic text (1995) -
And then my dear wife entered the argument with a little lecture on child psychology.
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My dream is to earn a doctorate in child psychology.
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Half the young couples are uneducated and cannot read one book on child psychology.
Academic text (2003) -
The story begins in 1987 when I had a student with intellectual disabilities in my Child Psychology class.
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He's a general physician, but he has some expertise in child psychology.
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My appointment was not with a true therapist but rather with a professor of child psychology at the university where my father taught.
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My mom has a master's in child psychology and taught special Ed preschool, kindergarten, first grade.
Synonyms
The study of how children and teenagers change and grow socially and emotionally over time
The study of how children's thinking and social skills develop
How Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the psychology of children' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'child' (a minor) with 'psychology' (the study of mind and behavior). This noun–noun compound follows a common English pattern (study-of X) that is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Child psychology is like a 'doctor for the mind' for young people: child means a young person and psychology means the study of how the mind works. That's why it refers to the study of how children think, feel, and grow.