The objectives of the course are: a) to provide the basic knowledge of developmental psychology, with particular attention to theoretical and methodological aspects and to the application of this knowledge in the educational, clinical-health and social fields; b) represent typical psychological development, the inter-individual variability that characterizes it; c) give an account of the weight of the genetic-biological and environmental-cultural factors underlying psychological development.

At the end of the course the student learned:
- changes related to the concepts of "child" and psychological development;
- the basic concepts relating to cognitive, communicative-linguistic and emotional-social development in the period from childhood to adolescence;
- the ability to recognize typical and risky psychological behaviors during the developmental age.