PEGGY De COOKE, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology

Tel: (914) 251-6658

Fax:
(914) 251-6635

Office:
Nat. Sci. 1003

School of Natural and Social Sciences
Purchase College, SUNY
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577

pdecooke@purvid.ns.purchase.edu

 

Education:  
A.B., 1982, University of Michigan
M.S., 1985, and Ph.D., 1989, University of Pittsburgh

Areas of Expertise: Child and adolescent development; social-cognitive development; developmental sport psychology

Honors and Awards: Office of Special Education, Predoctoral Training Grant Fellow, 1982-1987; Dean's Commendation for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 1986; Provost's Development Fund Fellowship, 1986-1987; Student Psychological Association, Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1992

Courses taught: Child Development; Adolescent Psychology; Social Development; Social Issues in Developmental Psychology; Theories of Development; Practicum in Child Development; Sport Psychology; Psychology Junior Seminar

Research Interests: Social and social-cognitive development in childhood and adolescence; children's knowledge of social norms; help-seeking; perceptions of competence; influence of body image on conceptions of the self in adolescence 1

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