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The Social Development Lab conducts both basic and applied research focused on young children’s development. Many American children at the beginning of the 21st century are faced with a more unstable environment than previous generations. Stress placed on neighborhoods and families by economic hardship, drugs, the threat of violence, and divorce leave many children in tenuous situations in which to receive and/or feel nurture. The Social Development Lab focuses on how these situations influence the way young children feel and think about their social worlds. We are particularly interested in young children who experience frequent social conflicts and the identification of social information processing patterns that place them at risk for this conflict. |