Meagan M. Patterson

School of Education - Educational Psychology

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Texas at Austin

mmpatter@ku.edu

Primary office:

785-864-9763

Joseph R. Pearson Hall
Room 632

University of Kansas

1122 West Campus Rd

Lawrence, KS 66045-3101

Bio
Academics
Publications

Meagan M. Patterson is an associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Kansas. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and linguistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her MA and PhD in developmental psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on intergroup attitudes, the development of personal and group identity, and the implications of identity for academic and civic engagement.

Meagan M. Patterson specializes in intergroup attitudes, identity and self concept, and academic motivation and achievement.

Education

Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Texas at Austin

M.A., Developmental Psychology, University of Texas at Austin

B.A., Psychology & Linguistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Teaching

Courses:

EPSY 704:Advanced Educational Psychology: Learning Processes in Education

EPSY 715:Understanding Research in Education

EPSY 806:Issues in Human Growth and Development

EPSY 807:Theories and Research in Human Learning

EPSY 980:Advanced Topics: _____

Teaching Interests

Child development
Lifespan development
Learning
College teaching
Gender, race, and inequality in development and education

Research Interests

Gender and race in child development
Development of personal and group identity
Intergroup attitudes
Political and civic engagement

Selected Publications

Patterson, M. M., Kravchenko, N., Chen-Bouck, L., & Kelley, J. A. (2016). General and domain-specific beliefs about ability and intelligence among preservice and practicing teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education, 59, 180-190. DOI:10.1016/j.tate.2016.06.004

Chen-Bouck, L., & Patterson, M. M. (2015). Perceptions of parental control in China: Effects of cultural values, cultural normativeness, and perceived parental acceptance. Journal of Family Issues. DOI:10.1177/0192513X15590687

Pahlke, E., Bigler, R. S., & Patterson, M. M. (2014). Reasoning about single-sex schooling for girls among students, parents, and teachers. Sex Roles, 71, 261-271. DOI:10.1007/s11199-014-0410-8

Patterson, M. M., Pahlke, E., & Bigler, R. S. (2013). Witnesses to history: Children’s views of race in the 2008 United States presidential election. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 13, 186-210. DOI:10.1111/j.1530-2415.2012.01303.x

Patterson, M. M. (2012). Self-perceived gender typicality, gender-typed attributes, and gender stereotype endorsement in elementary-school-aged children. Sex Roles, 67, 422-434. DOI:10.1007/s11199-012-0184-9 http://www.springerlink.com/content/383mn72v653x171t/

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All Publications

Patterson, M. M. (in press). Adolescence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Patterson, M. M. (in press). Childhood. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Patterson, M. M. (in press). Cognitive Development, Theory of. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Patterson, M. M. (in press). Punishment. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Chen-Bouck, L., & Patterson, M. M. (in press). Exploring Chinese mothers’ parenting for adolescents using semi-structured interviews. In . (Ed.), Sage Research Methods Cases.

Bigler, R. S., & Patterson, M. M. (2017). Social stereotyping and prejudice in children: Insights from novel group studies. In A. Rutland, D. Nesdale, & C. S. Brown (Eds.), Wiley handbook of group processes in children and adolescents.

Bigler, R. S., Hayes, A. R., & Patterson, M. M. (2017). Social striving: Social group membership and children’s motivations and competencies . In A. Elliot, C. S. Dweck, & D. S. Yeager (Eds.), Handbook of competence and motivation: Theory and application (2nd edition)(2nd ed.) (pp. 730).

Patterson, M. M., & Bigler, R. S. (2017). Effects of Consistency between Self and In-group on Children’s Views of Self, Groups, and Abilities. Social Development. DOI:10.1111/sode.12255 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sode.12255/full

Chen-Bouck, L., Duan, C., & Patterson, M. M (2016). A qualitative study of urban Chinese middle-class mothers’ parenting for adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Research. DOI:10.1177/0743558416630815

Patterson, M. M., Kravchenko, N., Chen-Bouck, L., & Kelley, J. A. (2016). General and domain-specific beliefs about ability and intelligence among preservice and practicing teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education, 59, 180-190. DOI:10.1016/j.tate.2016.06.004

