Mark A. Barnett (Psychologist)
Dr. Mark Barnett was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1949. Dr. Barnett lives with his second wife, Valerie, and is the father to Megan (born 1981), and Neil (born 1983). Valerie currently teaches online human resource management courses for Kansas State University (KSU). His daughter Megan is an attorney, and his son Neil works as an insurance agent. Dr. Barnett spent many of his summers growing up working as a park counselor for the Skokie, IL parks department where he was responsible for overseeing recreational parks in the local area, coordinating summer events for child summer programs, and working as a counselor for other park workers and enrolled children. Dr. Barnett believes that this work set him on the path toward becoming an educator and child developmental researcher (M. A. Barnett, personal communication, April 24, 2025).
Education
Dr. Barnett received his Bachelor of Arts (1971), Master of Science (1973) and Ph.D. (1975) from Northwestern University (Barnett, 2025). Dr. Barnett was originally enrolled in a clinical psychology Ph.D. program; however, he would later transfer to a hybrid program, split between abnormal and personality psychology. According to Dr. Barnett, he was hesitant to pursue clinical psychology full time and later decided to pursue child developmental psychology as his main area of research and study. That is, Dr. Barnett learned about child psychology during his undergraduate career and knew this was the area he was most passionate about due to his positive experiences working with children growing up (M. A. Barnett, personal communication, April 24, 2025). Barnett, 1975). Both articles and the overall dissertation work involve the effects of competition, feedback, and perceived deservedness on child helping behavior. Dr. Barnett would start his post graduate career at Kansas State University until he retired in 2020 where a majority of his work involves childhood socio-emotional development, reward allocation, empathy, and helping behavior.
Positions held
* Barnett, M. A., & Bryan, J. H. (1974). Effects of competition with outcome feedback on children's helping behavior. Developmental Psychology, 10, 838-842.
* Barnett, M. A., Howard, J. A., Melton, E. M., & Dino, G. A. (1981). Effect of inducing sadness about self or other on helping behavior in high and low empathic children. Child Development, 53(4), 920-923.
* Barnett, M. A., Tetreault, P. A., Esper, J. A., & Bristow, A. R. (1986). Similarity and empathy: The experience of rape. Journal of Social Psychology, 126, 47-49.
* Barnett, M. A., Sinisi, C. S., Jaet, B. P., Bealer, R., Rodell, P., & Saunders, L. C. (1990). Perceived gender differences in children's helpseeking. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 151, 451-460.
Education
Dr. Barnett received his Bachelor of Arts (1971), Master of Science (1973) and Ph.D. (1975) from Northwestern University (Barnett, 2025). Dr. Barnett was originally enrolled in a clinical psychology Ph.D. program; however, he would later transfer to a hybrid program, split between abnormal and personality psychology. According to Dr. Barnett, he was hesitant to pursue clinical psychology full time and later decided to pursue child developmental psychology as his main area of research and study. That is, Dr. Barnett learned about child psychology during his undergraduate career and knew this was the area he was most passionate about due to his positive experiences working with children growing up (M. A. Barnett, personal communication, April 24, 2025). Barnett, 1975). Both articles and the overall dissertation work involve the effects of competition, feedback, and perceived deservedness on child helping behavior. Dr. Barnett would start his post graduate career at Kansas State University until he retired in 2020 where a majority of his work involves childhood socio-emotional development, reward allocation, empathy, and helping behavior.
Positions held
* Barnett, M. A., & Bryan, J. H. (1974). Effects of competition with outcome feedback on children's helping behavior. Developmental Psychology, 10, 838-842.
* Barnett, M. A., Howard, J. A., Melton, E. M., & Dino, G. A. (1981). Effect of inducing sadness about self or other on helping behavior in high and low empathic children. Child Development, 53(4), 920-923.
* Barnett, M. A., Tetreault, P. A., Esper, J. A., & Bristow, A. R. (1986). Similarity and empathy: The experience of rape. Journal of Social Psychology, 126, 47-49.
* Barnett, M. A., Sinisi, C. S., Jaet, B. P., Bealer, R., Rodell, P., & Saunders, L. C. (1990). Perceived gender differences in children's helpseeking. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 151, 451-460.
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