Drawing out emotion

This lecture will present a research agenda that examines experimental parameters around how we may systematically interpret children's and adolescent's drawings of single and complex emotional experiences. It will consider influences that determine aspects of children's affective drawings that may be misinterpreted by the viewer and propose questions that can be asked to inform closer interpretation of intended visual communication. The lecture will also present research that examines children's and adolescent's representations of mixed emotion experiences and the impact the findings can have on emotional assessment work with young people.

The lecture will be held in the Showroom

Refreshments available from 5.30pm

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Prof Esther Burkitt is a Professor in Developmental Psychology at the University of Chichester, previously holding lecturing posts at The Open University, UK, Victoria University, New Zealand, the University of Portsmouth, UK, and the University of Sussex, UK. Esther graduated with an honours degree in Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology from the University of Oxford in 1995, an honorary MSc Psychology from the University of Oxford in 2000 and was awarded her PhD examining expressive aspects of children’s drawings from the University of Surrey in 2000. She was awarded a PGCERT in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in 2002. Esther is a Chartered Psychologist, a Chartered Scientist, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Esther has designed and delivered a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, Social Psychology, Critical Thinking and Research Methodology.