May 02, 2008             Psychology Department        College of Behavioral & Social Sciences        San Francisco State University

Jae H. Paik, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Area: Developmental Psychology

Contact Information

Office: EP 305

Office Phone: (415) 405-0577

Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 10:00-11:30am & by appt.

Email: jaepaik@sfsu.edu

Lab: EP 209

Lab Phone: (415) 405-0555

Website: Learning and Development Lab

Research Interests

Dr. Paik received her Ph.D. in developmental psychology and cognitive science from Indiana University in 2005. Her research focuses on the development of early mathematical concepts, comparison processes, and verb acquisitions. She is particularly interested in the intricate relation between language, culture, and conceptual development. She is currently conducting various studies examining the cross-cultural differences between English, French, Korean, and Chinese speaking children’s cognitive development.

Representative Publications

Paik, J. H. & Mix, K. S. (2003). U.S. and Korean children’s comprehension of fraction names: A re-examination of cross-national differences. Child Development, 74, 144-154. [PDF]

Paik, J. H. & Mix, K. S. (2006). Preschooler’s use of surface similarity in object comparisons: Taking context into account. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 95(3), 194-214. [PDF]

Mix, K. S. & Paik, J. H. (2008). Do Korean Fraction Names Promote Part-Whole Reasoning? Journal of Cognition and Development, 9(2), 145-170.

Paik, J. H. & Mix, K. S. (in press). It's all relative: Different levels of relational similarity used in children's comparisons. British Journal of Developmental Psychology.

Childers, J. and Paik, J.H. (in press). Korean- and English-Speaking Children Use Comparison in Verb Learning. Journal of Child Language.

Courses Offered

Psychology Department

San Francisco State University

1600 Holloway Avenue

San Francisco, CA 94132

Phone: (415) 338-2167

Fax: (415) 338-2398

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