Developmental Psychology

Groups the theories that explain how thought, behavior, identity or social bonds change across the life span. Belongs here: Attachment Theory, Cognitive Development Theory, Constructivism, Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development, Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development, Psychosexual Development, Socioemotional Selectivity Theory, Theory of Mind and Zone of Proximal Development. A stage or process theory whose central subject is adult personality rather than life-span change is filed under personality psychology instead.