Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Josephine Ross is a lecturer within the School of Psychology. Her research and teaching area is Developmental Psychology. She is particularly interested in how and when children develop a sense of self. Josephine started a lectureship at Dundee in September 2008, graduating with a PhD from the University of Stirling in June 2009.
Research
Josephine's primary research interest is in the development of self-awareness. She is interested in approaching this topic from a number of different perspectives, including those of cognitive, social, comparative and cross-cultural psychology. She is also interested in researching related socio-cognitive capacities, such as the development of theory of mind, meta-cognition, morality/prosocial behaviour, and executive function (particularly memory and self-regulation). Visit the MiniMeLab website to find out more.
Teaching
- Year 1 Introductory Psychology (Science and Society)
- Year 2 Research Skills (Research Methodology)
- Year 3 Developmental Psychology (Socio Cognitive Development)
- Years 4/5 Advanced Study Module (The development of self-awareness), Developmental Theories (Ethology)
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Stirling
Master of Science, University of Stirling
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Stirling
Keywords
- BF Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Self-awareness
- Self-regulation
- Social cognition
- Prosocial behaviour
- Autobiographical memory
Network
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Projects 2016 2022
Art, Attachment Agency: Exploring the Social Functions of Childhood Art Making
1/09/18 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
Research Output 2006 2019
2
Citations
(Scopus)
A Dyadic Art Psychotherapy Group for Parents and Infants: Piloting Quantitative Methodologies for Evaluation
Armstrong, V. G., Dalinkeviciute, E. & Ross, J., 28 Mar 2019, In : International Journal of Art Therapy. 24, 3, p. 113-124 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Art
Group Psychotherapy
Art Therapy
Parents
Psychotherapy
Children’s perception of visual and auditory ambiguity and its link to executive functions and creativity
Taranu, M., Wimmer, M. C., Ross, J., Farkas, D., van Ee, R., Winkler, I. & Denham, S. L., 1 Aug 2019, In : Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 184, p. 123-138 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Auditory Perception
Visual Perception
Creativity
Executive Function
Aptitude
1
Citation
(Scopus)
The me in memory: The role of the self in autobiographical memory development
Ross, J., Hutchison, J. & Cunningham, S. J., 15 Jan 2019, In : Child Development. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Ego
Episodic Memory
Self Concept
self-concept
Amnesia
Applying self-processing biases in education: Improving learning through ownership
Cunningham, S., Scott, L., Hutchison, J., Ross, J. & Martin, D., Sep 2018, In : Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 7, 3, p. 342-351 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Ownership
Learning
Education
Bilingual advantage, bidialectal advantage or neither? Comparing performance across three tests of executive function in middle childhood
Ross, J. & Melinger, A., Jul 2017, In : Developmental Science. 20, 4, p. 1-21 21 p., e12405.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Executive Function
Linguistics
Language
Control Groups
Activities 2017 2017
- 1 Festival/Exhibition
Women in Science
Alissa Melinger (Speaker), Josephine Ross (Speaker), Mariel Symeonidou (Speaker), Yaroslava Goncharova (Speaker)5 Mar 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Festival/Exhibition
Thesis
Fetal responsiveness to auditory and tactile stimulation
Author: Marx, V., 2018Supervisor: Nagy, E. (Supervisor) & Ross, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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