Associate Professor

Developmental Science

Office: 317A Hobbs
Phone: 615-322-1522
Fax: 615-343-9494
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Curriculum Vitae

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Degrees

• Ph.D. (University of Illinois, 2000)

Research Area

• Developmental Psychology

Current Positions

• Associate Professor of Psychology, Peabody College; Investigator, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development.

Representative Publications

• Troseth, G. L., Pierroutsakos, S. L., & DeLoache, J. S. (2004). From the innocent to the intelligent eye: The early development of pictorial competence. In R. Kail (Ed.), Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Vol. 32.
• Troseth, G. L. (2003). Getting a clear picture: Young children's understanding of a televised image. Developmental Science, 6(3), 247-253.
• Troseth, G. L. (2003). TV Guide: 2-year-olds learn to use video as a source of information. Developmental Psychology, 39(1),140-150.
• Pierroutsakos, S. L., & Troseth, G. L. (2003). Video Verite: Infants' manual investigation of objects on video. Infant Behavior and Development, 177, 1-17.
• Troseth, G. L., & DeLoache, J. S. (1998). The medium can obscure the message: Young children's understanding of video. Child Development, 69, 950-965.

Biography

Professor Troseth's research focuses on young children's symbolic development, including their understanding of symbolic artifacts (e.g., pictures, video images, scale models) and of the intent to symbolize. In the general area of knowledge representation, Dr. Troseth is specifically interested in children's representations of the mental states - the intentions, beliefs, desires, and knowledge - of other people.