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Current Studies:
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All
of our tasks are designed to be fun and child-friendly, and parents are
invited to watch their child while they participate. Below is a
sampling of some of the tasks that we are currently running in our lab.
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How do
children
learn about the world around them?
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We are very excited to
announce a community-engaged research
collaboration with the Greensboro Science Center! Please click here for
more information.
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Understanding
Other's Behaviors
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In
this study, we are examining how children respond to typical situations
that could happen in classrooms. During this study, children are shown
pictures of kids their age involved in different types of scenarios and
are asked how they would respond to each situation. Results from this
study could help us understand why some children are more competent in
social situations than others and help inform interventions for
children with disabilities who have cognitive and/or social deficits.
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Deciding who
is
“nice” or “mean”
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In this
set of studies, funded by the National Institutes of Child Health and
Human
Development, we are examining the type of “evidence” that children use
to make
a personality judgment about other people. We are especially interested
in
whether children can appreciate that positive and negative actions can
reflect
someone’s personality or a situational event (e.g., someone can behave
negatively because they are a bad person or because they are feeling
unwell).
Understanding the nature of children’s personality judgments is
important
because it has many implications for their well-being (peer relations;
personal
safety).
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How do children think about themselves and others? We are
interested in how children see their role in
their relationships with others (specifically, a best friend
and someone their age they don't know as well). In this study, children
respond to questions about themselves and others, tell stories, and
talk about descriptions of themselves and others.
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Understanding Cultural Traditions
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In these study, we are examining how children decide who would know the most about specific cultural
traditions. We are especially interested in whether children prefer to
learn about unfamiliar cultural practices from someone who shares a
similar upbringing, even at the expense of receiving accurate
information.
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