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劳拉•E•伯克 (Laura E. Berk) ，美国伊利诺伊州立大学心理系的著名教授，她在该校给本科生和研究生讲授“人的发展”课程达30多年之久。她于加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校获心理学学士学位，后在芝加哥大学获儿童发展与教育心理学专业硕士和博士学位，曾是康奈尔大学、加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校、斯坦福大学和南澳大学的访问学者。
伯克的研究领域涉及学校环境对儿童发展的影响、个人言语的发展等。其论著曾在多种顶级学术刊物发表，如《儿童发展》(Child Development)、《发展心理学》(Developmental Psychology)等，并曾给《今日心理学》 (Psychology Today)以及《科学美国人》(Scientific Amenrican)杂志撰写多篇稿件。