2002 APA Convention - STP Program

Program at the 110th Convention of the
American Psychological Association
Chicago, IL
August 22-25, 2002 All STP/Division 2 sessions will be held
at the McCormick Place Convention Center unless otherwise noted.
The STP/Division 2 Hospitality Suite is tentatively scheduled for
the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel
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Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Revised 5/08/02

Thursday, August 22

8:00-8:50 a.m.
Women Teaching Psychology: Discussing Perspectives Across the Career Span Loreto R. Prieto (Chair)

• Karen R. Scheel, To Climb the Tenure Hill, One Should Wear Sensible Shoes"
• Ann R. Fischer, Over the Tenure Hill: It Mattered
• Susan I. Hardin , The More Things Change...

9.00-9.50 a.m.
Teaching about Religion as an Expression of Diversity Mark A. Yarhouse (Chair)

• Micah L. McCreary, Religion as Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities at a State University
• Mark A. Yarhouse, Stephen R. Russell, Addressing Religion as Diversity in a Religious Setting"
• Loreto R. Prieto (Discussant)

Attracting the Students We Want to Teach Drew C. Appleby (Chair)

• Kenneth A. Weaver Recruiting Quality Undergraduate Psychology Majors
• Drew C. Appleby, A Multi-Dimensional Strategy to Recruit Psychology Majors
• Bernard C. Beins (Discussant)

10.00-10.50 a.m.  
Poster Session I Regan Gurung (Chair)

• Richard L. Miller, Diane K. Wysocki, Joseph J. Benz,Encouraging Peer Collaboration: Computer Mediated Conferencing or Fishbowl Interaction
• Jerry L. Deffenbacher, David M. Defenbacher, Where is the Anger in Introductory and Abnormal Psychology Texts?
• Steven M. Dixon, Teaching Graduate Students about Issues of Sexual Orientation
• Albert M. Bugaj, An Investigation of Bulletin Board Use as a Course Supplement
• Melanie C. Page, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates: The What, When, How, Why
• Elizabeth E. Seebach, Getting Students Heated Up Over a Systemic View of Stress
• Melissa A. Allen, Elizabeth Cichella,Kathryn A. Stott, Nathan Jones, Betty Y. Ashbaker, Teaching Crisis Intervention Skills with Metaphors and Movie Clips
• Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti,Lisa M. Edwards, Cross Cultural Counseling with Biracial Individuals: An Instructonal Model
• Kenneth A. Weaver, Teresa L. Allen, Credentialing High School Psychology Teachers
• Maryka Biaggio, Student Perceptions of Factors Helping and Hindering Dissertation Progress
• Claudia J. Clayton,Stuart Spendlove, Using Learning Theory to Improve Personal Behavior in Relationships
• Clare S. Lawlor, Metaphor and Methodology: Adult Learning Processes in Graduate Psychology Courses
• Angela L. Anderson, Marie L. Miville, UDO in the Classroom: A Framework for Teaching Multiculturalism
• Jeanne M. Slattery, Crystal L. Park, Faculty Supervision of Undergraduate Researchers
• Kimberly A. Gilbert, Nicole B. Levine, Rebecca D. Lieberman, Liora P. Schmelkin, Multidimensional Scaling of Fifth-Grader's Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty
• Linda M. Woolf, Women's Human Rights: A Path to Internationalizing Psychology and Women
• Lori McKinney, Elizabeth Ruiz, Varieties of Nontraditional Students
• David M. Young, Undergraduate Training in Health Psychology: An Applied Focus
• Kenneth E. Sumner,Teaching Employment Law Using Principles of Procedural and Distributive Justice
• Michael Atherton, An Introductory Neurocognitive Model for Psychology Students
• Nancy H. Wrobel, Freud, Arabic uncles, and Katie Couric: Students dreams following 9/11/01
• William E. Addison, John B. Best,Do ACT Scores Predict Performance in Science-Oriented Psychology Courses?
• Karen Pezza Leith, Adult Learning Styles and the College Classroom
• Alice LoCicero, Students' Discovery: Principles of Family Psychology Differ Across Cultures
• Matthew J. Taylor, Carol Miller,Connecting the Personal and Global: Linked Psychology and Sociology Courses
• Tammison R. Smith, Lisa K. Younes,James W. Lichtenberg, Working Alliance Inventory of Supervisory Relationships
• Judith Reifsteck, Integrating Service Values and the Teaching of Psychology
• Deborah S. Briihl, David T. Wasieleski, A Survey of Psychology Master's Programs: Admissions and Program Requirements
• Asghar Iran-Nejad, Yuejin Xu, Grace N. Long, Grant Cockrell, Gopakumar Venugopalan, Can a Semester's Teaching to Change Change Teacher's Conception of Learning?
• Erin K. Hill, Steven A. Meyers, Shanta Y. Thomas-Branch, James J. Bender, Describing and Managing Conflict in College Courses
• Beverly Dolinsky, Integrating Practical Experience into Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum
• Susan E. Becker, Tom Graves, Assessing Students' Acquisition of Counseling Skills
• Kathleen Stetter, Sarah Rosol, Selecting Statistical Tests: Student Preferences for Decision Tools.

