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What Developmental Milestones Are You Missing? | Slate Star Codex

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[Epistemic status: Speculative. I can’t make this post less condescending and elitist, so if you don’t like condescending elitist things, this might not be for you.] Developmental psych…

[Epistemic status: Speculative. I can’t make this post less condescending and elitist, so if you don’t like condescending elitist things, this might not be for you.] Developmental psychology never struck my interest in the same way as a lot of other kinds of psychology. It didn’t seem to give me insight into my own life, help me understand my friends, or explain weird things about society. I’ve changed my mind about all of that after reading David Chapman’s Developing Ethical, Social, and Cognitive Competence. First, a refresher. Developmental psychology describes how children go from…

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