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Between the ages of 3 and 8 years children's understanding of time and knowledge undergoes substantial developments. I am especially interested in supervising work on children's counterfactual thinking - speculating about what might have been - and how this relates to their executive development and emotional experience (e.g. regret). Other aspects of this project can include research on children's handling of uncertainty in the past, present or future.
More information about work in my lab can be found here
http:\\psychology-people.bham.ac.uk\people\Sarah.Beck
Funding Notes:
Competitive funds are available through the university
Applications are welcomed all year round, but we strongly encourage applications early in the academic year to allow consideration for funding.
References:
Beck, S.R., Carroll, D.J., Brunsdon, V.E.A., & Gryg, C.K. (2011). Supporting children's counterfactual thinking with alternative modes of responding. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 108, 190 - 202.
Robinson, E.J., Pendle, J., Rowley, M., Beck, S.R., & McColgan, K.L.T. (2009) Guessing imagined and live chance events: Adults behave like children with live events. British Journal of Psychology, 100, 645-659.
Beck. S.R., Robinson, E.J., Carroll, D.J, & Apperly, I.A. (2006) Children's thinking about counterfactuals and future hypotheticals as possibilities. Child Development, 77(2), pp. 413 - 426.