11.00-11. 50 a.m. STP Hyatt Hospitality Suite
Internationalizing the Psychology Curriculum: Challenges, Benefits, and a Response to World Events.
Linda M. Woolf & Michael R. Hulsizer, Webster University

12.00-12.50 p.m. STP Hyatt Hospitality Suite
Working with State Departments of Education to Advance High School Psychology Teacher Certification.
Ken Weaver, Emporia State University

2.00- 2.50 p.m. STP Hyatt Hospitality Suite
Careful, When Teaching, There May Be Errors in Psychology Books and Journals
Hagop S. Pambookian, Shawnee State University

6.00-7.00 p.m. STP Hyatt Hospitality Suite
Open meeting for the Graduate Student/New Faculty Relations Task Force
Patti Price.

Friday, August 23

8.00-9.50 a.m. CHICAGO HILTON
Executive Committee Meeting
Bill Hill, Chair.

8.00 - 8.50 a.m.
Innovative Teaching Techniques in Developmental Psychology Robert S. Weisskirch (Chair)

• Tara L. Kuther, Never Seeing Students and Other Challenges of Teaching Development Online
• Lesa Rae Vartanian, Using the Regional Science Fair as Real-Life Piagetian Theory
• Sherri McCarthy, Learn a Theorist, Be a Theorist
• Arlene R. Lundquist,Adolescence on Trial

9.00-9.50 a.m.
Foundational Issues in the Teaching of Psychology William Douglas Woody (Chair)

• Ron Sheese and Paul A. Thomas, Transcending the Teacher-Centered/Student-Centered Dichotomy in Psychology Education
• William Douglas Woody, Heterogony of Models, Goals, and Means in Teaching

10.00-10.50 a.m.
Teaching the History of Psychology: Developing Competencies David B. Baker (Chair)

• Mark L. Savickas, Developing Competence to Teach Psychology's History: From Babbler to Dabbler
• Thomas F. Sawyer, If I Can Do It, Anybody Can
• Donald A. Dewsbury, Pathways to History
• Loreto Prieto (Discussant),

Wounded Healers: WTC Trauma Debriefing in a Psychology Graduate Program Kerri Olson Ronne (Chair)

• Julia M. Klco, CISD in a Psychology Graduate Program: Which Model and Why?
• Kelly Ducheny, A Proposed Model of Trauma Debriefing for Mental Health Professionals
• Kerri Ronne, Terrorist Attack Questionnaire and Trauma Symptom Inventory Results
• Michael Horowitz, Response to September 11th: Restoring and Building Community

11.00-11.50 a.m. STP Hyatt Hospitality Suite
The Great Debate: On-Line or In Class (Conversation Hour) Maria J. Lavooy (Chair)

• William E. Addison, On-Line or In Class: Questions to Ask Before You Decide
• Maria J. Lavooy, On-Line or In Class: Addressing Concerns

11.00-12.50 p.m.
Terrorism's Aftermath: Challenges to Students, Faculty, and the Academy Linda M. Woolf (Chair)

