Douglas A. Behrend Source Confirmed

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Researcher

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

17 h-index 33 pubs 1,229 cited

Research Areas

Child and Adolescent Health Behavioral and Psychological Studies Media Studies and Communication Social and Intergroup Psychology Education and Critical Thinking Development

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Douglas A. Behrend's research investigates how children acquire and distinguish between different types of information, particularly focusing on privileged versus conventional knowledge. His work examines the role of sharing and the nature of information in children's categorization processes, with recent publications exploring how young children understand what information is shared and what is only known by specific individuals. Behrend has also explored the relationship between intellectual humility and conspiracy beliefs in diverse groups, including competitive quizzers. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 17, with 33 total publications and 1,229 total citations. He has collaborated with researchers such as Lisa M. Bowers and Christina M. Barnes at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

  • h-index: 17
  • Publications: 33
  • Citations: 1,229

Selected Publications

  • Thinking Caps and Tin Foil Hats: Relations between Intellectual Humility and Conspiracy Beliefs in Competitive Quizzers and Non-Quizzers (2025) DOI
  • On a need‐to‐know basis: Young children distinguish conventional and privileged information (2024) DOI
  • The role of sharing and information type in children’s categorization of privileged and conventional information (2024) DOI
  • Child word learning in song and speech (2023) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Lisa M. Bowers University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Christina M. Barnes University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication

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