A selection of conference presentations and lectures given by faculty in the College of the Pacific - Department of Psychology at University of the Pacific.

Follow

Submissions from 2003

Autism: A behavior analytic comprehensive treatment package, Sebastien Bosch, Matthew P. Normand, M. Saltzman, and D. Granpeesheh

Autism: A behavior analytic comprehensive treatment package, Sebastien Bosch, Matthew P. Normand, M. Saltzman, and D. Granpeesheh

Psychosocial and personality characteristics of lesbian batterers, B. Fortunata and Carolynn S. Kohn

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: The effect of staffing variables on the successful program completions of juvenile delinquents in group homes : a thesis ..., L. Patricia Degenstein Garcia

Autism and the dissemination of behavior analysis: A call to arms, G. Green and Matthew P. Normand

Talk to the experts on autism, G. Green, Matthew P. Normand, J. Partington, and K. Wagner

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Measuring hallucinations in the chronic mentally ill, Scott Winslow Harrington

Some issues and current research concerning visual data analysis, Matthew P. Normand

Using protocol analysis in behavior analysis: Two methods to the madness, Matthew P. Normand

The effects of celeration lines on the visual analysis of graphed within-subject data, Matthew P. Normand and J. Bailey

The effects of job aids on the behavior of visual data analysts, Matthew P. Normand and J. Bailey

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: The influence of bimodal combinations of audio, visual, and textual components on recall of content material, Shann Ethelbert Sagles

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Effects of patient and physician gender on the assessment of a medical complaint, Emmylou C. Santos

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Possible selves and truancy in high school students, Wibecke Linn Stromsnes

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: A comparison of stimulus preference methods in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Michael Lee Yu

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Using variable interval reinforcement and dependent group contingencies to increase on-task behavior in a general education classroom, Paul William Heering

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Can average people detect differences in transcribed speech samples spoken by people either diagnosed with schizophrenia or not diagnosed with schizophrenia?, Tina Marie Hopson

Changes in baseline smoking behaviors among alcohol illicit drug abusers and one-year substance abuse treatment outcomes, Carolynn S. Kohn, J. Y. Tsoh, and C. M. Weisner

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: White coat effect in college students, Erin D. McGuire

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Precision teaching as an instructional procedure for training social skills in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia : a thesis ..., Jill E. Mullin

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Stress, coping, and recurrent abdominal pain in adolescents, Sonja C. Nelson

Link

Verbal behavior: History and future, Matthew P. Normand

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: The use of functional assessment and frequency building procedures to increase internal product knowledge and data entry skills among foremen in a large construction organization, Ralph N. Pampino Jr.

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Increasing electricity conservation in a high-functioning mentally disabled sample, Sencer Solakoglu

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Effects of modeling on HIV testing rates at a university health center, Aaron Arthur Stabel

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: The relationship between body dysmorphic symptoms measure and social anxiety symptoms measures in a sample of ethnically diverse adolescents, Sheava Tania Zadeh

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: An extended functional analysis of off-task behavior in children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), William Alan Flood

Coping and social support at entry to substance abuse treatment: Gender differences and length of stay, Carolynn S. Kohn, J. R. Mertens, and C. M. Weisner

Gender differences in coping skills and life stressors among HMO clients entering substance abuse treatment, Carolynn S. Kohn, J. R. Mertens, and C. M. Weisner

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Maturity differences in comprehending the essentiality of physical contact for contamination, Tissa Rochelle Lopez

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Precision teaching as a supplementary approach to skills training for individuals with schizophrenia, Jennifer Elizabeth MacDonald

Applied behavior analysis in business and industry: Some basic principles, Matthew P. Normand

Collecting concurrent verbal reports: Some considerations and methodological refinements, Matthew P. Normand

Discussion of L. W. Williams and A. R. Cummings, Matthew P. Normand

Some methodological considerations for the visual analysis of behavioral data, Matthew P. Normand

Developing a brief functional assessment of attention-to-task behavior: A preliminary analysis, Matthew P. Normand and M. Reiss

The acquisition of intraverbal frames through modeling, D. Palmer

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: A comparison of trial and error learning versus errorless learning of face-name associations in Alzheimer's patients, Julianne Louise Patalano

