Talk:Human development

Suggested merge
Copied from Talk:Human development (biology):


 * It seems to me that anyone who would propose or support a suggested merge of Human development (biology) into Human development is not aware that Human development is also a psychological field by the same name. Biological human development simply cannot have the name all to itself. I just Googled "Department of human development" which found 180,000 pages, and ALL of the top ten pages refer to the psychological study of human development. There needs to be more than simply a redirect of Human development (psychology) to Developmental psychology. - Do c  t  orW  17:37, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


 * The person who placed the proposed merge tag in June never commented! (Neither has anyone else.) I'm going to remove the tag. I believe that the existence of a disambiguation page in this case is non-negotiable anyway (see my comments immediately above). The psychological study of "human development" (known by that name as well as by the name "developmental psychology") cannot be ignored. Academic departments named "Human Development" refer to the psychological study. It has its own identity, and a very significant presence. Wikipedia has no choice but to acknowledge it. - Do c  t  orW  03:58, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Template:Humandevelopment
Please see Template talk:Humandevelopment. - Do c  t  orW  18:59, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

The phrase "Human development"
The phrase "Human development" as an academic field (university department) almost always refers to psychology; the phrase must remain on the disambiguation page. - Do c  t  orW  22:44, 19 December 2006 (UTC)