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Zhen Wu
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Tsinghua University
Beijing
Language: English, Chinese
Social Cognition
Moral Development
Emotion
Socio-Emotional Intelligence
Psychology
Development
Cognition
Behavior
Intelligence
Emotion Regulation
Areas of Focus
- Development of social cognition
- Moral development
- Emotion
- Socio-emotional intelligence
Work Experience
- 2019.1 to present - Tsinghua University - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
- 2016.4 to present - Tsinghua University - Research Director, Lifelong Learning Laboratory
- 2015.8-2018.12 - Tsinghua University - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2009.8 – 2015.5 Doctorate in Psychology: University of Iowa
- 2005.9 – 2009.7 Bachelor of Science in Psychology: Yuanpei College, Peking University
Publications
- To Risk or Not: The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Preschoolers’ Risky Decision-Making for Gains and Losses, Hoid D, Guo Z., He Z., Wu J., Wu Z., 2024
- Reinforcement learning of altruistic punishment differs between cultures and across the lifespan, Guo, Z., Yu, J., Wang, W., Lockwood, P., & Wu, Z., 2024
- FairMindSim: Alignment of Behavior, Emotion, and Belief in Humans and LLM Agents Amid Ethical Dilemmas, Lei, Y., Liu, H., Xie, C., Liu, S., Yin, Z., Chen, C., Li, G., Torr, P., & Wu, Z., 2024
- Does screen exposure necessarily relate to behavior problems? The buffering roles of emotion regulation and caregiver companionship, Wu, Z., Yu, J., & Xu, C., 2023
- The emerging techno-microsystem and its longitudinal influences on Chinese young children’s behavior problems, Yu, J., Xu, C., & Wu, Z., 2023
- Intelligence mindset in Chinese children: The role of parental praise and autonomy support, Li, K., Zhang, J., Wu, Z., & Zheng, Y., 2023
- Empathy as a buffer: How empathy moderates the emotional effect in preschoolers’ sharing, Guo, R. & Wu, Z., 2021
- Children’s restorative justice in an intergroup context, Yang, X., Wu, Z., & Dunham, Y., 2021
- To punish or to restore: How children evaluate victims’ responses to immorality, Liu, X., Yang, X., & Wu, Z., 2021
- How intergroup relation moderates the group bias in Third-Party Punishment, Guo, R., Ding, J., & Wu, Z., 2020
- Emotion makes a difference: Induced sadness reduces preschool boys’ sharing behavior, Guo, R., He, Z., & Wu, Z., 2019
- Preschoolers’ group bias in punishing selfishness in the ultimatum game, Wu, Z., Gao, X., 2018
- “She is looking at me! Shall I share?” How Chinese and American preschoolers respond to eye gaze during sharing, Wu, Z., Chen, X., Gros-Louis, J., & Su, Y., 2018
- Differential inter-trial effects in the visual search of children, adolescents, and young adults, An, J., Wen W., Wu, Z., & Wan X., 2018
- Physical exercise predicts social competence and general well-being in Chinese children 10 to 15 years old: A preliminary study, Su, J., Wu, Z., & Su, Y., 2018
- Motivation counts: Autonomous but not obligated sharing promotes happiness in preschoolers, Wu, Z., Zhang, Z., Guo, R., & Gros-Louis, J., 2017
- The value of vocalizing: 10-month-olds’ vocal usage relates to language outcomes at 15 months, Wu, Z., & Gros-Louis, J., 2017
- Caregivers provide more labeling responses to infants’ pointing than to infants’ object-directed vocalizations, Wu, Z., & Gros-Louis, J., 2015
- How do preschoolers’ sharing behavior relate to their theory of mind understanding?, Wu, Z., & Su, Y., 2014
- Infants’ prelinguistic communicative acts and maternal responses: Relations to linguistic development, Wu, Z., & Gros-Louis, J., 2014
- How joint attention relates to cooperation in 1- and 2-year-olds, Wu, Z., Pan, J., Su, Y., & Gros-Louis, J., 2013
- Twelve-month-olds' vocal production during pointing in naturalistic interactions: Sensitivity to parents' attention and responses, Gros-Louis, J., & Wu, Z., 2012
Awards
- Tsinghua University 2023 Young Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (2024.7)
- Tsinghua University SRT Program Excellent Organization Award (2022.12)
- Tsinghua University 2021 Teaching Excellence Award (2022.9)
- Ministry of Education Higher Education Psychology Teaching Reform Project (2022.6)
- Beijing Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award First Prize (2022.6)
- Tsinghua University Course Ideology and Politics Demonstration Teacher, Demonstration Course (2022.6)
- Tsinghua University Outstanding Admissions Newcomer Award (2021.9)
- Tsinghua University Academic Newcomer Award (2021.7)
- Tsinghua University Teaching Achievement Award First Prize (2021.7)
- Tsinghua University Online Teaching Innovation Case (2020.7)
- Tsinghua University Ninth Young Faculty Basic Skills Competition Second Prize (2020.12)
- Tsinghua University First Annual Teaching Excellence Award (2017.9)
- Tsinghua University Zhongying Young Scholar (2017.1)
- China National Scholarship Council Outstanding Overseas Student Scholarship (2015.2)
- 119th American Psychological Association Best Paper Report (2011.8)
- Peking University 17th 'Challenge Cup' - May Fourth Youth Science Award Competition Special Prize (2009.5)
- Peking University President's Fund (2007.9)
