Developmental Psychologist
A newsletter of Div. 7
Featured Article
Dissertation Winners
- FMRI as a window into adolescents' experiences with peer rejection
Neuroimaging and behavioral techniques observe rejection experiences
- Young children’s understanding of and responses to moral transgressions
Studies suggest that young children are deeply concerned with and involved in third-party moral interactions
Dissertation Grant Winners
- Conceptualizing, measuring, and testing the consequences of internalized sexualization among adolescent girls
As media, clothing and products aimed at children in the U.S. become increasingly “sexualized,” research seeks to better understand the consequences of such issues
- Numerosity in court: Attorneys’ questioning strategies and developmental changes in child witnesses’ responses
This study will also examine whether question and response patterns relate to trial outcomes
In this issue
- Call for Papers: Early Childhood Research Quarterly
This special issue dedicated to Quality Rating and Improvement Systems seeks papers
- Div. 7 convention programming schedule
Includes paper and poster sessions, and symposiums on a variety of topics
- The 2012 Early Career Outstanding Paper Award winner
Study examines gene X parenting interactions as predictors of the development of children’s noncompliance and aggression in early childhood
- Funding opportunities
Includes various grants, awards and fellowship programs
- Apply to the Div. 7 mentoring program
An opportunity for informal mentoring by mid-career or senior scholars to interested early-career individuals
- Training opportunities in developmental psychology
Includes workshops and a fellowship
- Advertising
Read about the Winner of the Eleanor Maccoby Book Award in Developmental Psychology: Becoming Who We Are: Temperament and Personality in Development by May K. Rothbart, PhD