2001 APA Convention - STP Program

Program at the 109th Convention of the
American Psychological Association
San Francisco, CA
August 24-28, 2001 All STP/Division 2 sessions will be held at the San Francisco Hilton Hotel
(except for the two poster sessions which will be held at the Moscone Convention Center)

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Revised 5/11/01 (Final Revision)  

Friday, August 24

8:00-8:50
Symposium - Expanding Your Teaching Through Textbook Writing
Michael Spiegler

9:00-9:50
Teaching Statistics: Active Learning Strategies for Engaging Students (Chair: Dana S. Dunn)

• Dana S. Dunn, Two Heads Are Better Than One: Learning Statistics in Common
• Bernard C. Beins, Writing in Statistics: Meaning is Where You Find It
• A T. Panter, Bringing Research to Life in Undergraduate Statistics: Semester-Long
  Collaborative Research Projects

[10:00-11:50 Poster Session - Activities and Techniques for the Psychology Classroom (Chair: Richard W. Seefeldt). This session has been moved to Saturday, 12:00-1:50 in the final revision of the convention schedule. Please take note.]

10:00-10:50 (Note that this is the real time/date for this presentation.)
G. Stanley Hall Lecture - Rethinking Personality Disorders: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice
Drew Westen (Chair: Peter Giordano)

11:00-11:50
Symposium - Perspectives on Web-Based Psychology Courses (Chair: Hilda R. Glazer)

• Augustine Baron, Addressing Multicultural Issues in the Virtual Classroom
• Denise DeZolt and William L. Wilson, Teaching Psychological Assessment in a Distance Learning Environment
• Gerald B. Fuller, The Internship and Distance Learning
• Hilda R. Glazer, Mentoring Students on the Virtual Campus

12:00-12:50
Conversation Hour - Killing Courses With Technology: How to Avoid It!
Maria Lavooy, Michael H. Newlin (Chair: Michael H. Newlin)

[1:00-1:50 G. Stanley Hall Lecture: Rethinking Personality Disorders. Drew Westin This session was incorrectly listed on this page previously for 1:00 pm. It actually will take place at 10:00-10:50. Please take note.]

2:00-2:50
Symposium - Teaching About Diversity Issues in the Undergraduate Curriculum (Chair: Loreto Prieto)

• Carlota Ocampo and Dominicus So, Incorporating Diversity Across the Psychology Curriculum
• Valerie Whittlesey, Classroom Activities to Enhance Student Learning About Diversity Issues
• Jane Connor, Learning About Diversity in the Lecture Hall: A Team Learning Approach
• Discussant: Loreto Prieto

3:00-4:50
Symposium - Ethical Issues in Grading
Elizabeth V. Swenson, Ashton D. Trice, Nancy P. Taylor, Kellina M. Craig, Discussant: Patricia Keith-Spiegel (Chair: Elizabeth V. Swenson)

 

Saturday, August 25

8:00-9:50
Executive Committee Meeting
David E. Johnson (Chair)

10:00-10:50
Symposium - Non-Traditional Psychology Students: Issues and Pedagogic Strategies (Chair: Loreto R. Prieto)

• Laura E. Kessler and Michelle Vaughan, Nontraditional Students and Implications for Teaching Introductory Psychology
• Karen Kopera-Frye, Richard Wiscott, Dean Blevins, Laura E. Kessler, Loreto R. Prieto, and Michelle Vaughn, Differences Among Goal Orientation in Traditional and Non-Traditional Psychology Students
• Dean Blevins, Laura Kessler, Karen Kopera-Frye, Loreto R. Prieto, Michelle Vaughn, and Richard Wiscott, Instructional Recommendations for Meeting the Needs of Non-Traditional Psychology Students
• Discussant: Loreto R. Prieto

11:00-11:50
Symposium - A Pedagogy of Engagement: Cultivating Responsive Knowing and Critical Thinking Through Service Learning (Chair: Rose Cleary)

• Rose Cleary
• Isa D. Williams
• Patricia L. Owen-Smith

12:00-1:50 (Note that this is the revised time/date for this poster session)
Poster Session - Activities and Techniques for the Psychology Classroom (Chair: Richard W. Seefeldt)

