__________ is considered the founder of the child study movement.
A) Charles Darwin
B) Arnold Gesell
C) G. Stanley Hall
D) Benjamin Spock

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G. Stanley Hall is considered the founder of the child study movement. He founded the first American psychology research laboratory and established the first academic journal devoted to child development, which helped to popularize the study of child development. Darwin did write about children and their development, but he is not considered the founder of the child study movement. Arnold Gesell and Benjamin Spock were both influential in the field of child development, but they were not the founders of the child study movement.

__________ Is Considered the Founder of the Child Study Movement