Developmental psychology
Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult development, aging, and the entire lifespan.
2 episodes
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Childhood
Melvyn Bragg examines how perceptions of childhood have changed during the 20th century and discusses whether a clear distinction can always be made between childhood and adulthood.
9 December 1999
Featuring: Christina Hardyment, Theodore Zeldin
Intelligence
Melvyn Bragg discusses the origins, manifestations and possibilities of intelligence, and examines whether we are born with it, or if it is something we develop as we grow.
1 July 1999
Featuring: Ken Richardson, Michael Ruse