Carole Peterson
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EducationBSc, University of Washington
PhD, 1974, University of Minnesota
PhD, 1974, University of Minnesota
InstitutionsMemorial University of Newfoundland
Carole Peterson | |
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 Carole Peterson in 2012 | |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BSc, University of Washington PhD, 1974, University of Minnesota |
| Thesis | Communicative and narrative behavior of pre-school aged children (1974) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
Carole L. Menig-Peterson FRSC (born 1947) is an American–Canadian child psychologist. She is a professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland who specializes in early childhood memory. In 2012, Peterson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for pioneering narrative ability, eyewitness memory, and early childhood amnesia.
As an undergraduate student at the University of Washington, Peterson was named a National Merit Finalist.[1] Upon graduating, she enrolled at the University of Minnesota for her PhD.[2]
