Developmental Psychology

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc

Lifespan development from prenatal through aging. Covers Piaget's stages of cognitive development (sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational), Erikson's psychosocial stages, attachment theory (Bowlby, Ainsworth, secure/avoidant/anxious/disorganized), moral development (Kohlberg, Gilligan), language acquisition (critical period, LAD, stages), adolescent identity formation, adult development, and aging. Use when analyzing how cognitive, social, emotional, and moral capacities develop and change across the human lifespan.

What this skill does

Developmental Psychology is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/developmental-psychology/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when analyzing how cognitive, social, emotional, and moral capacities develop and change across the human lifespan.

Who uses this skill

The Developmental Psychology skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/developmental-psychology
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/developmental-psychology/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/developmental-psychology/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/developmental-psychology/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/developmental-psychology/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\developmental-psychology\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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