Professor
Ph.D. Yale University
Area: Developmental

Contact Information

Email: twila@umich.edu
Psychology Office: 2014 East Hall
Psychology Phone: 734-763-3286

Alternate Office: 2441 East Hall

Research and Teaching Interests

My research interests include cross-language comparison in Chinese and English speaking children; caregiving in Chinese families; and beliefs in preschool children.

Representative Publications

Tardif, T., & Miao, X.C. (2000). Developmental psychology in China. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 24, 68-72.

Tardif, T. & Wellman, H.M. (2000). Acquisition of mental state language in Mandarin- and Cantonese-speaking children. Developmental Psychology, 36, 25-43.

Tardif, T., Gelman, S.A., & Xu, F. (1999). Putting the “noun bias” in context: A comparison of Mandarin and English. Child Development, 70(3), 620-635.

On Sabbatical Winter 2008

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