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Scholarship

Books

  1. Galotti, Kathleen M.  (2011).  Cognitive development:  Infancy through adolescence.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.
  2. Galotti, Kathleen M. (2008). Cognitive psychology in and out of the laboratory 4th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.
  3. Galotti, Kathleen M. (2004). Cognitive psychology in and out of the laboratory 3rd ed. Pacific Grove, CA: Wadsworth/Thompson.
  4. Galotti, Kathleen M. (2002). Making decisions that matter: How people face important life choices. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  5. Galotti, Kathleen M. (1999). Cognitive psychology in and out of the laboratory 2nd ed. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
  6. Galotti, Kathleen M. (1994). Cognitive psychology in and out of the laboratory. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Empirical Reports and Theoretical Reviews

PDF files of the articles are available by clicking on their titles

  1. Galotti, Kathleen M. & Tinkelenberg, Carey E.  Real-Life Decision-Making:  Parents: Choosing a First-Grade Placement. (2009), American Journal of Psychology, 122, 455-468.
  2. Galotti, Kathleen M., Kozberg, Steven F., & Gustafson, Mary.  (2009).  Goal Setting and Decision Making by At-Risk Youth.  The Prevention Researcher 16(2), 17-20.
  3. Galotti, Kathleen M. (2007). Decision structuring in important real-life decisions. Psychological Science, 18, 320-325.
  4. Galotti, Kathleen M., Ciner, Elizabeth, Altenbaumer, Hope E., Geerts, Heather J., Rupp, Allison, & Woulfe, Julie. (2006). Decision-making styles in a real-life decision: Choosing a college major. Personality and Individual Differences, 41, 629-639.
  5. Murray-Close, Dianna, Crick, Nikki R., & Galotti, Kathleen M. (2006). Children's Moral Reasoning Regarding Physical and Relational Aggression. Social Development, 15, 345-372.
  6. Galotti, Kathleen M. (2005). Setting goals and making plans: How children and adolescents frame their decisions. In J. E. Jacobs & P. A. Klaczynski (Eds.), The development of judgment and decision making in children and adolescents (pp. 303-326). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  7. Galotti, Kathleen M., Reimer, Rebecca L, & Drebus, David W. (2001) Ways of knowing as learning styles: Learning MAGIC with a partner. Sex Roles, 44, 419-436.
  8. Galotti, Kathleen M. (2001). Helps and hindrances for adolescents making important real-life decisions. Invited submission, special issue of Journal of Applied Development, 22, 275-287.
  9. Galotti, Kathleen M.; Pierce, Beverly; Reimer, Rebecca L.; & Luckner, Amy E. (2000). Midwife or doctor: A study of pregnant women making childbirth decisions. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, 45, 320-329.
  10. Galotti, Kathleen M. (1999). Making a “major” real life decision: College students choosing an academic major. Journal of Educational Psychology, 91, 1-9.
  11. Galotti, Kathleen M., Clinchy, Blythe M., Ainsworth, Kathryn J., Lavin, Beth, & Mansfield, Annick F. (1999). A new way of assessing ways of knowing: The Attitudes Toward Thinking and Learning Survey (ATTLS). Sex Roles, 40, 745-766.
  12. Galotti, Kathleen M., Komatsu, Lloyd K. , Voelz, Sara. (1997). Children's differential performance on deductive and inductive syllogisms. Developmental Psychology, 33, 70-78.
  13. Galotti, Kathleen M. , & Kozberg, Steven F. (1996). Adolescents’ experience of a life-framing decision. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 25, 3-16.
  14. Galotti, Kathleen M. (1995). A longitudinal study of real-life decision making: Choosing a college.Applied Cognitive Psychology, 9, 459-484.
  15. Galotti, Kathleen M. (1995). Memories of a “decision-map”: Recall of a real-life decision. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 9, 307-319.
  16. Galotti, Kathleen M., & Mark, Melissa C. (1994). How do high school students structure an important life decision? A short-term longitudinal study of the college decision-making process.Research in Higher Education, 35, 589-607.
  17. Simons, Daniel J. & Galotti, Kathleen M. (1992). Everyday planning: An analysis of time management. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 30, 61-64.
  18. Galotti, Kathleen M., Kozberg, Steven F., & Farmer, Maria C. (1991). Gender and developmental differences in adolescents' conceptions of moral reasoning. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 20, 13-30 .
  19. Galotti, Kathleen M., Kozberg, Steven F., & Appleman, Deborah (1990). Younger and older adolescents' thinking about vocational and interpersonal commitments. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 50, 324-339.
  20. Galotti, Kathleen M., Kossman, Debra A., & Sabini, John P. (1990). Generating explanations of social and nonsocial events. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 28, 455-458.
