Angelica Lopez Fraire

Education

Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz

M.A. Psychology, California State University, Los Angeles

B.A. Ethnic Studies, Psychology, and Language, University of California, Riverside

CSUDH Courses

• CDV 320 - Methods & Analysis in Child Studies 
• CDV 444 – Cognition, Language and Schooling
• CDV 450 – Development in Poverty

Research Overview

My research program focuses on the sociocultural nature of children and youths’ cognitive development, especially their prosocial development via attentiveness and initiative in informal and formal learning situations. I investigate these questions by examining the cultural values (particularly in immigrant families) that foster children’s prosocial development, especially being alert to others’ needs and attentive to opportunities to contribute or help.

Selected Publications

López-Fraire, A. & Rogoff, B, Alcalá, L. (submitted). Attentive Helping as a Cultural Practice. 

Correa-Chávez, M. & López-Fraire, A. (2019). Highlighting skills of learning through participation.In I.M.García-Sánchez & M. Faulstich Orellana , Language and cultural practices in communitiesand schools: Bridging learning for students from non-dominant groups (pp. 24-40) . Routledge. 

Alcalá, L., Rogoff, B., & López Fraire, A. (2018). Sophisticated collaboration is common amongMexican-heritage US children. Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences,115, 11377-11384

Rogoff, B., Coppens, A.D., Alcalá, L., Aceves-Azuara, I., Ruvalcaba, O., López, A., & Dayton, A. (2017) Noticing learners’ strengths through cultural research. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5,876-888. 

López, A., Ruvalcaba, O & Rogoff, B. (2015). Attentive helping as a cultural practice of Mexican-heritage families. In Y.M. Caldera & E. Lindsey (Eds.), Handbook of Mexican American children and families: Multidisciplinary perspectives (pp. 76-91). Routledge. 

Rogoff, B., Alcalá, L., Coppens, A.D., López, A., Ruvalcaba, O., & Silva, K.D. (Eds.). (2014).Learning by observing and pitching in to family and community endeavors [Special issue]. Human Development, 57(2-3) .

López, A., Nafaji, B., Rogoff, B. &  Mejía Arauz, R. (2012). Collaboration and helpfulness as culturalpractices. In J. Valsiner (Ed.), Handbook of Cultural Psychology (pp. 869-884). Oxford University Press. 

López, A., Correa-Chávez, M., Rogoff, B., &  Gutiérrez, K. (2010). Attention to instruction directed toanother by U.S. Mexican-heritage Children of Varying Cultural Backgrounds. Developmental Psychology, 46, 593-601.