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Developmental psychopathology refers to an approach to describing and studying disorders of childhood and Adolescence in a manner that emphasizes the importance of developmental processes and tasks.

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The Developmental quotient (DQ) refers to a numerical measure of an infant"s performance on a developmental schedule relative to the performance of other infants of the same age.

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- Developmental research designs : Developmental Research designs refer to non-experimental Research designs used to examine the relationship between age and other v

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Developmental stage refers to a distinct phase within a larger sequence of development ; a period characterized by a particular set of abilities, motives, behaviors, or emotions that occur together and form a coherent pattern; period of life dominated by a particular quality of thinking or a particular mode of social relationships.

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- Developmental systems approach (Developmental contextual model) : Developmental systems approach (Developmental contextual model ) refers to perspective that views development as the result of bi-directional interaction between all levels of biological and experiential variables.

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- Developmental systems theory : Developmental systems Theory - This perspective emphasizes the ongoing interaction and integration across many levels of the human organism from the genetic to the behavioral level, within

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Developmental tasks refers to psychosocial tasks of childhood that reflect broad domains of Competence and tell how children typically progress within each of these domains as they grow.

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Developmental tasks in late adulthood is a term conceptualized by Erikson as involving a tension between "ego integrity” versus "despair”; successfully resolving this polarity is said to lea

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