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Dr. Robert Guttentag
Professor of Psychology | University of North Carolina Greensboro
Office:  Eberhart 290 | Phone: (336) 256-0005
email: regutten@uncg.edu


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Major Area: Cognitive Development

Dr. Robert Guttentag studies cognitive development, wtht a particular focus on children's memory, developmental change in counterfactual thinking (thinking about "what might have been"), and children's understanding of complex cognitive emotions  (regret, relief, suprise, disappointment). 



Ferrell, J., Gredlein, J., & Guttentag, R. (2009).  Children’s understand of counterfactual emotions: Age differences, individual differences, and the effects of counterfactual-information salience.  British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27(3), 569-585.

 Guttentag, R., & Ferrell, J. (2008). Age differences in children’s understanding of anticipatory regret and disappointment.  Emotion & Cognition, 22 (5), 815-832.

 Guttentag, R. & Ferrell, J. (2004).  Reality compared with its alternatives: Age differences in judgments of regret and relief.  Developmental Psychology, 40 (5), 764-775.

Dixon, J., Guttentag, R., & Byrne, R. (2009). Counterfactual 'if only' conditionals. Cognitive Science Society, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

 Powell, N. & Guttentag, R. (2009). Biases in Children's and Adults' Moral Judgments. Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, California.

 Gredlein, J., Ferrell, J., & Guttentag, R. (2005). The development of children’s understanding of disappointment.  Presentation at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development.  Atlanta, GA.

 Ferrell, J., Gredlein, J., & Guttentag, R. (2005). Children’s understanding of counterfactual emotions: Individuals differences and task demands.  Presentation at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development.  Atlanta, GA.

 Guttentag, R. (2005).  Developmental change in children’s understanding of regret and disappointment.  Presentation as part of the symposium: “Piecemeal or Wholesale: How Do Children Acquire Emotion Concepts?” American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.

 Ferrell, J. M., & Guttentag, R. E. (2005). The effects of counterfactual salience and individual differences on children's understanding of counterfactual emotions. Paper presentation as part of the symposium: “Counterfactual thinking in children” at the European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Tenerife , Spain.


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