Life-Span Developmental Psychology

Andreas Demetriou born Andreas Panteli Demetriou on 15 August 1950) is a Greek Cypriot developmental psychologist and former Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus. After graduating from Pancyprium Gymnasium, the oldest secondary school in Cyprus, he went to Thessaloniki, Greece, where he studied psychology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He received a PhD in psychology in 1983. He was a professor of Developmental Psychology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki until 1996. He then moved to the University of Cyprus, where he was a professor of psychology until he became the Minister of Education and Culture. Currently he is professor of psychology and President of the University of Nicosia Research Foundation. He is also President of the Pancyprian Association of Psychologists.

• History and Systems of Developmental Psychology (F. Weinert & S. Weinert). The Growing and Aging Brain: Life-span Changes in Brain and Cognitive Functioning (M. van der Molen & K. Ridderinkhof). Perceptual and Motor Development (G. Butterworth). Communication and Language Development (J. Bernicot). Cognitive Development (A. Demetriou). Social Development (C. van Lieshout & W. Doise). Morality, Wisdom and the Life-span (H. Haste, et al.). The Development of Motivation (A. Fontaine). Personality Development (D. Kohnstamm & I. Mervielde). Developmental Psychopathology (C. Braet & L. Verhofstadt-Deneve). Key Concepts: A Quick Reference. Index.