 I work with Dr. David Liu in the Brain and Cognitive Development lab (the "Child Think Lab"). My research interests include (but are not limited to!): trait reasoning, theory of mind, interpersonal judgments of intelligence, motivation, interpersonal emotions, and philosophy of science. Currently I'm working on my first year project; tossing around ideas about trait reasoning and academic motivation (re: Dweck, "Self-Theories," 1999). I hope to investigate cues—verbal and/or situational—which seem to prime young children to judge a person’s actions and achievements as being rigidly determined by their given traits, versus cues which seem to reinforce judgments wherein traits are seen as malleable, or changeable across time with effort by an individual. In these investigations I hope to contribute towards determining the origins of naive entity and incremental intelligence theories. I graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in psychology from the University of Dallas, Irving, TX in 2009. |