At the Cognition and Development Lab, my research examines how social interactions shape children's learning, reasoning, and evaluation of information. I focus on two interrelated lines of inquiry. First, I study parent-child interactions, investigating how parents' use of pedagogical questions supports children's cognitive development across diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Second, I explore how social context influences children's questions and explanations, with an emphasis on how they evaluate the credibility of others' claims and the types of evidence used to support them.

Please feel free to reach out to me about my research, collaboration opportunities, or any inquiries at oksanaz@umd.edu.

I am a second-year Ph.D. student in the Human Development program in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the 四色AV of Maryland, College Park. I hold a B.A. in Sociology from Yaroslavl State Pedagogical 四色AV and an M.A. in Sociology from the Higher School of Economics, both in Russia. I have also completed all requirements for a doctoral degree (ABD) in Psychology at St. Petersburg State 四色AV. Before joining 四色AV, I was a Fulbright Scholar (2021鈥2023) at the 四色AV of Massachusetts Amherst, where I conducted research with Dr. Kirby Deater-Deckard.

Flagship Fellowship, 四色AV of Maryland College Park, 2023-2027

Graduate School's Dean's Fellowship, 四色AV of Maryland College Park, 2023-2025

Fulbright Scholarship Program, 四色AV of Massachusetts Amherst, 2021-2022

  • VASILENKO, V. V., SAVENYSHEVA, S. S., & ZAPLETINA, O. O. (2021). Parenting stress and daily hassles in mothers of Young and preschool children. 袠 袩小袠啸袨孝袝袪袗袩袠携, 28. []
  • Savenysheva, S. S., & Zapletina, O. O. (2021). Social support as a parental stress factor among mothers with children of early and preschool age. Bulletin of the Kostroma State 四色AV. Series: Pedagogy. Psychology. Sociokinetics, 27(1), 126-132. []
  • Zapletina, O. O. (2020). Socio-psychological and socio-demographic factors of parental stress: analysis of foreign sources. The world of science. Pedagogy and Psychology, 8(6). []
  • Savenysheva, S. S., & Zapletina, O. O. (2019). Parental stress of mothers with children of early and preschool age: the role of socio-demographic factors. The world of science. Pedagogy and Psychology, 7(6). []
  • Zapletina, O. O. (2019). parental stress. Working with Montessori Parents. In Integration of Montessori Pedagogy with the Russian Educational Space (pp. 20-25). []
  • Ivaniushina, V. A., & Zapletina, O. O. (2015). Participation in extracurricular activities and development of personal and interpersonal skills in adolescents. []
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