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Developmental psychology: Quick Facts

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Also Known As life-span psychology • human development

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Mary Salter Ainsworth
American Canadian developmental psychologist
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Urie Bronfenbrenner
Russian-born American psychologist
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John Bowlby
British developmental psychologist and psychiatrist
Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner
American psychologist
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Carol Gilligan
American psychologist
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget
Swiss psychologist
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E. Mavis Hetherington
Canadian-born developmental psychologist