David Fredrick Bjorklund (born June 13, 1949) is an American professor of

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic University (Florida Atlantic or FAU) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. The university is a member of the State University System of Florida and has s ...

. His areas of research interest include

cognitive development Cognitive development is a field of study in neuroscience and psychology focusing on a child's development in terms of information processing, conceptual resources, perceptual skill, language learning, and other aspects of the developed adult bra ...

and evolutionary developmental psychology. His works include authoring several books and over 130 scientific papers. He is editor of the

peer-review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

ed ''

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology The ''Journal of Experimental Child Psychology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering experimental child psychology. It was established in 1964 and is published by Elsevier (formerly Academic Press). The editor-in-chief is David F. ...

''. Bjorklund was born in

Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Engl ...

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

.''Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1860-1970'' He received a Ph.D., 1976 from the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC–Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public university, public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolli ...

Developmental psychology Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult development ...

. In addition to his professorship at FAU, he has been visiting professor at

Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research The Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research was a research institute of the Max Planck Society formerly located in Munich in Germany. Founded in 1981, the institute included the following units: * Behavioral and Cognitive Development (form ...

, Munich, Germany;

University of Georgia The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the oldest public university in th ...

, and

Emory University Emory University is a private university, private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campu ...

Books authored and edited

* * * * * * * * * *The subtitle used to be ''Developmental Function and Individual Differences'' for the previous editions * *

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Bjorklund's FAU Home Page
* 1949 births Living people People from Worcester, Massachusetts 21st-century American psychologists American developmental psychologists Evolutionary psychologists Florida Atlantic University faculty University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni American academic journal editors 20th-century American psychologists {{US-psychologist-stub

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