Developmental Psychology

Program Summary

The Master in Developmental Psychology program has been specifically designed to enable the learner to know and interpret the reactions of close relatives and strangers during the first year of life, and to know the importance of family care, the impact of the father’s absence, the presence of surrogate mothers, and the deprivation of the mother on the child in addition to knowing the basic principles of research methods And the development in the child's visual reception, the development of language and means of communication, discussion of the nature of intelligence, the role of education, the theory of learning, the importance of children's play, aggression, the child's acquired behavior, Freud's dynamic psychological theory and moral development as well as knowledge of the child's mental age, according to the latest and best British studies and scientific research in child psychology.

Thus, the Specialized Master Program in Child Psychology from Britain works to achieve the following goals:

A full study of the stages of development of a child's psychological, behavioral, mental, and skill development as well.
Understand the development of language, knowledge, and harmony between the child's mental and physical development.
A discussion of a set of issues related to playing and learning and its relationship to academic success.
Understand the nature of children's thinking, how they acquired different behaviors, and the ability to adjust.
Understand the reality of the aggressive behavior and the psychological and moral development acquired by the child.
- Understanding the methods of measuring children's intelligence correctly and methods of analyzing the results of tests on them and interpreting their results.
Understand the child's ways of acquiring information, self-understanding of him, and developing his social development in the environment around him.
Understanding of the most important contemporary studies and new research in the field of psychology.
- To acquire the skill of teaching a child through play and providing appropriate behavioral therapy in various situations.