Dr Toni Fallon is Joint Programme Leader for the BSc (Hons) Psychology degree and a Lecturer in the Division of Psychology, Sociology and Education.
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- Overview
- Research Interests
- Teaching & Learning
- Funded Project
- Activities & Awards
Toni obtained her degrees at the University of Strathclyde and Heriot-Watt University. She also holds positions at the Open University. She has previously worked in the School of Psychology at The University of Aberdeen, and at The University of Edinburgh.
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Tonis research interests are broadly in the areas of developmental, social and child clinical psychology.
Most recently Toni has been working on an interdisciplinary project involving the development and validation of a computer mediated role-play game. The research explores computer mediated role-play as a clinical and educational tool for assessment and泭intervention purposes. This line of research also explores the psychological predictors of social vulnerability in children and aims to support social development in vulnerable groups of children in educational and clinical settings.
Active research interests:
- The use of technology (serious games) for psychological assessment and intervention
- Social Cognitive Development
- Executive function development
- Social Vulnerability in children
- Indiscriminate friendliness/disinhibited social engagement disorder
- Attachment Peer Relations
Research Methods:
- Quantitative and Qualitative
- Experimental
- Psychological assessment
- Intervention
- Survey research
- Interview
Research Centre:
Centre for Applied Social Sciences
Role:
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I contribute to a variety of teaching on the BSc Psychology degree. My lectures and seminars focus on Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology and Peer Relations, amongst other topics.
Programme Leader:
BSc (Hons) Psychology
- Rajendran, G., Aylett R., Fallon, T. L., Minnis H., & Stone R. Test Play - Developing and testing a new computer role-play programme as a research, clinical and educational tool.
- EPSRC Impact Acceleration Award, 瞿30,280 (April 2019).
- Best 3rd year PhD Research Poster Prize and Most Popular Poster Prize. Heriot-Watt
- University Poster competition 2016.
- Scottish Government/Graduate School of Social Sciences (2015). To carry out analysis on the SALSUS data set for SHANARRI Health and Wellbeing Indicators.Academic awards: (including year attained, this does not include qualifications)
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