A. (Andrea) Gradassi
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group Developmental Psychology
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
Postal address
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Postbus 15916
1001 NK Amsterdam
Contact details
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Profile
In my PhD I study social learning strategies in adolescents and adults. I look at what type of peers (close friends, popular, smart) are most influential within classrooms, what types of social cues (confidence, expertise, majority) people use when they look at others’ opinions, and weather following others is beneficial or not. The main outcomes of my projects are:
- Students in classrooms learn more from those socially close to them in their social network, those who are considered smart, or popular (Gradassi et al., 2023)
- Confident people are followed more, even when there is no information on whether they are right or not (Gradassi et al., 2022)
- High-status teenagers can boost prosocial behaviour of their classmates (in prep.)
- Adolescents learn to use social cues of confidence and expertise to improve their decisions over development (in prep.)
- Sensitivity to peer influence in adolescents is helpful to explore uncertain environments (in progress)
Research expertise
- Social learning
- Social influence
- Adolescence
- Social Networks
Other links
- Research group Connected Minds
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Research
Research methods
- Behavioral Experiments
- Social Network Analysis
- Questionnaires
- Simulations
- Computational Modeling
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Publications
2023
Gradassi, A., Slagter, S. K., da Silva Pinho, A., Molleman, L., & van den Bos, W. (2023). Network Distance and Centrality Shape Social Learning in the Classroom. School Psychology, 38(2), 67-78. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000490 [details]- Slagter, S. K., Gradassi, A., van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K., & van den Bos, W. (2023). Identifying who adolescents prefer as source of information within their social network. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 20277. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46994-0 [details]
2020
- Molleman, L., Tump, A. N., Gradassi, A., Herzog, S., Jayles, B., Kurvers, R. H. J. M., & van den Bos, W. (2020). Strategies for integrating disparate social information. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1939), Article 20202413. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2413 [details]
Others
- da Silva Pinho, A. (organiser), Gradassi, A. (organiser), Molleman, L. (participant) & van den Bos, W. (participant) (13-7-2022 - 15-7-2022). 5th Early Career Social Learning Research Network Workshop, Amsterdam. 5th ESLR Workshop - Social learning across the lifespan and generations. Small scientific meeting across several disciplines (biology, psychology, (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
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Ancillary activities
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Gradassi, A., Slagter, S. K., da Silva Pinho, A., Molleman, L., & van den Bos, W. (2023). Network Distance and Centrality Shape Social Learning in the Classroom. School Psychology, 38(2), 67-78.