Psychology

Degrees:

• Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1984
• M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1982
• B.S, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1980

Teaching Interests:

• Child Development
• Advanced Developmental
• Cognitive Processes
• Aging
• Graduate Research Methods
• Psychology of Language
• Child Abuse
• Teaching of Psychology

Research Interests:

• Child development, particularly in the development of language and memory skills in pre-school and school-aged children.
• Children's testimony in legal cases
• Children's eyewitness abilities and suggestibility
• Legal reforms to accommodate child witnesses

On the editorial board of the journal Law and Human Behavior, Dr. Warren serves as the coordinator of the Research Master's degree program.

Recent Publications:

Warren-Leubecker, A. & Bohannon, J.N. (1982). The effects of expectation and feedback on speech to foreigners. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 11, 207-215.

Warren-Leubecker, A. & Bohannon, J.N. (1983). The effects of verbal feedback and listener type on the speech of preschool children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 35, 540-548.

Maple, T.L. & Warren-Leubecker, A. (1983). Variability in the parental conduct of great apes. In M. Reite and N. Caine (Eds.) Child abuse: The non-human primate data (pp. 119-137). New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc.

Warren-Leubecker, A. & Bohannon, J.N. (1984). Intonation patterns in child-directed speech: Mother-father differences. Child Development, 55, 1379-1385.

Bohannon, J.N., Warren-Leubecker, A. & Hepler, N. (1984). Word order awareness and early reading. Child Development, 55, 1541-1548.

Bohannon, J.N. & Warren-Leubecker, A. (1985). Theoretical approaches to language acquisition. In J. Berko-Gleason (Ed.), The development of language (pp. 173-226). Columbus, Ohio: Merrill.

Warren-Leubecker, A. & Bohannon, J.N. (1985). Language in society: Variation and adaptation. In J. Berko-Gleason (Ed.), The development of language (pp. 331-367). Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Co.

Warren-Leubecker, A. (1987). Competence and performance factors in word order awareness and early reading. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 43, 62-80.

Warren-Leubecker, A. & Carter, B.W. (1988). Reading and growth in metalinguistic awareness: Relations to socioeconomic status and reading readiness. Child Development, 59, 728-742.

Bohannon, J.N. & Warren-Leubecker, A. (1988). Recent developments in speech to children: We've come a long way baby-talk. Language Sciences, 10, 89-110.

Bohannon, J.N. & Warren-Leubecker, A. (1989). Theoretical approaches to language acquisition. In J. Berko-Gleason (Ed.), The development of language (2nd ed., pp. 167-223). Columbus, Ohio: Merrill.

Warren-Leubecker, A. & Bohannon, J.N. (1989). Pragmatics: Language in social contexts. In J. Berko-Gleason (Ed.), The development of language (2nd ed., pp. 327-368). Columbus, Ohio: Merrill.

Warren-Leubecker, A., Tate, C., Hinton, I., & Ozbek, N. (1989). What do children know about the legal system and when do they know it? First steps down a less traveled path in child witness research. In S. Ceci, M. Toglia, & D. Ross (Eds.), Perspectives on children's testimony (pp. 158-183). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Warren, A.R., Hulse-Trotter, K., & Tubbs, E. (1991). Inducing resistance to suggestibility in children. Law and Human Behavior, 15, 273-285.

Warren, A.R. & Tate, C.S. (1991). Egocentrism in children's telephone conversations: In R. Diaz & L. Berk (Eds.), Private speech: From social interaction to self-regulation (pp. 245-264). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Tate, C.S. & Warren, A.R. & Hess, T. (1992). Adults' liability for children's "lie-ability": Can adults coach children to lie successfully? .In S.J. Ceci, M. Leichtman and M. Putnick (Eds.), Cognitive and social factors in early deception (pp. 69-87). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Warren, A.R. & Swartwood, J. (1992). Developmental issues in flashbulb memory research: Children recall the Challenger event. In E. Winograd & U. Neisser (Eds.), Affect and accuracy in recall: The problem of flashbulb memories (pp. 95-120). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Warren, A.R. & McCloskey, L. (1993). Pragmatics: Language in social contexts. In J. Berko-Gleason (Ed.), The development of language (3rd ed., pp. 195-237). New York: McMillan.

McGough, L & Warren, A.R. (1994). The all-important investigative interview. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 45, 15-29.

Warren, A.R. & Lane, P. (1995). The effects of timing and type of questioning on eyewitness accuracy and suggestibility. In M.S. Zaragoza, J.R. Graham, G.C.N. Hall, R. Hirschman, & Y.S. Ben-Porath (Eds.), Memory and testimony in the child witness (pp. 44-60). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Walker, A.G. & Warren, A.R. (1995). The language of the child abuse interview: Asking the questions, understanding the answers. In T. Ney (Ed.), True and false allegations in child sexual abuse: Assessment and case management (pp. 153-162). New York: Brunner-Mazel.

Warren, A.R. & McGough, L. (1996). Research on children's suggestibility: Implications for the investigative interview. In G. Goodman & B. Bottoms (Eds.), International perspectives on child witnesses (pp. 12-44). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Warren, A.R. & McGough, L. (1996). Research on children's suggestibility: Implications for the investigative interview. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 23, 269-303.

Warren, A.R., Woodall, C.E., Hunt, J.S., & Perry, N.W. (1996). "It sounds good in theory, but...": Do investigative interviewers follow guidelines based on memory research? Child Maltreatment, 1, 231-245.

Key, H.G., Warren, A.R., & Ross, D.F. (1996). Perceptions of repressed memories - A reappraisal. Law and Human Behavior, 20, 555-563.

Warren, A.R. & McCloskey, L. (1997). Language in social contexts. In J. Berko-Gleason (Ed.), The development of language (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon Publishing Co.

Huffman, M.L., Warren, A.R., & Larson, S.M. (1999). Discussing truth and lying duiing investigative interviews with child witnesses: Whether, how, and why? Applied Developmental Science, 3(1), 6-15.

Brady, M., Poole, D.A., Warren, A.R., & Jones, H.R. (1999). Children’s responses to yes-no questions: Patterns and problems. Applied Developmental Science, 3(1), 47-57.

Warren, A.R., Woodall, C.E., Thomas, M., Nunno, M. A., Keeney, J., Larson, S.M., & Stadfeld, J.A. (1999). Assessing the effectiveness of a training program for investigative interviews with children. Applied Developmental Science, 3(2), 128-135.

Warren, A.R., & Woodall, C.E. (in press). The reliability of hearsay: How well do interviewers recall their interviews with children? Psychology, Public Policy, & Law.

Published Reviews and Commentaries:

Warren-Leubecker, A. (1985). Review of S. Kuczaj. (Ed.) Discourse development: Advances in cognitive development research. Springer-Verlag, 1984. In Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography. 59, 317-318.

Warren-Leubecker, A. (1986). Review of S. Romaine The growth of communicative competence: The language of children and adolescents, 1984. In Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography, 60, 248-249.

Warren-Leubecker, A. (1991). The influence of stress and arousal on the child witness. In J. Doris (Ed.), The suggestibility of children's recollections: Implications for eyewitness testimony (pp. 83-85). Washington, D.C: American Psychological Association.

Warren-Leubecker, A. (1991). The development of event memories or event reports? J. Doris (Ed.), The suggestibility of children's recollections: Implications for eyewitness testimony (pp. 24-26). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Warren, A.R. (1994). Beyond the suggestibility debate in child witness research. Review of G. Goodman & B. Bottoms (Eds.), Child victims, child witnesses: Understanding and improving testimony. Applied Developmental Psychology. 15, 501-507.