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Research Interests
Culture and Nature: At the broadest level we are interested in how conceptions of nature and our relationships with nature affect how we act on it. Is nature most present when humans are absent or are humans part of nature? This research is a collaboration involving my colleague, Megan Bang, and often involves both Native and non-Native children and adults in the Seattle, Washington area and the Chicago Indian community. We are studying the role of culture as it relates to knowledge and reasoning about the natural world. Most recently we have been focusing on ecological cognition and complex systems thinking, including work with Sonya Sachdeva from US forestry on perceptions of ecosystems, including urban ecosystems. Obviously we also care about environmental decision making.
Our lab team’s interests are broader than the above description. Janene Cielto researches how African American women’s hair texture affects social interactions. Natalie Gallagher is interested in social network cognition and how forms of identity may affect it. Alissa Baker-Oglesbee works as part of the culture and STEM research team but also on heritage language preservation and Native identity.
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, PhD, University of South Dakota
… → 1968
Psychology, MA, University of South Dakota
… → 1966
Psychology, BA, Moorhead State College, Moorhead, MN
… → 1965
Research interests keywords
- Children's learning
- Cognition and models
- Cognitive science
- Conceptual learning
- Culture and learning
- Diversity
- Epistemologies and learning
- Native American learning
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Grants
- 27 Finished
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WORKSHOP: Enhancing robustness and generalizability in the social and behavioral sciences
9/1/16 → 8/31/18
Project: Research project
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Off-campus Portion of WORKSHOP: Enhancing robustness and generalizability in the social and behavioral sciences
9/1/16 → 8/31/18
Project: Research project
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Participant Support Costs for WORKSHOP: Enhancing robustness and generalizability in the social and behavioral sciences
9/1/16 → 8/31/18
Project: Research project
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Multidisciplinary Program in Educational Sciences
Schanzenbach, D. W., Jackson, C. K., Rapp, D. N., Spillane, J. P., Adam, E. K., Chase-Lansdale, L., Coburn, C. E., Cook, T. D., Destin, M. P., Easterday, M. W., Figlio, D. N., Gerber, E. M., Guryan, J. E., Hedges, L. V., Horn, M. S., Ispa-Landa, S. Z., Lam, W. S. E., Lee, C. D., Medin, D. L., Rosenbaum, J. E., Sherin, B. L., Smilowitz, K., Spencer, B. D. & Uttal, D. H.
Institute of Education Sciences
9/1/14 → 8/31/21
Project: Research project
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ERRATUM: Trolley problems in context (Judgment and Decision Making)
Shallow, C., Iliev, R. & Medin, D., 2023, In: Judgment and Decision Making. 18, 1, e10 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Comparative Psychology and Human Cognition
Medin, D. & Cole, M., Jan 1 2022, Handbook of Learning and Cognitive Processes. Taylor and Francis, p. 111-149 39 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Hands On: Nonverbal Communication in Native and Non-Native American Parent–Child Dyads During Informal Learning
Novack, M. A., Standley, M., Bang, M., Washinawatok, K., Medin, D. & Waxman, S., 2022, In: Developmental psychology. 58, 1, p. 32-42 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Look to the field
Iliev, R., Medin, D. & Bang, M., Feb 10 2022, In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 45, 2100050.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Theories of Discrimination Learning and Learning Set
Medin, D. L., Jan 1 2022, Handbook of Learning and Cognitive Processes. Taylor and Francis, p. 131-169 39 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
1 Scopus citations