Suzanne B. Lovett
Associate Professor of Psychology, Chair of Psychology Department
Fall 2008
- on leave for the 2008-09 academic year
| Phone | (207) 725-3153 |
| Title | Associate Professor |
| Department | PSYCHOLOGY |
| Work Location | 225 Kanbar Hall |
| slovett@bowdoin.edu |
Education:
A.B. Bowdoin College
Ph.D. Stanford University
Professor Lovett specializes in cognitive development. She teaches courses in child development, language development, and statistics. Her research interests are children's conception of probability and randomness and their ability to distinguish between the mental processes of comprehension and memory.
Selected Publications
Pillow, B.H. & Lovett, S.B. (1998). "He forgot": Young children's use of cognitive explanations for another person's mistakes. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly.
Full Text
Lovett, S.B. & Pillow, B.H. (1996). Development of the ability to distinguish between comprehension and memory: Evidence from goal-state evaluation tasks. Journal of Educational Psychology, 88, 596-562.
Lovett, S.B. & Pillow, B.H. (1995). Development of the ability to distinguish between comprehension and memory: Evidence from strategy-selection tasks. Journal of Educational Psychology, 87, 523-526.
Lovett, S.B. & Flavell, J.H. (1990). Understanding and remembering: Children's knowledge about the differential effects of strategy and task variables on comprehension and memorization, Child Development, 61, 1842-1858.