A psychologist spends her entire career studying how and why changes occur in people throughout their lives. This psychologist is most likely working in the field of:
a) abnormal psychology.
b) gerontology.
c) developmental psychology.
d) maturational studies.
ANS: C, Developmental psychology focuses on the changes that occur throughout people's lives from conception to death.
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