• Paul Greene, Serving Education: Responding to Trauma in the Classroom and Personally
• Jane S. Halonen, "No Latin Today!": An Administrator's Perspective on Terrorism's Aftermath
• Michael R. Hulsizer, The Effectiveness of University Responses on the September 11 Tragedy
• David N. Sattler, Distress, Coping and Resiliency following the Attack on America
• Tasha R. Howe, Linda M. Woolf, Terrorism and Political Violence: Integration into the Psychology Curriculum

12.00-12.50 p.m. STP Hyatt Hospitality Suite
An Innovative Model for Mental Health Training In a Diverse World

• Asuncion Miteria Austria, Cardinal Stritch University

1.00- 2.50 p.m.
Model Programs for Training the New Psychology Professoriate William Buskist (Chair)

• James H. Korn, Varieties of Teaching Experience
• Trisha A. Benson, Auburn University's Psychology Teacher Training Program: A Graduate Student's Perspective
• Kenneth Fuld, The Univesity of New Hampshire's Preparing Future Psychology Faculty Program
• Victor Benassi, The University of New Hampshire's Preparing Future Psychology Faculty Program
• Patti Price, Loreto R. Prieto (Discussants)

3.00-3.50 p.m. STP Hyatt Hospitality Suite
Staying Alive After 45: Maintaining Career Vitality

• Bill Buskist
• Jane Halonen
• Drew Appleby
• Jim Goodwin
• Ken Keith

G. Stanley Hall Lecture

• Martha McClintock, Biology and Emotion

4.00-4.50 p.m.
G. Stanley Hall Lecture

• Joshua Aronson, Narrowing the minority-white achievement gap: Lessons learned from psychology.

5.00-7.00 p.m.STP Hyatt Hospitality Suite

• TOPSS B-Day Celebration

Saturday, August 24

8.00-9.50 a.m. CHICAGO HILTON
Executive Committee Meeting
Bill Hill, Chair.

9.00-9.50 a.m. STP Hyatt Hospitality Suite
Teaching Introductory Psychology in Another Way

• Harold Moon, Augusta State University.

10.00-10.50 a.m. STP Hyatt Hospitality Suite
Teaching the Psychology of Women/Gender

• Jan Yoder, University of Akron.

11.00-11.50 a.m.
Poster Session II Regan Gurung (Chair)

• Margaret M. Nauta, "What is Psychology?": An Introductory Psychology Ouf-of-Class Activity
• Richard S. Velayo,Igor Botan,Lillian Vul, Online Teaching: Received Learning Variables and Outcome Measures
• Andrew M. Pomerantz, Who Plays the Client? Psychotherapy Role-Play Exercises with Theater Students
• Valerie S. Smead, Ph.D.,"Let Me Ask You A Question"
• Karen Kopera-Frye, Edward Starbuck,Susan Harris, Jessica Emery, Jess Totans, A Teaching Activity Integrating Social Cognitive Processes in Aging
• Jeffrey S. Nevid, Jodi L. Lampmann,Concept Boxes as Pedagogial Aids: Effects on Content Acquisition
• Shoshana D. Kerewsky, Creating and Using DSM-IV-TR Teaching Games at the Graduate Level
• Kari Knutson Miller, Nicole Merino, The Impact of Web-Based Course Materials and Activities on Learning
• Randall D. Wight, Enhancing Peer Review Skills: An Online Activity
• Adam Winsler, Louis Manfra, Increasing Student Learning, Technology Use, and Computer Skills via Use of WebCT in an Undergraduate Child Development Course: A Pre-Post Course Evaluation Study
• Christine D. MacDonald, Christy L. Coleman, Teaching Statistics Online: What It Takes to be Successful
• Marvin G. Bulgatz, Susan Davidson, Effectiveness of a Short Simulation of the "Black-box" Problem
• David P. Nalbone,Christopher L. Aberson, Suggestions for Creating Effective Psychology Poster Presentations
• C.R. Snyder, Are There Limits to Classroom Demonstrations Involving Self-Referential Information?
• Jonathan W. Anderson, Margaret Diddams, Teaching Nonparametric Statistics Using Student Instrumental Values
• Jennifer F. Taylor,"Walking the Walk": Facilitating Difficult Classroom Discussions via Group Processes
• Christopher L. Aberson, Victoria L. Romero, Michael R. Healy, Dale E. Berger,An Interactive Tutorial for Teaching Regression Variance Components
• Diane L. Elmore, Mary W. Armsworth, Addressing Societal Need: Introducing Trauma Training in the Psychology Curriculum
• Pamela I. Ansburg, An Assignment about Careers in Psychology that Reveals Students' Interests
• Jane P. Sheldon, Using "Radio Diaries" to Teach Developmental Psychology Concepts
• Amy L. Garbrecht, Cynthia L. Dulaney, Short Feature Clips to Enhance Introductory Psychology
• Jennifer S. Ripley, Prisoner's Dilemma: Game on-line - "Low-tech" and "High-Tech"
• Judith Krauss, The Lucky Man Left Town-Before the Earthquake Struck
• Stephanie Bruhn, The Smart Classroom: Is Technology and Asset?
• Deborah A. Carroll, Benefits of a Writing-To-Learn Approach
• Kim Ernst, Using the Nun Study As a Means to Review Introductory Psychology Course Concepts
• David Renjilian, Building the Perfect Faculty Web Site: Comparing Psychology Faculty Pages to Student Ideals
• Edie Woods, Why Should Teachers of Psychology Use Information Technology
• Rodastina Purvanova, Empirical Examination of Factors That Influence Student Ratings of Instructors

