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Valanne L. MacGyvers, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
 
B.S., Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, 1986

Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, 1993

Post Doctoral Fellowship at UCLA, Educational Psychology, 1992-1994
 
P.O. Box 43131
Lafayette LA 70504
Girard Hall, Room 208
Phone: 337/482-6588
E-Mail: macgyvers@louisiana.edu
 
Short List of Research Interests
 
  • Primary research interest is in Achievement Motivation, especially in the individual differences in the selection and use of available cognitive processes in a learning situation. Secondary Research interest is in Child Sexual Abuse, especially in the preparation of professionals who deal with abused children. Also, adolescence, identity formation, social cognition and emotional influences on cognitive processes
 
 
 
 
 

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