CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does child psychology mean? 

• CHILD PSYCHOLOGY (noun)
  The noun CHILD PSYCHOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children

  Familiarity information: CHILD PSYCHOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

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• CHILD PSYCHOLOGY (noun)

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Meaning:

The branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

child psychology; developmental psychology; genetic psychology

Hypernyms ("child psychology" is a kind of...):

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)