12.00-1.00 p.m. STP Hyatt Hospitality Suite
Preparing Effective Course Syllabi: What "Everybody Knows"

• Jeanne M. Slattery, Clarion University
• Janet F. Carlson, Texas A&M University at Galveston
• Crystal Park, University of Connecticut

1.00- 1.50 p.m.
Presidential Address (David E Johnson, Chair.)

• Bill Hill, The Never Ending Story: Renewing One's Teaching and Professional Life.

2.00-2.50 p.m.
A Course to Integrate the Science and Practice of Teaching James L. Werth, Jr. (Chair)

• John J. Zarski and James L. Werth, Jr., Service Learning Experience: Teaching Students the Skill of Reflection
• Laura McCrea, The Teaching Course from a Student's Perspective: Reflections and Evaluations
• Loreto R. Prieto (Discussant)

3.00- 3.50 p.m.
Harry Kirke Wolfe Lecture

• Randy Smith, A Social Psychology Toolbox for the College Classroom.

4.00-4.50 p.m.
G. Stanley Hall Lecture

• Roxanne Cohen Silver, Thinking Critically on Coping with Life's Traumas

4.00-4.50 p.m. CHICAGO HILTON
Business Meeting
Bill Hill, Chair.

5.00 -7.00 p.m. CHICAGO HILTON
Social Hour and Teaching Awards Ceremony.
Bill Hill, David E. Johnson, Dana Dunn, Linda Noble, Mary Kite, Regan A. R. Gurung, Valerie Whittlesey co-hosts.

Sunday, August 25

8.00-8.50 a.m.
Teaching for Diversity: Enhancing Cross-Cultural Awareness and Overcoming Communication Barriers
Sally M. Hage (Chair)

• Claudia Rinaldi, Improving Teaching Effectiveness Through Attending to Diverse Learning Styles
• Cyndi Kernahan, Racial Identify/Attitude Development: The Effects of Required Diversity Courses
• Regan A.R. Gurung (Discussant)

9.00-9.50 a.m.
Invited Address (Bill Hill, Chair)

• Cynthia Belar, Rethinking Education in Psychology and Psychology in Education: Some Perspectives

10.00-10.50 a.m.
Lessons Learned: Experienced Teachers Share Their Insights about Teaching Psychology Margaret A. Lloyd (Chair)

• Randal M. Ernst,What I Now Know: A Secondary School Teacher's Perspective
• Robin J. Hailstorks, Re-envisioning the Role of a Community College Professor
• Margaret A. Lloyd, Accentuate the Positive: Reflections on Teaching Undergraduate Psychology

11.00-11.50 a.m. STP Hyatt Hospitality Suite

Reception to honor Ginny Mathie's BEA award for education and training.

12.00-1.50 p.m.
National Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology MajorRichard Wesp (Chair)

• Jane S. Halonen, Using APA National Undergraduate Guidelines to Craft Meaningful Department Standards
• James H. Korn, Using Guidelines and Standards in Consultation and Evaluation