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How do relationships with others influence the way we handle everyday
problem solving at different stages of life?
How do different types of communication with diverse social partners
foster healthy aging?
What factors are involved in the development of interactional rhythms
between mothers and infants?
How does the loss of a close friendship influence a child's ability
to navigate developmental hurdles?
How do children and adolescents make sense of their interpersonal
conflicts?
The Social-Developmental cross-area focuses on developmental questions
concerning social relationships, social-interpersonal processes, and
social cognition. This is a particularly active specialization, as
practically all of the Developmental faculty have research interests
that involve one or more aspects of the social-interpersonal domain.
Also, many of the Social Psychology faculty have research interests
that involve potential continuities or discontinuities across the
lifespan of particular social processes. For example, many current
research projects investigate how developmental processes are embedded
in rich, diverse social environments, and how interactions between
individuals and these environments change over the lifespan. Research
in this cross-area also focuses on how psychological development in
multiple domains (such as reasoning, emotion, and motivation) is shaped
by individuals' actual social experiences and the way in which they
represent these experiences to themselves and to others. Students
and faculty working in this cross-area integrate theories and methods
from developmental, social, and clinical psychology to investigate
processes of social-developmental change taking place at multiple
levels over the life course.
- Social
Development
- Development
of peer relations
- Social
and systemic perspectives on psychopathology
- Intimate
relationships over the lifespan
- Advanced
seminar in social and personality development
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