Rosen, L. H., & Patterson, M. M. (2015). The psychological development of girls and women: Rethinking change in time [Review of the book The psychological development of girls and women (2nd edition), Sheila Greene]. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 39, 556-557. DOI:10.1177/0361684315587301

Chen-Bouck, L., & Patterson, M. M. (2015). Contingent self‐worth in Chinese adolescents and young adults: Relations with global self‐esteem and depressive symptoms. Social Development, 25, 846-865. DOI:10.1111/sode.12173

Chen-Bouck, L., & Patterson, M. M. (2015). Perceptions of parental control in China: Effects of cultural values, cultural normativeness, and perceived parental acceptance. Journal of Family Issues. DOI:10.1177/0192513X15590687

Patterson, M. M. (2014). Group typicality, group loyalty and cognitive development. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 32, 252-254. DOI:10.1111/bjdp.12051

Pahlke, E., Bigler, R. S., & Patterson, M. M. (2014). Reasoning about single-sex schooling for girls among students, parents, and teachers. Sex Roles, 71, 261-271. DOI:10.1007/s11199-014-0410-8

Patterson, M. M. (2013). Putting youth political development in context [Review of the book Teenage Citizens: The Political Theories of the Young, Constance Flanagan]. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 13, 438-440. DOI:10.1111/asap.12037

Owens, R. L., & Patterson, M. M. (2013). Positive psychological interventions for children: A comparison of gratitude and best possible selves approaches. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 174(4), 403-428. DOI:10.1080/00221325.2012.697496 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00221325.2012.697496#.Ui9K4z-3gQo

Patterson, M. M., Pahlke, E., & Bigler, R. S. (2013). Witnesses to history: Children’s views of race in the 2008 United States presidential election. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 13, 186-210. DOI:10.1111/j.1530-2415.2012.01303.x

Patterson, M. M. (2012). Self-perceived gender typicality, gender-typed attributes, and gender stereotype endorsement in elementary-school-aged children. Sex Roles, 67, 422-434. DOI:10.1007/s11199-012-0184-9 http://www.springerlink.com/content/383mn72v653x171t/

Rosen, L. H., & Patterson, M. M. (2011). The self and identity. In M. K. Underwood & L. H. Rosen (Eds.), Social development (pp. 73-100). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Patterson, M. M., & Pahlke, E. (2011). Student characteristics associated with girls’ success in a single-sex school. Sex Roles, 65, 737-750. DOI:10.1007/s11199-010-9904-1 http://www.springerlink.com/content/d20g0617422221r4/

Patterson, M. Michaud (2010). American Psychological Association Style. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Patterson, M. Michaud (2010). Debriefing. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Patterson, M. M., Bigler, R. S., & Swann, W. B. (2010). When personal identities confirm versus conflict with group identities: Evidence from an intergroup paradigm. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 652–670. DOI:10.1002/ejsp.747

Green, V. A., Cillessen, A. H.N., Rechis, R., Patterson, M. M., & Hughes, J. Milligan (2008). Social problem solving and strategy use in young children. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 169, 92-112. DOI:10.3200/GNTP.169.1.92-112

Bigler, R. S., Arthur, A. E., Hughes, J. Milligan, & Patterson, M. M. (2008). The politics of race and gender: Children’s perceptions of discrimination and the U.S. presidency. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 8, 83-112. DOI:10.1111/j.1530-2415.2008.00161.x

Patterson, M. M., & Bigler, R. S. (2007). Relations among social identities, intergroup attitudes, and schooling: Perspectives from intergroup theory and research. In A. Fuligni (Ed.), Contesting stereotypes and creating identities: Social categories, social identities and educational participation (pp. 66-87). New York, NY: Russell Sage.

Bigler, R. S., & Patterson, M. M. (2007). When and why social categorization produces inequality (and vice versa). Human Development, 50, 328-332.

Patterson, M. M., & Bigler, R. S. (2007). Effects of physical atypicality on children’s social identities and intergroup attitudes. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 31, 433-444. DOI:10.1177/0165025407081472

Patterson, M. M., & Bigler, R. S. (2006). Preschool children’s attention to environmental messages about groups: Social categorization and the origins of intergroup bias. Child Development, 77, 847-860. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00906.x http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00906.x/abstract

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