Matias, a five-year-old, has just started preschool. As a preschooler, he must get used to being away from his parents for a few hours and being around other children and adults. His parents feel that this change may be difficult for him. A psychologist studying Matias's case is likely to belong to the field of

This question lacks options, options are: a. clinical psychology b. developmental psychology c. health psychology d. evolutionary psychology. The correct answer is b.

Explanation:

Developmental psychology is responsible for studying the growth and evolution that human beings experience throughout our existence, that is, it is a scientific discipline whose object of study is the regularities that occur in the process of psychological development of being human, in different stages of its life cycle, starting from the conditions that causally explain this process and that allow the characterization of its different stages or periods. It covers the study of different stages of human development: the first year of life, early age, preschool age, school age, adolescence, youth and adulthood.In the preschool age, the activity and communication systems continue to expand, the child begins to assimilate the relationship rules of adults and also exchanges with their peers. Attachment bonds, the relationships between parents and children in later years are marked by the parenting styles developed by parents in order to socialize their children.

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