Chan, Amy YC.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2016	Improving physical task performance with counterfactual and prefactual thinking Published in PLoS One
2013	Counterfactual thinking and anticipated emotions enhance performance in computer skills training Published in Behaviour and Information Technology
2011	Easy task first? Roles of metacognitive computer skills training strategies depend on how training tasks are sequenced Published in British Journal of Educational Technology

Research Areas

1701 - PSYCHOLOGY

Research Overview

I began my research career with a keen interest in the cognitive mechanisms underlying logical reasoning in adults. During my doctoral research, I became increasingly interested in the developmental implications of various contemporary models of human reasoning, and therefore expanded my research interests to the examination of the roles of rules and everyday knowledge in reasoning and classification judgments, both in adults and children. As a result of collaborations with colleagues and students at UOW and UNSW, I have further broadened my research interests to the investigation of the development and implications of counterfactual reasoning (i.e., thoughts of “what if…” and “if only…”). My current research focus is on how such thoughts may be related to people’s emotional experience, decision making, and skills acquisition.

Geographic Focus

University of Wollongong State or Province

Member Of

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	“What Might Have Been…”: Counterfactual Thinking, Psychological Symptoms and Posttraumatic Growth When a Loved One is Missing Published In Cognitive Therapy and Research
2019	Happiness and counterfactual thinking at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games Published In Journal of Sports Sciences
2019	In limbo: A systematic review of psychological responses and coping among people with a missing loved one Published In Journal of Clinical Psychology
2018	Assessing children’s cognitive flexibility with the Shape Trail Test Published In PLoS One
2016	Improving physical task performance with counterfactual and prefactual thinking Published In PLoS One
2015	More than beliefs: Subject areas and teachers' integration of laptops in secondary teaching Published In British Journal of Educational Technology
2015	Technology practices: confirmatory factor analysis and exploration of teachers' technology integration in subject areas Published In Computers and Education
2013	Counterfactual thinking and anticipated emotions enhance performance in computer skills training Published In Behaviour and Information Technology
2012	Mother-Daughter communication about mammography in an Australian sample Published In Journal of Family Communication
2012	Using the theory of planned behaviour and implementation intentions to predict and facilitate upward family communication about mammography Published In Psychology and Health: an international journal
2011	Easy task first? Roles of metacognitive computer skills training strategies depend on how training tasks are sequenced Published In British Journal of Educational Technology
2011	How helpful are error management and counterfactual thinking instructions to inexperienced spreadsheet users' training task performance? Published In British Journal of Educational Technology
2010	Comparison of older and younger adults' attitudes towards and abilities with computers: implications for training and learning Published In British Journal of Educational Technology

Chapter

Year	Title
2012	An empirical case for introductory psychology tutorials in a large-class format Published In Teaching Psychology around the World: Volume 3

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2013	More than beliefs: Subject-areas and teachers' integration of laptops in secondary teaching Published In Responsible Teaching and Sustainable Learning: 15th Biennial EARLI Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction - Book of abstracts and extended summaries
2010	Applying an error taxonomy to examine inexperienced spreadsheet users’ planning and execution errors Published In Australasian Conference on Information Systems
2009	Different reasons for choosing between the lesser of two evils: Implications for counterfactual thoughts, regret, and choice of action Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences
2009	Do reasons for actions and attributional style affect counterfactual reasoning and the experience of regret? Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences
2009	Is the consideration of better and worse alternatives to reality advantageous to mood after a positive outcome? Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference
2009	The effects of reason and event saliency on health-related decisions Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference
2008	Learning to use a computer spreadsheet application: The effectiveness of error management and counterfactual thinking training strategies Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference
2008	Preschool children's counterfactual inferences: the causal length effect revisited Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference
2008	The effect of counterfactual priming on women's decisions regarding mammography screening Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference
2007	'If only...': counterfactual thinking heightens women's sense of responsibility regarding mammography screening Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference
2007	Counterfactual thinking in response to hypothetical breast cancer scenarios: a pilot study Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference
2007	Intergenerational family communication about mammography Published In Education, Employment and Everything: The Tripple Layers of a Women's Life: Refereed Proceedings of the International Women's Conference
2007	Intergenerational family communication about mammography: young women's perceptions, intentions and experiences Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference

