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| Ansley Tullos Gilpin Assistant Professor |
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| Developmental Science | |||||
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| Office: | 192 Gordon Palmer |
PY105 Honors Introductory Psychology |
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| Phone: | (205) 348-9903 | ||||
| FAX: | (205) 348-8648 | ||||
| E-Mail: | agilpin@ua.edu | ||||
| Website: | Kidlab | ||||
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| Research Interests: | My main area of interest is in how children distinguish fantasy from reality. In this research, I interview children ages 3 to 8 about their beliefs in fantastical entities, and investigate how children develop the ability to use scientific reasoning skills, testimony from other people, their existing world knowledge and social interactions to distinguish real from not real. Current research projects involve examining limitations children put on the testimony they receive, and whether general cognitive skills, such as executive functions, play a key role in the development of the fantasy/reality distinction. | ||||
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| Recent Publications: |
Boerger, E. B., Tullos, A., & Woolley, J. D. (2009). Return of the Candy Witch: Individual differences in acceptance and stability of belief in a novel fantastical being. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27, 953-970. |
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Tullos, A., & Woolley, J. D. (2009). The development of children’s ability to use evidence to infer reality status. Child Development, 80, 101-114. |
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| Woolley, J. D., & Tullos, A. (2008). Imagination and fantasy. In M. Haith, & J. Benson (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development, Elsevier Press (pp. 117-127). | |||||