1.
Social
and communicative development in infancy:
This is a longitudinal project examining the effect of parent-child
interaction on social development and language development. We are
currently recruiting 12- and 18-month-olds to participate in this project.
Naturalistic parent-child interaction will be recorded as well as the child’s
performance on different social and communicative tasks. Testing
will take place in our lab on campus. Parking is available if you
need it. Each session takes approximately 30-45 minutes and will
be spaced 6 months apart.
2.
Referential
communication and perspective-taking:
This project will start in January of 2002. 3 and 4-year-olds
will be tested in their ability to use spatial, temporal, and personal
referential terms as well as their ability to take another person’s perspective.
There will be two sessions, each lasting approx. 30 minutes. Testing
will take place in local preschools but may involve coming to the lab on
campus.
3.
Siblings
and the development of theory of mind:
This project will start in January of 2002. 4 and 5-year-olds and
their younger siblings will be tested on their ability to infer others'
mental states (also known as "theory of mind") to see what possible effects
older siblings may have on a younger sibling's theory of mind development.
This will involve videotaping at participants' homes and should take 1-2
sessions of approx. 30 minutes each.
**More projects will
be posted at a future date.**
If you are interested in participating in one of the above studies or need more information, please click here.