Potential Supervision Topics

Development of counterfactual emotions in childhood
Topics in counterfactual and prefactual thinking

Teaching Activities

PSYC121 - Foundations in Psychology A
PSYC123 - Research Methods and Statistics
PSYC241 - Developmental and Social Psychology Subject Coordinator
PSYC410 - Honours Empirical Thesis Subject Coordinator

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)	Acceptance and Emotional Regulation Amongst People Who Have Had a Loved One Go Missing	Hammell, Cecilia

Professional Service Activities

University of Wollongong Accredited Peer Reviewer of Teaching
University of Wollongong Student Awards Committee Member

Education And Training

Bachelor of Science (First Class) in Psychology, University of New South Wales, School of Psychology
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, University of New South Wales, School of Psychology

Awards And Honors

UOW Vice Chancellor's Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning, 2012

Teaching Overview

My teaching interests span across a variety of areas in psychology. At the general level, I am interested in teaching developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, as well as research methods and statistics. More specifically, I am interested in teaching undergraduate level quantitative research methods and statistics, aspects of normal development in childhood, as well as human reasoning. In addition to continually developing my own skills as a university teacher, I also have a keen interest in curriculum development for large-scale undergraduate subjects. Furthermore, I have an ongoing personal commitment to mentor less experienced colleagues in subject administration.

Full Name

Dr. Amy Y.C. Chan

Mailing Address

School of Psychology

University of Wollongong

North Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

Geographic Location

Wollongong

Located In Facility

Building 41

Fax

+61 2 4221 4163

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3548-5848 (confirmed)

Top Publications

Year	Title
2016	Improving physical task performance with counterfactual and prefactual thinking Published in PLoS One
2013	Counterfactual thinking and anticipated emotions enhance performance in computer skills training Published in Behaviour and Information Technology
2011	Easy task first? Roles of metacognitive computer skills training strategies depend on how training tasks are sequenced Published in British Journal of Educational Technology

Research Areas

1701 - PSYCHOLOGY

Research Overview

I began my research career with a keen interest in the cognitive mechanisms underlying logical reasoning in adults. During my doctoral research, I became increasingly interested in the developmental implications of various contemporary models of human reasoning, and therefore expanded my research interests to the examination of the roles of rules and everyday knowledge in reasoning and classification judgments, both in adults and children. As a result of collaborations with colleagues and students at UOW and UNSW, I have further broadened my research interests to the investigation of the development and implications of counterfactual reasoning (i.e., thoughts of “what if…” and “if only…”). My current research focus is on how such thoughts may be related to people’s emotional experience, decision making, and skills acquisition.

Geographic Focus

University of Wollongong State or Province

Member Of

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	“What Might Have Been…”: Counterfactual Thinking, Psychological Symptoms and Posttraumatic Growth When a Loved One is Missing Published In Cognitive Therapy and Research
2019	Happiness and counterfactual thinking at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games Published In Journal of Sports Sciences
2019	In limbo: A systematic review of psychological responses and coping among people with a missing loved one Published In Journal of Clinical Psychology
2018	Assessing children’s cognitive flexibility with the Shape Trail Test Published In PLoS One
2016	Improving physical task performance with counterfactual and prefactual thinking Published In PLoS One
2015	More than beliefs: Subject areas and teachers' integration of laptops in secondary teaching Published In British Journal of Educational Technology
2015	Technology practices: confirmatory factor analysis and exploration of teachers' technology integration in subject areas Published In Computers and Education
2013	Counterfactual thinking and anticipated emotions enhance performance in computer skills training Published In Behaviour and Information Technology
2012	Mother-Daughter communication about mammography in an Australian sample Published In Journal of Family Communication
2012	Using the theory of planned behaviour and implementation intentions to predict and facilitate upward family communication about mammography Published In Psychology and Health: an international journal
2011	Easy task first? Roles of metacognitive computer skills training strategies depend on how training tasks are sequenced Published In British Journal of Educational Technology
2011	How helpful are error management and counterfactual thinking instructions to inexperienced spreadsheet users' training task performance? Published In British Journal of Educational Technology
2010	Comparison of older and younger adults' attitudes towards and abilities with computers: implications for training and learning Published In British Journal of Educational Technology

