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Willis F. Overton

Willis F. Overton

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Psychology

D-Index
52
Citations
8789
World Ranking
5048
National Ranking
2768

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1977 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Willis F. Overton is affiliated with Temple University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields of study including Neuroscience, Psychology, and Mathematics, with focused subfields in Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Statistics and Probability.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, notably:

  • Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
  • Educational and Psychological Assessments
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

Overton has contributed to the academic dialogue through publications in venues such as Mind Brain and Education. One recent paper authored by Mary Helen Immordino-Yang featuring Overton discusses a commemorative topic titled "In Memoriam: Remembering Kurt W. Fischer" published in 2020.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
  • David B. Daniel
  • Richard M. Lerner

In recognition of professional contributions, Overton was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1977.

Best Publications

  • Processes, Relations, and Relational‐Developmental‐Systems

    Willis F. Overton

  • Models of Development and Theories of Development

    Hayne W. Reese;Willis F. Overton

  • Developmental Psychology: Philosophy, Concepts, Methodology

    Willis F. Overton

  • A New Paradigm for Developmental Science: Relationism and Relational-Developmental Systems

    Willis F. Overton

  • Turn Left at the Church, Or Three Miles North A Study of Direction Giving and Sex Differences

    Shawn L. Ward;Nora Newcombe;Willis F. Overton

  • Reasoning, necessity, and logic: Developmental perspectives.

    Willis F. Overton

  • Exemplifying the Integrations of the Relational Developmental System: Synthesizing Theory, Research, and Application to Promote Positive Development and Social Justice

    Richard M. Lerner;Willis F. Overton

  • Life-span development: Concepts and issues.

    Willis F. Overton

  • The development of cognitive gender constancy and sex role preferences.

    Dale E. Marcus;Willis F. Overton

  • Reasoning about certainty and uncertainty in concrete, causal, and propositional contexts.

    James P. Byrnes;Willis F. Overton

  • The representation of imagined objects in action sequences: a developmental study.

    Willis F. Overton;Joseph P. Jackson

  • Personality as the basis for theoretical predilections.

    John A. Johnson;Christopher K. Germer;Jay S. Efran;Willis F. Overton

  • Form and Content in the Development of Deductive Reasoning.

    Willis F. Overton

  • Relationism and relational developmental systems: a paradigm for developmental science in the post-Cartesian era.

    Willis F Overton

  • The Role of Negative Priming in Preschoolers' Flexible Rule Use on the Dimensional Change Card Sort Task

    Ulrich Müller;Anthony Steven Dick;Katherine Gela;Willis F. Overton

  • Competence and procedures: Constraints on the development of logical reasoning.

    Willis F. Overton

  • On the Assumptive Base of the Nature-Nurture Controversy: Additive versus Interactive Conceptions

    W.F. Overton

  • World Views and Their Influence on Psychological Theory and Research: Kuhn-Lakatos-Laudan

    Willis F. Overton

  • The Relationship Between Social and Cognitive Development

    Willis F. Overton

  • Semantic Familiarity, Relevance, and the Development of Deductive Reasoning

    Shawn L. Ward;Willis F. Overton

  • Development Across the Life Span

    Willis F. Overton

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard M. Lerner
Richard M. Lerner Tufts University
Ulrich Müller
Ulrich Müller University of Victoria
James P. Byrnes
James P. Byrnes Temple University
Anthony Steven Dick
Anthony Steven Dick Florida International University
Frank C. Keil
Frank C. Keil Yale University
Elliot Turiel
Elliot Turiel University of California, Berkeley
David M. Brodzinsky
David M. Brodzinsky Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Gilbert Gottlieb
Gilbert Gottlieb University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeremy I. M. Carpendale
Jeremy I. M. Carpendale Simon Fraser University
Vicki Anderson
Vicki Anderson Murdoch Children's Research Institute

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