Modeling psychological science at a liberal arts college:

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Modeling psychological science at a liberal arts
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• Stories from a cognitive psychology lab.

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General Challenges in Psychological Science
Diversity of the field vs. perception of the
public.
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General Challenges in Psychological Science
Psychology isnt really a science, right?
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General Challenges in Psychological Science
Psychology isnt really a science, right?
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General Challenges in Psychological Science
Most psychological findings are just common sense.
Isnt It Obvious? Activity
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Creating a Research Community
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Creating a Research Community
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Creating a Research Community
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Creating a Research Community
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Creating a Research Community
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Creating a Research Community
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Creating a Research Community
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Creating a Research Community
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Recent Projectswith Todd Derby, Chris Hansen,
Jenn Warren
Deception Detectionexamining leakage of verbal
and nonverbal cues to deception during truth,
lie, and multiple audience predicament
conditions.
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Recent Projectswith Natalie Nagy
Personal Language Use in E-mailexamination of
whether gender or authority of the recipient
influences the use of personal language in
the e-mails of female participants.
You are enrolled in Psychology 105 Intro to
Psychology this semester. Your first exam, worth
35 of your grade, is coming up in two days. You
just cant seem to understand the difference
between Skinners positive and negative
reinforcement and your professor hinted that
the essay question will be based on this theory.
Jamie sits beside you in Psychology class. Youve
never had any classes with him before, but
youve talked with him a few times in class and
he seems very nice. Jamie seems to really have a
grasp on the concepts you are learning about in
class and is doing well in the course. He told
you he would be happy to help if you ever had
any questions.
You have never been in a class with Professor
Hillman before, but youve enjoyed it so far. He
seems extremely helpful and has already offered
help to students numerous times since the class
began a few weeks ago. He encouraged students to
stop by his office or email him if they are
having trouble.
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Recent Projectswith Natalie Nagy
Personal Language Use in E-mailexamination of
whether gender or authority of the recipient
influences the use of personal language in
the e-mails of female participants.
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Recent Projectswith Jamie Skender
Embodied Cognition Memoryutilized theory of
embodied cognition to examine memory for words in
children (app. 10 years old).
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Recent Projectswith Adrianne Grand
Imagery Sports Performanceseries of three
experiments examining whether imaging
facilitating or inhibitory animal movement can
increase form in running and swimming.
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Recent Projectswith Adrianne Grand
Imagery Sports Performanceseries of three
experiments examining whether imaging
facilitating or inhibitory animal movement can
increase form in running and swimming.
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Recent Projectswith Amelia Whitaker
Imagery SLAexamining effectiveness of link
word method with images or pictures, with
immediate or delayed recall of vocabulary words.
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Recent Projectswith Amelia Whitaker
Imagery SLAexamining effectiveness of link
word method with images or pictures, with
immediate or delayed recall of vocabulary words.