Dictionary

paedopsychology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌpiːdəʊsʌɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/ (UK)
• /ˌpidoʊsaɪˈkɑləd͡ʒi/ (US)
• /piːdəʊpsaɪˈkɒləd͡ʒɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌpiːdəʊpsʌɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/ (UK)
• /piːdəʊsaɪˈkɒləd͡ʒɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌpidoʊpsaɪˈkɑləd͡ʒi/ (US)

Etymology

From paedo- (“child”) + psychology (“study of the mind”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The systematic study or theoretical consideration of the nature, functioning, and development of the minds (or, more rarely, the souls) of children and/or infants; child psychology.
   • Original Sin is at the core of what can be called the Augustinian behavioural paedopsychology. His conclusions on the issue may provide some links even for contemporary debates among paedopsychologists¹⁶⁷. 167 […] Daniel Dombrowski criticizes both Augustine’s view on children and Colin Starnes’ approval of the same view bringing to the discussion the genetic epistemology of the giant of paedopsychology, the Swiss psychologist and Philosopher Jean Piaget. 2013, Jairzinho Lopes Pereira, Augustine of Hippo and Martin Luther on Original Sin and Justification of the Sinner, part I, chapter 3, § 3.4, page 196:
   • There were…studies in the field of social pathology, pedagogics, pediatrics and paedopsychology. 1986, Freddy Deven, Robert L. Cliquet, editors, One-Parent Families in Europe: Trends, experiences, implications, page 133:
   • Each one of our working areas…, instead of being called, let us say, “Paidopsychology Laboratory” or the “Gynecology exploration room”, are named: “The children’s corner” or “The Lupes”. 1981, Raquel Bialik, Broadening Health Possibilities among a Marginal Urban Community in Mexico City: El Taller de Salud, page 3:
   • Paedopsychology and pathological psychology 1935, United States Office of Education, Bulletin, page 67:
   • František Cáda (1865–1918) found the historical sources of prewar paedopsychology primarily in Comenius and Rousseau. 1984, Marie Kyralová, Jana Přívratská, editors, Symposium Comenianum 1982, page 84:

Forms

Deriveds

paedopsychological · paedopsychologist

Translations (2)

cs pedopsychologie (child psychology) · fi lapsipsykologia (child psychology)