Carolyn Tucker Halpern is an American developmental psychologist and Professor in the

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, where she is Chair of the Department of Maternal and Child Health. She is also the deputy director of the

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. Halpern graduated ''

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'' from the

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in 1976 with a BS in

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

. She then earned a MA (1979) and a

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(1982) in

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also from the

.https://www.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/cvs/halpern.pdf

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