Results for "children"

Projects

Children's reasoning about fantasy and reality; superstitious and pseudoscientific beliefs.

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Description:

We study children's understanding of the fantasy/reality distinction, their use of supernatural explanations, and their beliefs in superstition and pseudoscience.

Faculty

Pauline T Strong

Affiliated Departments:
College of Liberal Arts, American Studies, Anthropology, Center for Women's and Gender Studies
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I am interested in cultural anthropology; climate justice; Museum Studies; Native American and Indigenous Studies; culture and health; cultural identities and differences; the politics of representation; youth…

Marie-Anne Suizzo

Affiliated Departments:
Educational Psychology
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Parenting and childrearing beliefs across cultures; mother-child relationships and interactions during early childhood and adolescence; the effects of home and family backgrounds on schooling, especially during the…

Ciaran Trace

Affiliated Departments:
School of Information
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I’m interested in studying what constitutes a literate society and the role that people play in creating and sustaining literate environments. Using a variety of methods (historical, qualitative, quantitative, and…

Patrick P Wong

Affiliated Departments:
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Research Interests:

social policy, family and child welfare, income support policy; research methods and statistics; poverty issues; housing and community development.

Jacqueline D Woolley

Affiliated Departments:
Psychology
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My research addresses how children and adults make the distinction between fantasy and reality. A number of our studies investigate how children make reality status judgments when they encounter novel information. We…