• Christopher L Aberson, Michael R. Healy, Dale Berger, and Victoria Rumerc, Interactive Tutorials for Teaching Hypothesis Testing
• Amy S Badura, Movie Clips Set the Stage for Learning in Abnormal Psychology
• Stephanie S Bauman and Robert A. Bauman, Understanding the African-American Experience: An Interdisciplinary, Multimedia Approach
• Lisa D Bendixen, Enid Griffin, and LeAnn Putney, Lutts and Mipps: Active Learning to Illuminate Piaget's Equilibration Process
• John H. Bickford, Jr., A Student Guideline for Reading Empirical Journal Articles
• M. G.  Bulgatz, Scott Sanders, and Kami Rice, Learnaire: A Robust Lifeline to Learning
• Curt Burgess, Patrick Conley, and Catherine Decker, Developing the Psychology Graduate Applicant's Portal
• Angela M. Byars, Geogiana Wilton, Vianey Acevedo, Tina Anctil, Nan Benally, Cecilia A. Nepomuceno, and Karen Tao, Innovative Approach to Teaching the Psychology of U.S. Women of Color
• Bernardo J. Carducci, Identify Orientations: Definition, Assessment, and Personal Correlates: A Teaching Module
• Suzanne E. Cortez, Teaching Collaboration Through 'Virtual Conferencing' Using Short Clips MPG
• Stephanie A. Crawford, Brande L. Jackson, Terry A. Stinnett, and Kathalena K. Avendano, Class Activity to Demonstrate Manipulation of Judgments of Sociability in Undergraduate Students
• Amy K. Dicke Bohmann, Teaching Pattern Recognition: An Interactive Approach
• Diane L. Finley, The JFK Jr. Crash and the Chapter on Perception
• G. A. Forsyth, William J. Dorman, Peggy D. Forsyth, and Susan T. Dorman, Teaching Students to Teach Tolerance
• Kathy A Gainor, Enhancing Students' Competence in Listening and Empathy with Discordant Clients
• C. James Goodwin and Kerri A. Goodwin, Using Focus Articles to Facilitate Empirical Research in Experimental Psychology
• Ginger Graumann, Jason P. King, and Stephen F. Davis, Using Past Tests as Study Aids: Cheating or Acceptable Practice?
• Lorraine Guth and J. M. Tyler, Using WebCT in Counseling Courses: An Effective Teaching Tool
• Lisa L. Harlow, Barbara E. Silver, Donna M. Hughes, Nelson Smith, Kate Webster, Leila  Dutton-Greene, Jodie  Skrzat, and Veronica  Ricci, Quantitative and Research Psychology Learning Community
• Tasha R. Howe, Topical Websites: One-Step Shops Connecting Students to the Real World
• Debra B. Hull, Observing Behavior at the Zoo: A Learning Laboratory
• Annette C. Jerome, Melissa Allen, and Tim B. Smith, Improving Supervision and Increasing Mastery Using a Performance Appraisal System
• Jeffrey I. Kassinove, Hocus-Pocus: Using Magic to Teach Good Skepticism
• Kenneth D. Keith, Letters from Home: Students, Family, and Friends Write Back
• Gail Knapp, Integrating Computer Use in the Introductory Psychology Course
• Mark E. Koltko-Rivera, The Teaching Exercise Impact Instrument: Rating Effectiveness, Usefulness, Interest, Enjoyment
• Steve  Kronheim; Meeting of the Virtual Minds: A Group Project to Enhance the Teaching of Psychology on the Internet
• Maria J. Lavooy and Michael H. Newlin, WWW.coursedesign: Tales from the Front
• Erica Lilleleht, Conceptual Portraits: Imaging and Imagining the Histories of Psychology
• Neil  Lutsky, What Sticks to Web-Based Research Modules for Introductory Psychology
• Susanne M. Meehan, Rebecca Stultz, and Elys Kettling, From Newsweek to Psych Review: Transitioning Students from Popular to Scholarly Literature
• William F. Murray, James Jackson, and Cherry G. Steinmeier, The Use of Literature in Empathy Skills Training
• Gerryann Olson, Using Personal Reflection Papers to Teach Introduction to Psychology
• Timothy M. Osberg and Joanne C. Basta, Implementing PowerPoint in the Classroom: Advantages, Obstacles, and Student Reactions
• R. Christopher  Qualls, Teaching Testing and Measurement: A Service-Learning Approach
• Thomas J. Tomcho, Social Skills Contingency Contracting: Understanding the Impact of Childhood Disorders
• Richard S. Velayo, Combining Synchronous and Asynchronous Methods in Teaching Experimental Psychology
• Sandra K. Webster, Korean Psychometric Students Constructing Attitudes Toward Korean Reunification Scales
• Nancy G. Westburg, Team Diagnosis in Psychopathology

1:00-1:50
G. Stanley Hall Lecture - Children's Emotion Regulation
Nancy Eisenberg (Chair: Ruth Ault)

2:00-2:50
Symposium - Honoring Process and Product: Internship Portfolios in Doctoral Programs (Chair: Anne Stewart)

• Anne  Stewart
• Martin K. Johnson
• Jane S. Halonen
• Chris Mertz

3:00-4:50
Symposium - Preparing Future Faculty for Scholarship in Teaching, Research, and Service (Chair: Paul D. Nelson)

