Developmental Psychology; it is a branch of science that examines the characteristics of an individual in various life periods. Developmental psychology, which is based on basic scientific principles and methods; examines the physical, cognitive, emotional and psycho-social changes that an individual experiences throughout his or her life.
In this work; after explaining the theories and research methods in developmental psychology and the basic concepts of development, areas such as physical development, cognitive development, emotional development, self, identity and personality, and moral development are given in order; afterwards, family and school, which affect development, were considered as a system and also the developmental characteristics of children with different individual development were also examined. This book, in which the development is discussed and explained in detail and comprehensively, will be one of the main reference sources to be used in the field.