  21. Galotti, Kathleen M. (1989). Gender differences in self-reported moral reasoning: A review and new evidence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 18, 475-488.
  22. Galotti, Kathleen M. (1989). Approaches to studying formal and everyday reasoning.Psychological Bulletin, 105, 331-351.
  23. Galotti, Kathleen M. & Komatsu, Lloyd K. (1989). Correlates of syllogistic reasoning skills in middle childhood and early adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 18, 85-96.
  24. Galotti, Kathleen M. & Kozberg, Steven F. (1987). Older adolescents' thinking about academic and interpersonal commitments. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 16, 313-330.
  25. Galotti, Kathleen M., Baron, Jonathan, & Sabini, John P. (1986). Individual differences in syllogistic reasoning: Deduction rules or mental models? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 115, 16-25.
  26. Komatsu, Lloyd K., & Galotti, Kathleen M. (1986). Children's reasoning about social, physical, and logical regularities: A look at two worlds. Child Development, 57, 413-420.
  27. Galotti, Kathleen M. & Ganong, William F. III (1985). What non-programmers know abut programming: Natural language procedure specification. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 22, 1-10.
  28. Landauer, Thomas K., Galotti, Kathleen M., & Hartwell, Steven (1983). Natural command names and initial learning: A study of text-editing terms. Communications of the ACM, 26, 495-503.
  29. Streeter, Lynn A., MacDonald, Nina H., Apple, William, Krauss, Robert M., & Galotti, Kathleen M. (1983). Acoustical and perceptual indicators of emotional stress. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 73, 1354-1360.
  30. Galotti, Kathleen M. & Neisser, Ulric (1982). Young children's recall of Christmas. Quarterly Newsletter of the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition, 4, 72-74.
  31. Pedagogical Articles
  32. Galotti, Kathleen M.  (2008).  Teaching Reasoning and Decision-Making in Introductory Cognitive Science Courses.  Claremont, CA:  Hewlett Project on Cognitive Science.  http://www.lcs.pomona.edu/HewlettCognitiveScience.
  33. Singer, Susan R., Elveton, Roy O., & Galotti, Kathleen M. (2005). Everything Old is New Again: Circularity and Singularity in Science as a Liberal Art." In (Ed.), Beyond Two Cultures: The Sciences as Liberal Arts. Santa Barbara, CA: Westmont College Press.
  34. Galotti, Kathleen M. (2004). On being 'rigorous.’ In S. Singer & C. Rutz, (Eds.), Reflections on Learning as Teachers (pp. 229-238). Northfield, MN: College City Press.
  35. Haunsperger, Deanna; Galotti, Kathleen M., Cass, Marion, & Paas, Martha White. (2002). Where does the time go? Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 23, 91-94.
  36. Elveton, Roy O., Galotti, Kathleen M., Komatsu, Lloyd K., Rand, Matthew S., & Singer, Susan R. (2000). Origins and mind: An integrated academic experience for new students. Liberal Education, 86, 32-40.
  37. Galotti, Kathleen M. (1998). Valuing connected knowing in the classroom. The Clearing House, 71, 281-283.
  38. Galotti, Kathleen M., Haunsperger, Deanna B., Kennedy, Stephen F., & Komatsu, Lloyd K. (1998). When Your Spouse is Your Departmental Colleague: Dual-Career Couples in Liberal Arts Colleges. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 18, 175-178.
  39. Galotti, Kathleen M. (1995). Reasoning about reasoning: A course project. Teaching of Psychology, 22, 66-68.
  40. Galotti, Kathleen M. (1989). Describing the development of a developmental psychologist: An alternative term paper assignment. Teaching of Psychology, 16, 18-20.

Pedagogical Articles

Galotti, Kathleen M.  (2008).  Teaching Reasoning and Decision-Making in Introductory Cognitive Science Courses.  Claremont, CA:  Hewlett Project on Cognitive Science. http://www.lcs.pomona.edu/HewlettCognitiveScience.

Reviews and Commentaries

  1. Galotti, Kathleen M. (1999). Legislating styles. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 13, 92-94.
  2. Galotti, Kathleen M. (1998). Contexts for planning. Contemporary Psychology, 43, 576-577.
  3. Galotti, Kathleen M. (1997). Neuropsychological investigations of memory made accessible. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 11, 180-182.
  4. Galotti, Kathleen M. (1996). Bridging and reframing studies of cognition. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 10, 269-270.
  5. Galotti, Kathleen M. & Komatsu, Lloyd K. (1993). Why study deduction? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 16, 350.
  6. Galotti, Kathleen M. (1991). A tale of two developmental texts. Contemporary Psychology, 36, 250-252.
  7. Landauer, Thomas K. & Galotti, Kathleen M. (1984). What makes a difference when? Comments on Grudin and Barnard. Human Factors, 26, 423-429.

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