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Sam L. Witryol

Sam L. Witryol

Title: Professor Emeritus


Departmental Program: Developmental

E-mail: sam.witryol@uconn.edu

Office Phone: (860) 486-0565

Department of Psychology
406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-1020

Preferred Means of Contact: Telephone or Postal Mail

 

Research Interests:

  • Intrinsic motivation.
  • Curiousity in children's information processing.

Undergraduate courses:

  • Child Psychology
  • Psychological Tests and Measurements

Representative Publications:

  • Witryol, S. L. (1991). Child Psychology, 2091. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 152, 606-612. (Invited paper for centennial issue of journal founded by G. Stanley Hall.)
  • Alberti, E. T., & Witryol, S. L. (1994). The relationship between curiousity and cognitive ability in third- and fifth-grade children. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 155, 129-145.
  • Cahill-Solis, T. L., & Witryol, S. L. (1994). Children's exploratory play preferences for four levels of novelty in toy constructions. Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs, 120, 393-408.

Other:

  • Consulting Editor, Journal of Genetic Psychology
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs.