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Barbara Fredrickson: Works, Research & Art

Barbara Lee Fredrickson (born June 15, 1964) is an American professor in the department of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology. She is also the Principal Investigator of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab (PEPLab) at the University of North Carolina at…

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Barbara Fredrickson topic overview

The analysis highlights Works, Research and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around Barbara Fredrickson.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
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Extracted relationships
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Concept neighborhoods
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Bridge connections
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What this topic covers Research coverage

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Research · 13 topics
Overview · 8 topics
Recognition · 2 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Awards
Society of Experimental Social Psychology's Career Trajectory Award 2008 Inaugural Christopher Peterson Gold Medal 2013 Toronto-based TANG Foundation's Prize 2017
Born
(1964-06-15) June 15, 1964 (age 62)
Discipline
Psychologist
Doctoral advisor
Laura L. Carstensen
Institutions
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Notable ideas
Broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions

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How Barbara Fredrickson connects Entity context

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Barbara Fredrickson

Top relations

related to Broaden-and-build · 10
Barbara Fredrickson → Broaden-and-Build Theory, Central, Did, Emotions, For, From, How, If, Positive Emotions, The
Awards · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → Society of Experimental Social Psychology's Career Trajectory Award 2008 Inaugural Christopher Peterson Gold Medal 2013 Toronto-based TANG Foundation's Prize 2017
Born · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → (1964-06-15) June 15, 1964 (age 62)
Discipline · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → Psychologist
Doctoral advisor · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → Laura L. Carstensen
Institutions · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Notable ideas · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → Broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions
Notable works · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → Research in emotions and positive psychology
Sub-discipline · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → Social psychologist
Thesis · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → Anticipated endings : an explanation for selective social interaction (1990)

Important terminology

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Important terminology

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Barbara Fredrickson relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 21 structured relationships around Barbara Fredrickson. Examples in this analysis include Barbara Fredrickson → Awards → Society of Experimental Social Psychology's Career Trajectory Award 2008 Inaugural Christopher Peterson Gold Medal 2013 Toronto-based TANG Foundation's Prize 2017 and Barbara Fredrickson → Born → (1964-06-15) June 15, 1964 (age 62). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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Barbara FredricksonAwardsSociety of Experimental Social Psychology's Career Trajectory Award 2008 Inaugural Christopher Peterson Gold Medal 2013 Toronto-based TANG Foundation's Prize 20171.00infobox
Barbara FredricksonBorn(1964-06-15) June 15, 1964 (age 62)1.00infobox
Barbara FredricksonDisciplinePsychologist1.00infobox
Barbara FredricksonDoctoral advisorLaura L. Carstensen1.00infobox
Barbara FredricksonInstitutionsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1.00infobox
Barbara FredricksonNotable ideasBroaden-and-build theory of positive emotions1.00infobox
Barbara FredricksonNotable worksResearch in emotions and positive psychology1.00infobox
Barbara FredricksonSub-disciplineSocial psychologist1.00infobox
Barbara FredricksonThesisAnticipated endings : an explanation for selective social interaction (1990)1.00infobox
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Barbara Fredricksonrelated to Broaden-and-buildCentral0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Barbara Fredrickson bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Carolina, Chapel and Hill. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Barbara Fredrickson, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Barbara Fredrickson with Research. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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Barbara FredricksonResearch · splits 13 ⟂ 14
Barbara FredricksonOverview · splits 18 ⟂ 9
Barbara FredricksonRecognition · splits 24 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Barbara Fredrickson

Nodes27
Edges26
Triples21
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Barbara Fredrickson to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Research & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Barbara Fredrickson · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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