Current Research
Language and Cognitive Development in Childhood
Austin Thought Lab, Department of Psychology – Understanding how children think about objects, numbers, time, colors, and cause-and-effect relationships, and how they learn language related to these concepts
Past Research
Physical Activity in Preschool Study
Andrew Koepp, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences – Understanding how children’s physical activity during the school day relates to their attention and behavior in the classroom
Goodness Gracious Study
Imagination & Cognition Lab, Department of Psychology – Understanding how children interpret the thoughts and emotions of others
Serial Box Study
Cognition, Culture and Development Lab, Department of Psychology – Examining how children solve tasks and use information provided by adults
Artifact Study
Cognition, Culture and Development Lab, Department of Psychology – Examining the effect of observing a tool used in a ritual context on children’s perceived instrumental function of the tool
Families of Four
Sarah Murphy, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences – Developing and validating an observational coding system to understand how families function after the birth of a second child
Acquisition of English Past Tense in Bilingual Children
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders – Profiling and comparing English past tense marking systems in two simultaneous bilingual groups relative to their English monolingual counterparts
Parenting and Children’s Sexuality Development
Diana Orozco-Lapray, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences – Exploring the degree to which parents (a) are aware of their child’s emerging sexuality and (b) consider physical and sexuality education during the early years of parenthood
Ritual Study
Cognition, Culture and Development Lab, Department of Psychology – Examining how the cost of entry into a group affects children’s willingness to co-operate with in-group and out-group members, as well as their commitment to in-group values
Peer Belief Revision Study
Cognition, Culture and Development Lab, Department of Psychology – Examining the development of imitation and the mechanisms of imitation as they relate to learning in individual and group settings
