Carole L. Menig-Peterson FRSC (born 1947) is an American–Canadian child psychologist. She is a professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland who specializes in early childhood memory. In 2012, Peterson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for pioneering narrative ability, eyewitness memory, and early childhood amnesia.
Carole Peterson | |
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 Carole Peterson in 2012 | |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BSc, University of Washington PhD, 1974, University of Minnesota |
| Thesis | Communicative and narrative behavior of pre-school aged children (1974) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
Early life and education
editAs an undergraduate student at the University of Washington, Peterson was named a National Merit Finalist.[1] Upon graduating, she enrolled at the University of Minnesota for her PhD.[2]
Career
editFollowing her PhD in 1974, Peterson spent over a decade outside of academia before accepting a faculty position at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) in 1991. Her research at MUN heavily focused on children's development of narrative skills and children's memory.[3] In 2012, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for pioneering narrative ability, eyewitness memory, and early childhood amnesia.[4] Peterson continued to conduct research on childhood memory as it pertains to the legal system. In 2016, she received a grant to lead a five-year study titled "Assessing Interviews and Recall in Children." The aim of the study was to improve children's credibility as witnesses.[5] In 2021, Peterson revealed that one's earliest memories could date back to when they were two-and-a-half years old, despite most people placing their earliest memories as happening at three-and-a-half to four years old.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Robin Johnson, Janet Miller Among University Scholars". Longview Daily News. November 9, 1985. Retrieved April 17, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Carole Peterson". Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ "Outstanding faculty and staff recognized at Memorial". Memorial University of Newfoundland. November 22, 2006. Archived from the original on February 17, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ "Memorial professors receive Canada's highest scholarly accolade". Memorial University of Newfoundland. October 1, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ Green, Jeff (September 16, 2016). "Critical Thinkers". Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ "Earliest memories can start from the age of two-and-a-half, new study shows". Eurekalert. June 11, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
External links
edit- Carole Peterson publications indexed by Google Scholar