David F. Bjorklund
Encyclopedia
David F. Bjorklund is a professor of psychology
at Florida Atlantic University
. His areas of research interest include cognitive development
and evolutionary developmental psychology
. His works include authoring several books and over 130 scientific papers. He is editor of the peer-reviewed Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
He received a Ph.D., 1976 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
in Developmental psychology
. In addition to his professorship at FAU, he has been visiting professor at Max-Planck-Institute for Psychological Research, Munich, Germany; University of Georgia
, and Emory University
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
at Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort...
. His areas of research interest include cognitive development
Cognitive development
Cognitive development is a field of study in neuroscience and psychology focusing on a child's development in terms of information processing, conceptual resources, perceptual skill, language learning, and other aspects of brain development and cognitive psychology compared to an adult's point of...
and evolutionary developmental psychology
Evolutionary developmental psychology
Evolutionary developmental psychology, , is the application of the basic principles of Darwinian evolution, particularly natural selection, to explain contemporary human development...
. His works include authoring several books and over 130 scientific papers. He is editor of the peer-reviewed Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
He received a Ph.D., 1976 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
in Developmental psychology
Developmental psychology
Developmental psychology, also known as human development, is the scientific study of systematic psychological changes, emotional changes, and perception changes that occur in human beings over the course of their life span. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to...
. In addition to his professorship at FAU, he has been visiting professor at Max-Planck-Institute for Psychological Research, Munich, Germany; University of Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
, and Emory University
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
Books authored and edited
- Children's Thinking: Cognitive Development and Individual Differences, now in its fourth edition,
- Why Youth is Not Wasted on the Young: Immaturity in Human Development,
- with Barbara Bjorklund, Looking at Children: An Introduction to Child Development,
- with Barbara Bjorklund, Parents Book of Discipline
- with Anthony Pellegrini, Applied Child Study
- (ed.) Children's Strategies: Contemporary Views of Cognitive Development,
- (ed.) False-Memory Creation in Children and Adults: Theory, Research, and Implications
- (ed., with Bruce Ellis) Origins of the Social Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and Child Development, (in press)