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Dr. Jane Berry

Professor of Psychology
  • Profile

    Dr. Jane M. Berry is an adult developmental psychologist whose research interests span cognitive and metacognitive aging, stereotypes of aging, and most recently, factors that predict support (and non-support) for the Black Lives Matter movement, including beliefs about white privilege, critical race theory, and race, racism, and race relations.

    Dr. Berry earned a B.A. in psychology, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology with a concentration in adult development and aging, from Washington University in St. Louis. 

  • Selected Publications
    Journal Articles

    Zakrzewski, A. C., Sanders, E. C., & Berry, J. M. (2021). Evidence for age-equivalent and task-dissociative metacognition in the memory domain. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 630143. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.630143

    Sanders, E. C., Berry, J. M., (2020). Evidence for an age-related positivity effect in metacognitive judgments, The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa177 

    Zakrzewski, A.C., Wisniewski, M., Williams, H., & Berry, J.M. (2019). Artificial neural networks reveal individual differences in associative memory and metacognition. PLOS One, 14(7): e0220526. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220526

    Fox, M. C., Baldock, Z., Freeman, S. P., & Berry, J. M. (2016). The role of encoding strategy in younger and older adult associative recognition: A think-aloud analysis. Psychology and Aging, 31(5), 471–480. https://doi-org.newman.richmond.edu/10.1037/pag0000111

    Berry, J., Williams, H., Thomas, K., & Blair, J. (2015). Perceptions of competence: Age moderates views of healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease. Experimental Aging Research, 41(1), 157-176. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2015.1001653

    Fox, M. C., Berry, J. M., & Freeman, S. P. (2014). Are vocabulary tests measurement invariant between age groups? An item response analysis of three popular tests. Psychology and Aging. 29(4), 925-938. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038217

    Berry, J.M., Williams, H.L., Usubalieva, A., & Kilb, A. (2013).  Metacognitive awareness of the associative deficit for words and names. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 20(5), 592-619. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2012.761670

    Simmons, C., Worrell, F., & Berry, J. (2008). "Psychometric properties of scores on three black racial identity scales." Assessment, 15, 259-276. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191108314788

    Berry, J.M., & Street, B.M. (2004). Review of Personal control in social and life course contexts, (S. H. Zarit, L. I. Pearlin, & K. W. Schaie, Eds.), Contemporary Gerontology, New York, NY:  Springer Publishing Company, Inc.

    Berry, J. M., & Jobe, J.B. (2002) "At the intersection of personality and adult development." Journal of Research in Personality, v. 36, Issue 4, 283-286. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0092-6566(02)00009-0

    Book Chapters

    Artistico, D., Berry, J.M.,Black, J., Cervone, D., Lee, C., & Orom, H. (2011). Psychological functioning in adulthood:  A self-efficacy analysis. In C. Hoare (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of reciprocal adult development and learning, 2nd ed.  New York, NY:  Oxford University Press.

    Berry, J., Hastings, E., West, R., Lee, C., & Cavanaugh, J. C. (2010). Memory aging: Deficits, beliefs, and interventions. In J. C. Cavanaugh, C. K. Cavanaugh, J. Berry, & R. West (Eds.), Praeger perspectives. Aging in America, Vol. 1. Psychological aspects (pp. 255-299). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger/ABC-CLIO.

    Cervone, D., Artistico, D., & Berry, J. (2006). Self-efficacy and adult development. In C. H. Hoare (Ed.), Handbook of adult development and learning. Oxford University Press.