 My name is Aveline Dietforsst and I've chosen the major developmental psychology and lifespan psychology. The field of developmental psychology and lifespan psychology is all about how people change as they grow older. It's about individual differences in change, how they become the persons they are, how younger children differ from older people, how adolescents think, those kinds of things. I would recommend this major because Tilburg University is the only place where you can study the whole life path of people and I find it fundamental to study this. It's fascinating because really everything in life changes, nothing is fixed and constant. And in our major you study it in an interplay. So you study the biological systems that drive development, the social systems, the psychological systems and everything in an interaction that ultimately produces development from the cradle to the grave. The major is helping me understand other people. For example, a friend of mine has a mother who is really overprotective but because she lost her husband it's really logical for her to behave like this. And now I finally get understanding for this behavior. And now he can as well because I can explain it to him. Studying in Tilburg is a really good idea because we have the best educational programs and often we are number one in ratings of the Netherlands in terms of quality. Our teachers are experts in the things they talk about and they are really eager to teach you. Of course you learn about diagnostics but the most interesting part is when you discuss the diagnostics. Like why do you think someone develops something like this and why do you believe that someone meets the criteria for a diagnosis? I recommend this major because it's the most interesting major and it also keeps your options open. You can become specialized in the clinical direction. You can become specialized in school psychology. You can also select a research master. It's broad and varied. So you can become a scientist but as well you can go work in different organizations, start your own practice. Actually in the whole society developmental psychologists are everywhere.