• Victor Benassi, Preparing Psychology Doctoral Students for Multiple Faculty Roles and Responsibilities
• Susan G. Nummedal, Preparing Future Faculty for Scholarship in Teaching, Research, and Service
• Kenneth J. Sufka and Donna K. Duffy, Project Kaleidoscope on the Scholarship of Undergraduate Education
• Discussant: Jane S. Halonen

 

Sunday, August 26

8:00-9:50 Executive Committee Meeting
David E. Johnson (Chair)

9:00-9:50
Symposium - Innovations in Mentoring Psychology Graduate Students (Chair: W. Brad Johnson)

• James M. O'Neil, Mentoring Sources of Variance: Concepts for Improving Graduate Psychology Programs
• Maryka  Biaggio, Navigating Roles in Mentoring Relationships with Graduate Students
• W. Brad  Johnson, Creating a Culture of Mentoring: Recommendations for Graduate Programs
• Discussant: Cynthia D. Belar

10:00-11:50 Symposium - Ensuring Quality Undergraduate Psychology Programs: Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining Faculty (Chair: Richard Wesp)

• James H. Korn, Evaluation of Teaching Materials Submitted by Applicants for Faculty Positions
• Eleanor  Levine, Presentation Title: Increased Demands on Tenure-Track Faculty
• Mary T. Fitzpatrick, Reducing Diversity in Academia: Assisting the Adjunct's Professional Growth
• Cynthia Neal, Barriers for Women Faculty with Children: Recruitment and Retention Implications
• Christopher Cronin, Mentoring and Retention of New Faculty

12:00-12:50
Live from San Francisco - It's Sunday Afternoon: Active Learning Demonstrations (Chair: Regan A. R. Gurung)

• Michael D. Spiegler, The Pop(up) Quiz
• Donna M. Desforges and Amy Gervasio, Whose Deal Is It? A Cross-Cultural Simulation
• Michael Atkinson, And Now for Something Totally Different

1:00-1:50
G. Stanley Hall Lecture - Shocks and Aftershocks: The Continuing Significance of Stanley Milgram's Obedience Studies
Thomas Blass (Chair: Dana S. Dunn)

2:00-2:50 Presidential Address - The Patchwork of Pedagogy
David E. Johnson (Chair: Jane S. Halonen)

3:00-3:50 Business Meeting
David E. Johnson (Chair)

4:00-5:50 Social Hour and Teaching Awards
William E. Addison, Bernard C. Beins, Dana Dunn, Regan A. R. Gurung, Bill Hill, David E. Johnson (Co-Chairs)

  

Monday, August 27

8:00-9:50
Symposium - Integrating Peace Research and Theory Into the Psychology Curriculum (Chair: Linda M. Woolf )

• Linden L. Nelson
• Michael R. Hulsizer
• Virginia  Ryan
• Marc  Martin
• Michael R. Van Slyck
• Leila F Dane

9:00-9:50
Symposium - Teaching Critical Thinking to Students Across the Psychology Curriculum (Chair: Nancy J. Melucci)

• Nancy J. Melucci, Introduction: Debunking Psych Myths 101 - Pause and Consider
• Jeffry P. Ricker, Teaching Critical Thinking in Abnormal Psychology
• Scott O. Lilienfeld, Science and Pseudoscience in Psychology: Thinking Critically About Human Behavior
• Robert S. Weisskirch, What Can You Teach Me That I Don't Already Know?

10:00-11:50
Poster Session: Issues and Ideas for Teachers of Psychology(Chair: Kenneth D. Keith)

