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31st APS Annual Convention

Connecting the Past, Present, and Future: How Individual and Contextual Factors Influence Beliefs About the Future

Friday, May 24, 2019 · Washington, DC

Oral · Developmental

Prospective thinking abilities are vital to development and survival. How individuals predict the future likely varies, however, depending on their past and current life experiences. This symposium considers the role of a variety of contextual and individual factors, including development, minority status, trauma history, and physiological states, on future thinking.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Deborah GoldfarbChair
    Florida International University

Presentations

  1. Using the Past to Forecast the Future: Relation to Multiple-Marginalized Group Membership in Emerging Adults Hannah Kramer, Luis Parra, Karen Lara, Paul Hasting, Lagattuta Kristin
  2. Maltreatment’s Relation to Children and Adolescents’ Predictions of Future Sibling BehaviorStacy Metcalf, Kelli Dickerson, Deborah Goldfarb, Jodi Quas, Kristin Lagattuta
  3. Refugee Children's Prosocial Development Following AdversityEleanor Myatt, Tina Malti
  4. The Effects of Episodic Simulation and Motivation on 3- to 5-Year-Olds’ Future Reasoning in an Induced-State Episodic Foresight TaskCaitlin Mahy, Masson Chelsey, Amanda Krause