Developmental Science Research Areas

The Developmental Science faculty members focus their research questions on one or more of the following topics:

Social development
Parent-child relationships
Peer relationships
Social cognition
Moral reasoning
Emotions and emotion regulation
Social withdrawal and aggression
Intergroup attitudes and relationships
Exclusion and inclusion
Language and literacy
Motivation
Psychopathology
Fatherhood
Temperament and personality development
Development of at-risk children (e.g. low income, maltreated, drug-exposed)
Social-political cognition, civic education
Linking research and public policy
Interaction with technology
Prevention research and program evaluation
School adjustment
Development of self-concept
Cultural influences on development