#developmentalpsychology
Did you know? The way we praise children shapes how they face challenges. Generic praise like ‘You’re so smart!’ may backfire, making kids fear failure and avoid difficult tasks, since they link success to ability rather than effort. #growthmindset #parentingtips #developmentalpsychology
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
At our #LabMeeting yesterday, we got to listen to @fannylalot.bsky.social from the University of Basel, who presented her interesting research on the influence of future consciousness on political engagement!✨✨

#SocialPsy #Socialidentity #HelpingKidsLab #Lab #Research #Developmentalpsychology
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Boston College offers a fully funded PhD in Applied Developmental & Educational Psychology, focusing on sociocultural child-adolescent growth—deadline: 1 Dec, 2025.
bc.edu/bc-web/schoo...
#Hiring #PhD #EducationalPsychology #DevelopmentalPsychology #Boston @bostoncollege.bsky.social
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College
The doctoral degree in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology offers students an opportunity to deepen their understanding of child and youth development, and the contributions of school, fa...
bc.edu
October 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Join us for the UNC Developmental Psychology Ph.D. Program Info Session! 🎓

Learn about curriculum, funding, application tips, and life in Chapel Hill from faculty and students.
🗓️ Oct 26 | 1–2:30 PM EST
🔗Register: tinyurl.com/uncdevpsych
#UNC #PhD #DevelopmentalPsychology
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Fun bet on scientific prediction :)

Take-home message resonates well with ideas in #culturalevolution and #developmentalpsychology, mental skills take time to learn, need social input, & they don't mature spontaneously. Challenging to pinpoint their genetics.

www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Your Genes Are Simply Not Enough to Explain How Smart You Are
Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now.
www.theatlantic.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Piaget, Natalia Morozova and Luria in Moscow, 1966 at the Psychology Congress.

#DevelopmentalPsychology
#SovietPsychology
#GeneticEpistemology
October 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
#FacultySpotlight ☀️ Dr. Aixa D. Marchand, Asst. Prof. of #DevelopmentalPsychology and HDFS. how culture, society & family shape students’ experiences, focusing on #CriticalConsciousness & Black parent engagement. Read her latest article here: tinyurl.com/DrMarchand1
October 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Very useful for #psychology #DevelopmentalPsychology #Linguistics I know researchers of historical British regional accents have been making use of this archive for years; I am sure this enhanced version will help to advance future research.
Imperial War Museums uses AI to unlock 20,000 hours of conflict testimonies
Imperial War Museums (IWM) has used generative AI to transcribe, translate, and make searchable more than 20,000 hours of oral testimonies from its enormous archive,… <a class="more-link" href="https:...
techinformed.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We’re thrilled to welcome our newest Research Assistants, Dermot and Leah, to the team! They've just begun their placements and are eager to dive into an exciting year of discovery and development. Here’s to a great year ahead! #researchassistant #developmentalpsychology
September 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Someone knows why Tomassello talks about ontogenesis of psychology instead of psychogenesis?

#DevelopmentalPsychology
#EvolutionaryAnthropology
#Psychology
#Evolution
September 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Today, we meet another amazing member of our Lab!

Meet Madeline, a current Master’s student and Research Assistant who will write her Thesis with us.

Learn more about her below! ⬇️☘️

#MeettheTeam #HelpingKidsLab #Research #DevelopmentalPsychology #SocialPsychology #ChildDevelopment✨✨
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Today, we are meeting Tara!

Tara started working as a Research Assistant in our Lab this September and will write her Master's Thesis with us.

See below to learn more about her interests and work in the lab ⬇️

#HelpingKidsLab #MeettheTeam #ChildDevelopment #DevelopmentalPsychology #Research ✨✨
September 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Next up in our Meet the Team series, we have Postdoctoral Researcher Yul Kwon! Learn more about him & his work at our Lab below. 🎉

#PhDSky #ChildDevelopment #DevelopmentalPsychology #Research #MeettheTeam #SocialPsych
September 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In our 'Interventions' parallel session, Madison Vani starts us off with reviews of resources for parents to support their child's body image. Not so many available, often not age specific, not a lot of theory-based resources... Much work to be done!

#BodyImage
#DevelopmentalPsychology
September 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Kicking off the school year with a #FacultyHighlight! ☀️ Dr Kaylin Ratner @kratner.bsky.social Asst. Prof. in #EducationalPsychology & #HDFS, explores purpose & anxiety in youth in two new articles:
(1) tinyurl.com/DrRatner1
(2) tinyurl.com/DrRatner2

#EPSY #DevelopmentalPsychology #Illinois
September 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We had a great time last week at the EPSY2025 #DevelopmentalPsychology at @jlugiessen.bsky.social 🙌! Our steering group members Lydia Riedl, Susann Auer and Ina Fassbender presented the GRN at a symposium & reproducibility workshop. Thanks everyone for coming out and the positive feedback! 😃
September 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Woo new paper! Cross-cultural investigation into maternal responses to infant distress

How babies are soothed may be more important than how quickly, which vary cross-culturally

w/Carlo Vreden & team in #DevelopmentalPsychology!
Open-access link + thread 👇
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
September 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🎧 Developmental psychologist Dr. Jenna Alley talks about avoiding the ivory tower, and the importance of maternal warmth.

Click here to hear this throw-back episode! www.buzzsprout.com/2464891/epis...

#developmentalpsychology #parenting #scientist #socialscience #science #maternalwarmth
September 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Mirrors don’t create the self—they create the ego.

#DevelopmentalPsychology #Psychoanalysis #OntologyOfMind #InfantDevelopment
Amirroring
A Counter-Ontology of Development
cristinagherghel.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM