Students become well-versed in developmental theory and methodology, and actively involved in research. Besides offering applied experience with preschool children in the Department's Child Study Center, the program provides opportunities to work with developmentally disabled and gerontological populations at the Maine and Eastern Maine Medical Centers. The faculty include members in developmental psychology and clinical psychology. Faculty interests include such areas as personality, social cognition, political psychology, attribution theory, interpersonal attraction, physical self-efficacy, health psychology, and sport psychology. This area includes several basic areas of experimental psychology, including cognition, biopsychology, and neuropsychology.
Students develop research skills and conduct research in at least one specialty area.
Students work closely with a research advisor. Applicants should write to faculty members in their area of interest with whom they might want to study. This web page is an official publication of the University of Maine.