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Pre-natal development             Pre-natal development is of interest to psychologists investigating the context of early psychological development. The senses develop in the womb itself: a fetus can both see and hear by the second trimester

Social and emotional development Main article: Social psychology (psychology) Developmental psychologists who are interested in social development examine how individuals develop social and emotional competencies. For example, they study how children form friendships, how they understand and deal

Research areas Cognitive development Main articles: Cognitive development, Theory of cognitive development, and Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development Cognitive development is primarily concerned with the ways in which infants and children acquire, develop, and use internal mental capabilities

Nature or Nurture A significant issue in developmental psychology is the relationship between innateness and environmental influence in regard to any particular aspect of development. This is often referred to as "nature versus nurture" or nativism versus empiricism. A nativist account of development

Piagetian stages of cognitive development Main articles: Jean Piaget and Theory of cognitive development Piaget was a French speaking Swiss theorist who posited that children learn by actively constructing knowledge through hands-on experience. He suggested that the adult's role in helping the

Approaches of development psichology Many theoretical perspectives attempt to explain development; among the most prominent are: Jean Piaget's Stage Theory, Lev Vygotsky's Social constructivism (and its heirs, the Cultural Theory of Development of Michael Cole, and the Ecological Systems Theory of