129 Holmes Hall
alipko@brockport.edu
Office Phone: (585) 395-5082

Education

2002

2005

2008

B.A., Psychology, The College of New Jersey

M.A., Experimental Psychology, Kent State University

Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Kent State University

Development of metacognition, an individual's reflective awareness of their own thinking and knowledge, in childhood.  Specifically, children's overconfidence in their cognitive abilities.

Lipko, A. R., Dunlosky, J., Lipowski, S.L., Merriman, W.E. (in press).  Young Children Are Not Underconfident with Practice: The Benefit of Ignoring a Fallible Memory Heuristic.  Journal of Cognition and Development.

Dunlosky, J., Hartwig, M., Rawson, K.A., Lipko, A.R. (2011). Improving college students' evaluation of text learning using idea-unit standards. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 64 (3), 467–484.

Lipko, A.R., Dunlosky, J., Hartwig, M., Rawson, K.A., Swan, K., & Cook, D.L. (2009).  Using standards to improve middle-school students’ accuracy at evaluating the quality of their recall.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 15, 307-318. 

Lipko, A.R., Dunlosky, J., & Merriman, W.E.  (2009). Persistent overconfidence despite practice: The role of task experience in preschoolers’ recall predictions. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 103, 152-166.

Merriman, W.E., Lipko, A.R., & Evey, J.A.  (2008).  How young children judge whether a word is one they know: A dual criterion account.  Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 101, 83-98.

Merriman, W.E. &  Lipko, A.R. (2008).  A dual criterion account of the development of linguistic judgment in early childhood. Journal of Memory and Language, 58, 1012-1031.

Dunlosky, J., & Lipko, A.R.  (2007). Metacomprehension: A brief history and how to improve its accuracy.  Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16(4), 228-232.

Awards:

2006-2007

2003-2005

UUP Individual Development Grant

Reuter Fellowship in Developmental Science, Kent State University

Teaching Fellow, Graduate Assistant Orientation Program, Kent State University

Courses:

Currently:

Future:

Previously:

Principles of Psychology, Child Psychology, Cognitive Development

Introductory Psychology

Introductory Psychology, Cognitive Development