What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Developmental psychology
- Linguistics
Her main research concerns Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Social cognition, Social relation and Imitation.
Her research is interdisciplinary, bridging the disciplines of Social learning and Social psychology.
Her Social cognition research includes themes of Cognitive development, Joint attention, Gesture and Comprehension.
Malinda Carpenter has included themes like Helping behavior and Cognitive psychology in her Social relation study.
Her work investigates the relationship between Cognitive psychology and topics such as Theory of mind that intersect with problems in Volition, Cultural cognition and Cultural learning.
Her Imitation research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Belongingness and Ostracism.
Her most cited work include:
- Understanding and sharing intentions: The origins of cultural cognition (2773 citations)
- Social Cognition, joint attention and communicative Competence from 9 to 15 months of age (1824 citations)
- A new look at infant pointing. (611 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
Malinda Carpenter mostly deals with Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Cognitive psychology, Imitation and Social cognition.
Her Developmental psychology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Social relation, Interpersonal relationship and Gesture.
Her Social psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Cognitive development, Nonverbal communication and Child development.
Her Cognitive psychology research includes themes of Control, Imitative learning, Autism, Theory of mind and Focus.
Her work is dedicated to discovering how Imitation, Social learning are connected with Conformity and Experiential learning and other disciplines.
Her Social cognition research focuses on Joint attention and how it relates to Cultural learning.
She most often published in these fields:
- Developmental psychology (55.88%)
- Social psychology (44.85%)
- Cognitive psychology (25.00%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2012-2021)?
- Social psychology (44.85%)
- Developmental psychology (55.88%)
- Prosocial behavior (17.65%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Her main research concerns Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Prosocial behavior, Imitation and Interpersonal relationship.
Social psychology is closely attributed to Social learning in her work.
Her Developmental psychology study combines topics in areas such as Social relation, Social group and Cognitive development.
She interconnects School age child, Sympathy and Dictator game in the investigation of issues within Prosocial behavior.
Malinda Carpenter has researched Imitation in several fields, including Inference and Comprehension.
Malinda Carpenter focuses mostly in the field of Control, narrowing it down to matters related to Cognitive psychology and, in some cases, Nonverbal communication.
Between 2012 and 2021, her most popular works were:
- Selective imitation of in-group over out-group members in 14-month-old infants. (173 citations)
- The social side of imitation (108 citations)
- Being Mimicked Increases Prosocial Behavior in 18‐Month‐Old Infants (100 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Developmental psychology
- Linguistics
Malinda Carpenter focuses on Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Imitation, Group membership and Prosocial behavior.
She combines subjects such as Theory of mind and False belief with her study of Developmental psychology.
Her work on Cheating and Chemistry as part of general Social psychology study is frequently linked to Video recording, Joint activity and Joint commitment, bridging the gap between disciplines.
Her Imitation research incorporates themes from Social learning and Comprehension.
The Group membership study combines topics in areas such as Interpersonal communication and Group norms.
Her studies in Prosocial behavior integrate themes in fields like Age differences, Developmental research, Sympathy and Harm.
This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s
body of work. If you have any feedback, you can
contact us
here.
