Carrick, Nathalie
Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Studies
Child and Adolescent Studies
Biography:
Nathalie Carrick is an associate professor in the Department of Child and Adolescent Studies. She received her Ph.D. in psychology and social behavior from the University of California, Irvine. Her research interests concern young children's emerging mental representational skills. Specifically, she is interested in how children understand pretense, fantasy and truths, versus lies, with an emphasis on how emotions may influence children's understanding. Her current projects include examining why preschool-aged children show a positivity bias in their beliefs about the possibility of emotional events occurring, and the role that parents play in shaping children’s beliefs about fantasy and reality.
Areas of Knowledge:
- Children's Cognitive Development
- Children's Imagination and Play
- Early Child Development
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