PSY 588 Topics in Experimental Psychology

Department of Psychology
DePaul University

 


Spring 2001
Date
4/20   George Karabatsos, Louisiana State University
       "Markov Chain Estimation for Test Theory Without an Answer Key"

5/3    The 2001 Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association

6/8    First- and second-year presentations 3:30-5:00pm, Byrne 403

Winter 2001
Date
1/19   Craig S. Miller, School of Computer Science, DePaul University
       "Exploring Information Navigation Strategies with a Computational Model"

2/9    Jennifer Wiley, University of Illinois, Chicago
       "Expertise and Creative Problem Solving"

3/12   Bill Levine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
       "Inference during Reading"

Fall 2000
Date
9/15   David Allbritton, Department of Psychology, DePaul University
       "Metaphor as a Source of Coherence in Text Comprehension"

10/13  Christine Reyna, Department of Psychology, DePaul University
       "An Attributional Perspective on Stereotyping"

11/10  Ching-Fan Sheu, Department of Psychology, DePaul University
       "Approaches to Meta-Analysis in Psychological Research"

Spring 1999 Date 4/23 Dr. Susan Fiske, University of Chicago "Twenty Years of Research On Interdependence" 5/21 Dr. Lynd D. Bacon, Lynd Bacon & Associates, Ltd. "Marketing Science: Not an Oxymoron" 6/4 Student presentations Winter 1999 2/19 Dr. Sandra W. Shelton, School of Accountancy, DePaul University "The Effect of Experience on the Use of Irrelevant Evidence in Auditor Judgment" 3/12 Dr. Matthew Liao-Troth, Public Serviceis, DePaul University "The Application of Organizational Behavior Constructs to Volunteers" Fall 1998 9/18 Nancy E. Briggs, DePaul University "A Working Example of Web-based Adaptive Testing" 10/16 Faculty of Experimental Program, DePaul University "Doing Research in Experimental Psychology at DePaul" 11/13 Ching-Fan Sheu, DePaul University "Bayesian Estimation of Parameters of Theory of Signal Detectability"
Spring 1998

4/17    Dr. Beverly Wright, Northwestern University 
        "A potentially remediable auditory perceptual deficit
         in children with specific language impairment"

5/1     Dr. Shu-Chen Li, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
        "Neurotransmition and the Covariation of Cognitive Abilities 
         Across Lifespan: A Computational Inquiry"

5/29    Student presentations (Berger, Briggs, White; Hammer, Oliveri)

Winter 1998 1/30 Dr. Alan Schwartz, University of Illinois at Chicago "Postdecision affect: Feelings about Risky Options" 2/20 Dr. Maureen Wang Erber, Northeastern Illinois University "Trust and Conflict in Close Relationships" 3/13 Dr. Nobuko Chikamatsu, DePaul University "Introduction to Psycholinguistics & Word Recognition Study"

Fall 1997 9/19 DePaul Students and Faculty "How to do Research in Experimental Psychology at DePaul" 10/17 Dr. Nicole Therriault, DePaul University "Situational Influences on Affect Regulation" 11/14 Dr. Gwen Grams, DePaul University "Self Deception in Perception of Personal Appearance"


Spring 1996 4/26 Dr. In-Jae Myung, Ohio State University "Applying Occam's Razor in Modeling Cognition: A Bayesian Approach" 5/3 Dr. Shu-Chen Li, Max Planck Institute, Berlin "Age-related Cognitive Deficits, Reduced Processing Resources, and Cortex: In Serach of A General Computational Framework for Theories of Cognitive Aging" 6/7 Student presentations Winter 1996 1/5 Dr. Michel Regenwetter, McGill University "A Model of Preference Change and Its Application to 1992 Presidential Election Panel Data" 2/9 Dr. Christopher Hsee, University of Chicago "Preference Reversals Between Joint and Separate Evaluations" 3/8 Dr. David Allbritton, University of Pittsburgh "Metaphor-based Schemas and Text-comprehension" Fall 1995 9/15 DePaul Students and Faculty "How to do Research in Experimental Psychology at DePaul" 10/13 Dr. Jerome Busemeyer, Purdue University "The Use of Intervening Concepts in Causal Learning" 11/10 Dr. Jeffrey Sherman, Northwestern University "Antecedences and Consequence of Stereotype Suppression"

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