#developmental-psychology

#developmental-psychology

People often speak about dangerous minds and criminal minds as if they describe the same psychological reality. In everyday language, the terms merge, flattening distinctions that matter deeply for prevention and justice. In psychology, however, they represent different stages in the development of violence. When this difference is ignored, society responds after harm instead of understanding how it forms. A criminal mind is identified after an act violates the law, when behavior becomes visible and punishable.

Although she can say short sentences-"I need cake!"-her humor isn't particularly verbal. Instead, she giggles while stumbling around in grownup shoes, or blows bubbles in her water when she should be drinking it. She likes to put on a hat, pull it down over her eyes, and then blunder around, arms outstretched, like a mummy. She's also discovered the humor of exaggeration: recently, when her brother resisted getting out of his pajamas in the morning,

In a study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, younger children were found to be slightly better at delaying gratification than older children, highlighting age-related differences in self-control.