Chapter

Year	Title
2012	An empirical case for introductory psychology tutorials in a large-class format Published In Teaching Psychology around the World: Volume 3

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2013	More than beliefs: Subject-areas and teachers' integration of laptops in secondary teaching Published In Responsible Teaching and Sustainable Learning: 15th Biennial EARLI Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction - Book of abstracts and extended summaries
2010	Applying an error taxonomy to examine inexperienced spreadsheet users’ planning and execution errors Published In Australasian Conference on Information Systems
2009	Different reasons for choosing between the lesser of two evils: Implications for counterfactual thoughts, regret, and choice of action Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences
2009	Do reasons for actions and attributional style affect counterfactual reasoning and the experience of regret? Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences
2009	Is the consideration of better and worse alternatives to reality advantageous to mood after a positive outcome? Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference
2009	The effects of reason and event saliency on health-related decisions Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference
2008	Learning to use a computer spreadsheet application: The effectiveness of error management and counterfactual thinking training strategies Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference
2008	Preschool children's counterfactual inferences: the causal length effect revisited Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference
2008	The effect of counterfactual priming on women's decisions regarding mammography screening Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference
2007	'If only...': counterfactual thinking heightens women's sense of responsibility regarding mammography screening Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference
2007	Counterfactual thinking in response to hypothetical breast cancer scenarios: a pilot study Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference
2007	Intergenerational family communication about mammography Published In Education, Employment and Everything: The Tripple Layers of a Women's Life: Refereed Proceedings of the International Women's Conference
2007	Intergenerational family communication about mammography: young women's perceptions, intentions and experiences Published In Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference

Potential Supervision Topics

Development of counterfactual emotions in childhood
Topics in counterfactual and prefactual thinking

Teaching Activities

PSYC121 - Foundations in Psychology A
PSYC123 - Research Methods and Statistics
PSYC241 - Developmental and Social Psychology Subject Coordinator
PSYC410 - Honours Empirical Thesis Subject Coordinator

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)	Acceptance and Emotional Regulation Amongst People Who Have Had a Loved One Go Missing	Hammell, Cecilia

Professional Service Activities

University of Wollongong Accredited Peer Reviewer of Teaching
University of Wollongong Student Awards Committee Member

Education And Training

Bachelor of Science (First Class) in Psychology, University of New South Wales, School of Psychology
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, University of New South Wales, School of Psychology

Awards And Honors

UOW Vice Chancellor's Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning, 2012

Teaching Overview

My teaching interests span across a variety of areas in psychology. At the general level, I am interested in teaching developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, as well as research methods and statistics. More specifically, I am interested in teaching undergraduate level quantitative research methods and statistics, aspects of normal development in childhood, as well as human reasoning. In addition to continually developing my own skills as a university teacher, I also have a keen interest in curriculum development for large-scale undergraduate subjects. Furthermore, I have an ongoing personal commitment to mentor less experienced colleagues in subject administration.

Full Name

Dr. Amy Y.C. Chan

Mailing Address

School of Psychology

University of Wollongong

North Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

Geographic Location

Wollongong

Located In Facility

Building 41

Fax

+61 2 4221 4163

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3548-5848 (confirmed)

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Affiliation

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Chapter

Conference Paper

Supervision

Potential Supervision Topics

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Service

Professional Service Activities

Background

Education And Training

Awards And Honors

Teaching Overview

Contact

Full Name

Mailing Address

Geographic Location

Located In Facility

Fax

Identity

Orcid Id

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Affiliation

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Chapter

Conference Paper

Supervision

Potential Supervision Topics

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Service

Professional Service Activities

Background

Education And Training

Awards And Honors

Teaching Overview

Contact

Full Name

Mailing Address

Geographic Location

Located In Facility

Fax

Identity

Orcid Id

Visualisations

Research Areas

Geographic Focus