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Fall 2008
Class Schedule:
Course Number: PSY 322-800
Course Title: Child Psychology
Day(s): MWF
Time: 1:50-2:45
Location: Lanigan 103
Course Number: PSY 406-800
Course Title: Adv. Topics in Psych: Development & Interpersonal Relationships
Cross-listed with PSY 420
Lecture Day(s): M W
Time: 3:00-4:30
Location: Mahar 208
Lab Day(s): TBA
Time: TBA
Location: TBA
Course Number: PSY 420-800
Course Title: Adv. Topics in Psych: Development & Interpersonal Relationships
Cross-listed with PSY 420
Lecture Day(s): M W
Time: 3:00-4:30
Location: Mahar 208
Office Hours:
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Research Interests:
Matthew Dykas is a developmental psychologist whose expertise and theoretical interests lie in the area of children's and adolescents' social and emotional development. His current research program focuses principally on understanding how children and adolescents cognitively represent their experiences in close social relationships and how such cognitive representations are connected to the ways in which these individuals process social information and behave towards others.
Professional Information:
Education:
NIMH Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: (2006 – 2007) Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire
Ph.D.: (2006) Developmental Psychology, University of Maryland
M.A.: (2003) Developmental Psychology, University of Maryland
B.A.: (2000) Psychology and Religious Studies, Phi Beta Kappa, Fairfield University
Professional Organizations:
American Psychological Association
Society for Research in Child Development
Recent Papers:
Dykas, M. J., & Cassidy, J. (2007). Attachment and the processing of social information in adolescence. In M. Scharf & O. Mayseless (Eds.), New directions for child & adolescent development: Attachment in adolescence, 117, 41-56. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Dykas, M. J., Woodhouse, S. S., Cassidy, J., & Waters, H. S. (2006). Narrative assessment of attachment representations: Links between secure base scripts and adolescent attachment. Attachment & Human Development, 8 (3), 221-240.
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