• William E. Addison, John B. Best, and John Warrington, Students' Course Expectations and Their Ratings of the Instructor
• Pamela I. Ansburg, Students' Expectations of Workload and Grade Distributions by Course Difficulty
• Mustafa  Baloglu, Discriminating Between the Low-Anxiety and High-Anxiety Groups in Statistics Courses
• Elizabeth R. Bowering and Nicholas Skinner, Training for Teaching in Psychology: Canadian Data
• Elizabeth R. Bowering, Writing Skill, Confidence, and Attitude: A Reflection of University Discipline?
• Rose Brummett, Jacquelyn Pennings, Amie R. McKibban, and Stephen F. Davis, Student Responsibility and its Relation to Perfectionism and Achievement Striving
• Christy Carlson, Effects of Adjunct Questioning on Comprehending Concepts, Retaining Information, and Attention
• Anne  Duran, Teaching the Psychology of Sexual Orientation
• David  Estes, College Students' Conceptions of Psychology as a Science
• Gregory C. Feldman, Mentorship Reciprocity: Laying the Groundwork Before Graduate School
• Jane S. Halonen, Kevin Szmejterowicz, Michael J. Blanchard, Felicia Brown-Anderson, Gary R. Hann, Kay  Huskins, Martin K. Johnson, Sarah L. Jones, Lucille B. Keenan, Bryte  Marziano, Chris  Mertz, and Scott Misler, Finding the Shining Place: A Model for Refining Ethical Reasoning
• Vincent W. Hevern, Teaching Narrative in Psychology: Scholarly Foundations and Advisement Resources
• Peggy  Kaczmareck, Experiential Techniques: Teaching a Counseling Ethics and Professional Issues Course
• Linda M. Kline and Theodore McDonald, Dog Training in Animal Shelters: Opportunities for Psychology Students
• Marc B. Levy and Emily Canete, Applied Versus Traditional Undergraduate Education in Psychology: An Assessment of Outcomes
• Alice  LoCicero, Students' Development of Productive Self-Reflection in Applied Psychology Settings
• Christine McBride, Statistics and Methods in the Field: The Integration of Service Learning into Research Based Courses
• Sherri N. McCarthy-Tucker, Victor Karandachev, Francisco Vasquez, Carlo Prandini, and Hannah Vautrin, Teaching Ideas From Around the World For General Psychology Classes
• Angie K. McDonald, Robert  McKelvain, Larry A. Norsworthy, Sonja  Barcus, and Chaise Camp, Four-Year Combined Bachelor's and Master's Program: First Year Report
• Rusty McClouth, Amie R. McKibban, and Kenneth A. Weaver, GRE-Analytical Scores and Accepting Experimental Psychology Doctoral Applicants
• Chandra M. Mehrotra, Integrating Teaching and Research in Psychology of Aging
• Kari K. Miller, Shu-Chen Yen, and Nicole Merino, The Integration of Service-Learning Into an Undergraduate Child Psychology Course
• M. Sean O'Halloran and Theresa M. O'Halleran, "Teaching Strategies for Dealing with Secondary Stress in the Classroom"
• David J. Palmiter Jr. and David A. Renjilian, A Study of the Content of Academic Web Pages
• Patricia L. Randolph Green, John R. Bruni Jr., and Jacqueline Pope-Tarrence, Students Get the Test Bank: Is It Cheating?
• Todd C. Reiher, Splitting the Psychology Capstone for a More Timely Impact
• Monica Reis-Bergan, Frederick X. Gibbons, and Meg Gerrard, Social Cognitive Predictors of Class Attendance and Class Performance
• Liora P. Schmelkin, Aviele M. Kaufman, and Dana E. Liebling, Faculty Assessments of the Clarity and Prevalence of Academic Dishonesty
• Liora P. Schmelkin, Rebecca Lieberman, and Kim Gilbert, Multidimensional Scaling of High School Students' Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty
• Mark J. Sciutto, The Student-Professor Working Alliance and Educational Outcomes
• Jason  Sikorski, Kelly  Rich, Brian K. Saville, William Buskist, Stephen F. Davis, and Oksana Drogan, Why Buy the Textbook?: I Probably Won't Use It
• Charles M. Slem and Steven T. Kane, Utility of Course Web Resources for Students with Learning Disabilities
• J. Michael Tyler and Lorraine Guth, Proposed Technology Competencies for Psychology Undergraduate and Graduate Students
• Lisa Smith Wagner, Kevin Chun, and Nina Nguy, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Diversity-Related Courses in Psychology
• Monica  Wallace and Robert L. Williams, Student Expectations for Answers on Multiple-Choice Exams
• Kenneth A. Weaver and Teresa L. Allen, Teacher Certification in Psychology by State
• Robert S. Weisskirch and Sharon S. Milburn, Virtual Discussion: Understanding Students' Electronic Bulletin Board Use
• William Y. Wu, Personal Evaluation Tool and Promotion of Student Learning
• Jennifer Wiley, Principled Web Page Design for Learning

12:00-12:50
Symposium - Teaching the History of Psychology: Infusing the Curriculum (Chair: Loreto R. Prieto)

• David B. Baker
• Christopher D. Green

1:00-1:50
Harry Kirk Wolfe Lecture - Beyond Sages and Guides: A Postmodern Teacher's Typology
Jane S. Halonen (Chair: Maureen P. Hester)

2:00-2:50
Invited Address - The Scholarship of Learning
Pat Hutchings (Chair: David E. Johnson)

3:00-4:50
Symposium - Uniting Scholarship and Teaching: Perspectives on Scholarship and Academic Life (Chair: William Buskist)

• Randolph A. Smith, The Scholarship of Teaching: Perspectives from Teaching of Psychology
• Stephen F. Davis, Scholarship and Teaching: Reflections Over a Career
• Virginia Andreoli Mathie, Scholarship and Service: New Perspectives on Academic Service
• Janet Carlson, Scholarship and Administration: Observations from the Bottom Rung
• Discussant: Dave Johnson