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  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Peter A. Ornstein is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spans several areas within psychology, focusing primarily on developmental and educational psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience. Their work also intersects with sociology, political science, and social psychology.

Ornstein's frequent publication venues include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
  • Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • Journal of Cognition and Development
  • Applied Cognitive Psychology

Research topics central to Ornstein's work encompass:

  • Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Education and Character Development
  • Child Development and Education
  • Deception detection and forensic psychology

Prominent papers authored by Ornstein include:

  • "Toward an Understanding of the Development of Skilled Remembering: The Role of Teachers' Instructional Language" (2020), published in Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • "Mark I. Appelbaum (1941-2020)." (2021), published in American Psychologist

Other related works in which Ornstein is connected, through frequent co-authors, cover related aspects of child development and memory, including:

  • "The Development of Children's Autobiographical and Deliberate Memory Through Mother-Child Reminiscing" (2023), Journal of Cognition and Development
  • "The development of children's early memory skills" (2020), UNC Libraries
  • "The influence of prior knowledge on inexperienced interviewers' questioning of children" (2022), Applied Cognitive Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ornstein include:

  • Jennifer L. Coffman
  • Jennie K. Grammer
  • Olivia Cook
  • Catherıne A. Haden
  • Patrick J. Curran

Ornstein was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1984. Their work continues to contribute to the understanding of memory development, instructional language, and related fields within psychology.

Best Publications

  • Coherence of Personal Narratives Across the Lifespan: A Multidimensional Model and Coding Method

    Elaine Reese;Catherine A. Haden;Lynne Baker-Ward;Patricia Bauer

  • Rehearsal processes in children's memory

    Peter A. Ornstein

  • Children's memory for a personally experienced event: Implications for testimony

    Peter A. Ornstein;Betty N. Gordon;Deanna M. Larus

  • Young Children's Long-Term Retention of a Pediatric Examination

    Lynne Baker-Ward;Betty N. Gordon;Peter A. Ornstein;Deanna M. Larus

  • Children's Memory for a Salient Medical Procedure: Implications for Testimony

    Kathy Ann Merritt;Peter A. Ornstein;Brenda Spicker

  • Mother-child conversational interactions as events unfold: linkages to subsequent remembering.

    Catherine A. Haden;Peter A. Ornstein;Carol O. Eckerman;Sharon M. Didow

  • Rehearsal and Organizational Processes in Children's Memory.

    Peter A. Ornstein;Mary J. Naus;Charles Liberty

  • Boosting Children's Memory by Training Mothers in the Use of an Elaborative Conversational Style as an Event Unfolds

    Amy M. Boland;Catherine A. Haden;Peter A. Ornstein

  • Working memory subsystems and task complexity in young boys with Fragile X syndrome.

    S Baker;S Hooper;M Skinner;D Hatton

  • ADHD symptoms in children with FXS.

    Kelly Sullivan;Deborah Hatton;Julie Hammer;John Sideris

  • Learning to Remember: Social-Communicative Exchanges and the Development of Children's Memory Skills.

    Peter A. Ornstein;Catherine A. Haden;Amy M. Hedrick

  • The Expression of Memorization in Early Childhood.

    Lynne Baker-Ward;Peter A. Ornstein;Debra J. Holden

  • Effects of the Knowledge Base on Children's Memory Strategies

    Peter A. Ornstein;Mary J. Naus

  • Memory for Everyday and Emotional Events

    Nancy L. Stein;Peter A. Ornstein;Barbara Tversky;Charles Brainerd

  • Children's memory for witnessed events: The developmental backdrop.

    Charles J. Brainerd;Peter A. Ornstein

  • Children's memory for emergency medical treatment after one year: the impact of individual difference variables on recall and suggestibility

    Elaine Burgwyn-Bailes;Lynne Baker-Ward;Betty N. Gordon;Peter A. Ornstein

  • Executive Functions in Young Males With Fragile X Syndrome in Comparison to Mental Age-Matched Controls: Baseline Findings From a Longitudinal Study

    Stephen R. Hooper;Deborah Hatton;John Sideris;Kelly Sullivan

  • Does the use of dolls facilitate children's memory of visits to the doctor?

    Betty N. Gordon;Peter A. Ornstein;Robert E. Nida;Andrea Follmer

  • The Influence of Prior Knowledge on Children’s Memory for Salient Medical Experiences

    Peter A. Ornstein;Lauren R. Shapiro;Patricia A. Clubb;Andrea Follmer

  • Creating Illusions of Knowledge: Learning Errors that Contradict Prior Knowledge.

    Lisa K. Fazio;Sarah J. Barber;Suparna Rajaram;Peter A. Ornstein

  • Reminiscing in the Early Years: Patterns of Maternal Elaborativeness and Children's Remembering.

    Catherine A. Haden;Peter A. Ornstein;David J. Rudek;Danielle Cameron

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine A. Haden
Catherine A. Haden Loyola University Chicago
Donald B. Bailey
Donald B. Bailey Research Triangle Park Foundation
Deborah D. Hatton
Deborah D. Hatton Vanderbilt University
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler University of Wisconsin–Madison
John J. Rieser
John J. Rieser Vanderbilt University
Stephen R. Hooper
Stephen R. Hooper University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John Sideris
John Sideris University of Southern California
Charles J. Brainerd
Charles J. Brainerd Cornell University
Wolfgang Schneider
Wolfgang Schneider University of Würzburg
Elizabeth F. Loftus
Elizabeth F. Loftus University of California, Irvine

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