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Department of Psychology

MARIE S. TISAK

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Professor
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Head of Developmental Psychology
A.B., University of California at Berkeley;
M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University, 1984

PHONE	(419) 372-2273
Email	mtisak@bgnet.bgsu.edu
OFFICE	Room 359,Psychology Building

Research Interests:

Development of social cognition and social behavior
Development of moral and social reasoning
Reasoning about authority and peer relations
Social reasoning among youth offenders
Development of aggressive behavior

Selected Publications:

Goldstein, S.E., Tisak, M.S., & Boxer, P. (2002). Preschoolers' normative and prescriptive judgments about relational and overt aggression. Early Education and Development, 1, 23-29.

Tisak, M.S., Tisak, J., & Goldstein, S.E. (2001). How do young children misbehave in the grocery store and in the school? The preschoolers' perspective. Early Education and Development, 12, 487-498.

Jackson, M., & Tisak, M. S. (2001). Is prosocial behaviour a good thing: Developmental changes in children's evaluations of helping, sharing, cooperating, and comforting. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 19, 349-367.

Tisak, M. S., Crane-Ross, D., Tisak, J., & Maynard, A. M. (2000). Mothers' and teachers' home and school rules: Young children's conceptions of authority in context, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 167-187.

Courses Taught:

PSYC 303. Psyc of Child Development
PSYC 304. Psyc of Adolescent Development
PSYC 304H. Psyc of Adolescent Development Honors
PSYC 460. Intro to Psyc Testing
PSYC 735. Social and Personality Development
PSYC 780. Special Topics in Developmental Psychology

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