Teaching Children Self Control Rae Pica and Laura E. Berk

Laura E. Berk is a distinguished professor of psychology at Illinois State University, where she teaches Human Development to both undergraduate and graduate students. She received her Bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Early Childhood Development and Education from the University of Chicago. Berk has published widely on the role of make-believe play in the development of self-regulation.