发展心理学课程代表了许多发展领域的兴趣。专注于认知和语言发展领域的教职员工和学生进行研究，探索婴儿的认知，概念发展和语言习得。专注于社会和情感发展领域的教职员工和学生对育儿和同伴以及学校成绩和发展心理病理学进行研究。在各个领域，人们都关注潜在的神经发育基础和文化的作用。发展型研究生计划的主要目标之一是训练学生成为独立的研究者和教育者。研究生通过研究，课程和教学接受培训。实证研究是该计划的基本主题。但是，在此框架内，学生可以选择在实验室或自然主义环境中专注于基本或应用问题。研究生可以从多种课程中进行选择。这
The program in Developmental Psychology represents interests in many areas of development. Faculty and students focusing on the area of cognitive and linguistic development conduct research exploring infant cognition, conceptual development, and language acquisition. Faculty and students focusing on the area of social and emotional development conduct research on parenting and peers as well as school achievement and developmental psychopathology. Across areas, there is a concern with the underlying neural substrates of development and the role of culture.One of the primary goals of the Developmental graduate program is to train students to become independent researchers and educators. Graduate students receive their training through research, coursework, and teaching. Empirical research is a fundamental theme of the program. Within this framework, however, students may elect to concentrate on basic or applied problems, in laboratory or naturalistic settings. Graduate students may select from a wide range of course offerings. These include several core courses that lay the basic theoretical foundations of the discipline, as well as a strong statistics sequence.