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7educators are skilled at facilitating multi-turn conversations, and infants actively shape their conversations with educators by directing their vocalizations to capture educators' attention.POSTER 30FINANCIAL STRAIN AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS AMONG MALE AND FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTSJILL M. NORVILITIS (BUFFALO STATE UNIVERSITY), HOWARD REID (BUFFALO STATE UNIVERSITY) Financial stress can impact college student success. This study examined the relationship between high school grades, college GPA, academic adjustment, and financial strain behaviors among 746 college student participants. Results indicate that financial strain moderates the relationship between high school grades and college success among males but not among females.POSTER 31FINDING THEIR WAY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-LIFE WAYFINDING SKILLS IN CHILDRENJIZETTE BAYRON (MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY), MIKAYLA HAAS (MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY), ALEJANDRO GASPAR (MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY), ALIYAH LATORRE (MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY), EVAN BAIDWAN (MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY), LAUREN FLAKNE (MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY), LAURA LAKUSTA (MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY), YINGYING YANG (MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY) Wayfinding is a spatial skill involving the ability to reach a location without being directed there (Kim & Bock, 2021). We examined landmark, route, and survey wayfinding knowledge in children aged 6-10 through various real-life wayfinding tasks. Our results support previous research, showing that as children age, they rely more on landmarks for navigation, demonstrate slight improvements in route knowledge after age 7, and accuracy on the point-to-start tasks improves with age.POSTER 32GENDER AND RACIAL REPRESENTATION IN CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS ABOUT SCIENCESTACEY ZAREMBA (MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY), SARAH JOHNSON (MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY), VERONICA KROMER (MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY), JILL BAUER (MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY) Children's picture books help children develop an understanding of the nature of science and who scientists are. Past research found underrepresentation of females and POC in picture books, reinforcing the stereotype that science is for white males. We examined whether recently published (2016-2024) science picture books have become more inclusive. Content analysis found diverse representation, but barriers to participating in science were more likely to exist for females and POC.POSTER 33GENDER SCHEMAS AND 3- TO 5-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN'S RECALL AND SUGGESTIBILITYCAMILLA MCALEER (COLBY COLLEGE), EMMA DONNELLY (COLBY COLLEGE), NASIR LAWSON (COLBY COLLEGE), DANIEL CATRAMBONE (COLBY COLLEGE) To investigate the role of gender schemas on recall and suggestibility, 3- to 5-year-old children heard two stories, one consistent with gender schemas and one not. They answered free and cued recall questions, including leading and nonleading questions, and completed a measure of gender schemas. Age predicted correct details reported, accuracy was better for crime versus occupation scenarios, performance was lower for leading compared to nonleading questions, but memory was not affected by gender schemas.POSTER 34GENTLE PARENTING AND ITS EFFECT ON LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG ADULTSJARLIN MONCION (MERCY UNIVERSITY), JULIA ZAVALA (MERCY UNIVERSITY) This research examined how gentle parenting predicted adult life satisfaction while controlling for different parenting styles (authoritative, authoritarian, permissive indulgent, permissive neglectful. A sample size of 79 individuals, ranging in ages from 18 to 75 , were included in the study. Results found that gentle parenting did predict adult life satisfaction, and was the only parenting style that did. Therefore, emotional wellbeing in adulthood is promoted by gentle parenting.POSTER 35GROWING UP IN CHAOS: WORKING MEMORY OUTCOMES IN PRESCHOOLERSROXANNE DUBASH (BOSTON UNIVERSITY), KYRA LEININGER (BOSTON UNIVERSITY), ASHLEY ST.JOHN (BOSTON UNIVERSITY), AMANDA TARULLO (BOSTON UNIVERSITY) 7Friday, March 7