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| JACQUELINE WOOLLEYSummaryAffiliation: University of Texas Country: USA Publications
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Thinking about fantasy: are children fundamentally different thinkers and believers from adults?J D Woolley
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin 78712, USA
Child Dev 68:991-1011. 1997..Suggestions are offered as to how children and adults may differ in this domain, and an agenda for future research is offered...
Where theories of mind meet magic: the development of children's beliefs about wishingJ D Woolley
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin 78712, USA
Child Dev 70:571-87. 1999....
Development of beliefs about the origins and controllability of dreamsJacqueline D Woolley
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA
Dev Psychol 38:24-41. 2002..Beliefs in controllability were higher among females. Study 3 showed that the emotional content of a dream affects these claims...
A visit from the Candy Witch: factors influencing young children's belief in a novel fantastical beingJacqueline D Woolley
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Dev Sci 7:456-68. 2004..Belief remained high one year later. At both time points, the number of other fantastical beings in which a child believed was significantly related to belief in the Candy Witch...
Verbal-behavioral dissociations in developmentJacqueline D Woolley
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, 1 University Station, A8000, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Child Dev 77:1539-53. 2006..It is concluded that a variety of factors are involved in producing these dissociations, and that a richer picture of development will result from attention to these factors...
Development of beliefs about storybook realityJacqueline D Woolley
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Dev Sci 10:681-93. 2007..In Experiment 2, 136 4- and 5-year-olds heard similar stories. Results replicated those from Experiment 1, and also indicated a growing awareness of the basic nature of realistic fiction...
Effects of context on judgments concerning the reality status of novel entitiesJacqueline D Woolley
Department of Psychology, 1 University Station, A8000, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Child Dev 77:1778-93. 2006..These findings demonstrate that children share with adults an important means of assessing reality status...
Research Grants
- Development and Formation of Reality-Status JudgmentsJacqueline D Woolley; Fiscal Year: 2010..The findings of the proposed studies will potentially have important implications for preschool and elementary education, parenting, and clinical practice with young children. ..
- Development and Formation of Reality-Status JudgmentsJACQUELINE WOOLLEY; Fiscal Year: 2007..The findings of the proposed studies will potentially have important implications for preschool and elementary education, parenting, and clinical practice with young children. ..
