Chris Moore

Killam Professor  
Psychology

Education 

• 1985, PhD, Cambridge, UK
• 1981, BA Hons, Cambridge, UK 

Affiliations
   
Associate Editor: Journal of Cognition and Development, 1999-2004. Editorial Boards: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2006-7; Social Development, 2000-present; Journal of Cognition and Development, 2005-present; Infancy, 2006-present. Grant selecton panel: National Institutes of Health – Cognition and Perception Study Section (U.S.A.) Conference review panel: Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting 2004, 2006. 
 

Publications
More than 19 refereed papers, published 4 books

Website:  http://myweb.dal.ca/moorec/

E-mail: Dr. Chris Moore

Early development of social understanding

Dr. Chris Moore's research interests fall within the area of the development of  commonsense psychology in young children. Commonsense psychology is 
the kind of folk psychology that people use in their everyday lives. 
For example, we may say that people can see things, feel things and  want things. Although they start out with no such under-standing,  within the space of a few years, children reach a point where they are able to use quite complex psychological reasoning to make sense of their social worlds. This is a remarkable achievement even if it is just common sense!