Stephen J. Ceci

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Stephen J. Ceci is an American psychology professor. He studies the accuracy of children's courtroom testimony (particularly as it applies to allegations of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect), as well as the development of intelligence and memory.

Ceci received his B.A. in 1973 from the University of Delaware, his M.A. in 1975 from the University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. in 1978 from the University of Exeter, England. He currently holds a lifetime endowed chair in child development at Cornell University.

Ceci is a member of five national advisory boards: 1) The White House Task Force on Federal Funding Priorities for Research on Children and Adolescents, 2) NSF Advisory Board on Social, Economic and Behavioral Sciences, 3) The Canadian Institute of Advanced Research, and 4) The National Academy of Sciences' Board on Cognitive, Behavioral and Sensory Sciences. 5) The National Research Council's SERP (Strategic Educational Research and Planing Committee.

In 1995, Ceci was part of an 11-member American Psychological Association task force led by Ulric Neisser which published "Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns," a report written in response to The Bell Curve.

Ceci introduced in 1990 his "Bio-Ecological Theory of Intelligence". According to it, level of mental activities or IQ are very dependent on context they are happening in. That's why, for instance, IQ tests are not appliable to "real-life" situations.

The Social Science Citation Index lists over three thousand citations of Ceci's work.

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Ceci, S. J. (1990). On Intelligence ... more or less: A bio-ecological treatise on intellectual development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Century Psychology Series.

Ceci, S. J. (1996). On Intelligence: A bio-ecological treatise on intellectual development. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Ceci, S. J. & Bruck, M. [1995]. Jeopardy in the courtroom: The scientific analysis of children’s testimony. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. (Winner of the 2000 William James Book Award by APA)

Bronfenbrenner, U., P. McClelland, E. Wethington, P. Moen, and S.J. Ceci. [1996]. The State of Americans. New York: The Free Press.

Williams, W.M & Ceci, S. J. (1998). Escaping the Advice Trap. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel.

Ceci, S.J., & Williams, W.M. and Howe, M.J.A. (in prep). So You Think You’re Smart? 25 things you didn’t know about IQ and intelligence.

Bruck, M. & Ceci, S. J. (in progress). Double Jeopardy: Analysis of children’s testimonial competence. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Principe, G., Ceci, S. J., and Bruck, M. (in progress). Memory development in context. London: Blackwell.