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Efficacy of risperidone for the treatment of aggressive children in a private practice setting, Brian Robert Patterson

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Peer-perceived dominance in adolescents: Validation of a measure, Tania Warren Philipp

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Increasing verbal initiations in children with autism: Effects of a tactile prompt, Daniel Bahram Shabani

Submissions from 2000

PDF

The demon-haunted sentence: A skeptical analysis of reverse speech, Tom Byrne and Matthew P. Normand

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Articulated thoughts in simulated situations: An investigation into the thought processes of aggressive adolescents, Leilani Feliciano DiLiberto

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Prevalence and predictors of adolescent depression in a multiethnic sample, Margery Dee Elledge

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Reactions to eye contact in aggressive and nonaggressive adolescent males, Jason William Grosser

Communication skills and relationship satisfaction among interfaith and interracial couples, Carolynn S. Kohn and S. L. Sayers

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Developing prosocial behavior in preschool children using a response cost-based intervention, Amber Lynn Messner

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: The effects of stimulus complexity on the verbal behavior of individuals with chronic schizophrenia, Shannon Lisa Nichols

Applications of verbal behavior, Matthew P. Normand

Verbal behavior: Where we’ve been and where we’re going, Matthew P. Normand

Publication trends in The Analysis of Verbal Behavior: 1982-1998, Matthew P. Normand, Jeffrey F. Fossa, and Alan Poling

Publication trends in The Analysis of Verbal Behavior: 1982-1998, Matthew P. Normand, J. Fossa, and A. Poling

A brief functional assessment of attention-to-task behavior, Matthew P. Normand and M. Reiss

Basic behavioral research and organizational behavior management, Alan Poling, Alyce M. Dickinson, John Austin, and Matthew P. Normand

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Influencing attitude change toward people living with HIV and AIDS, Denise Eileen Pollard

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Effect of knowledge of the recipient on the willingness to donate organs, Michelle Kaiser Singh

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: The effects of feedback on learning in discrete trial teaching of children with autism, Sara Jay White

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Children's attitudes and behavioral intentions toward emotionally disturbed peers, Jennifer Linn Crews

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Biodesensitization: Biofeedback-controlled systematic desensitization of the distress response to chronic tinnitus, David Alvin Jardine

The effect of psychological intervention on adjustment to the ICD: A prospective study, Carolynn S. Kohn, R. Petrucci, D. Soto, C. Baessler, and C. Movsowitz

Prevention of divorce among intermarried couples: Perceived family/social support, marital role beliefs, and relationship satisfaction, Carolynn S. Kohn and S. L. Sayers

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help: A cross-national study between American and Japanese college students, Akihiko Masuda

Behavioral cusps and cumulative repertoires: Some comments on language development, Matthew P. Normand

Link

The discussion of behavioral principles in JOBM, Matthew P. Normand, Barbara Bucklin, and John Austin

The effects of cumulative-hierarchical learning on language development, Matthew P. Normand and C. Miguel

Link

Noncontingent reinforcement: An inappropriate description of time-based schedules that reduce behavior, Alan Poling and Matthew P. Normand

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: The role of support groups on the Internet for those suffering from chronic kidney disease, Ben Gordon Quick

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: A comparison of graduated guidance and a system of least prompts when teaching children with autism in a discrete trial format, Sally Renee Roth

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Predicting medication compliance in asthma sufferers, Jamile Abraham Ashmore

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: The use of a culturally sensitive video in presenting AIDS information to a Hispanic population, Elvia Barboa

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Condom use of female college students as a function of information versus role play and modeling, Lisa Kirsten Hunter

Treatment effects on persons' long-term adjustment to the cardiac defibrillator, Carolynn S. Kohn, R. Petrucci, D. Soto, C. Baessler, and C. Movsowitz

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: The prevalence of body dysmorphic symptoms among an ethnically diverse sample of high school students : a thesis ..., Stephen B. Mayville

Service review: Improving consumer benefits by increasing control of outcome data over front line human service activity (Larry W. Williams), Matthew P. Normand

The analysis of behavioral mechanisms in JOBM, Matthew P. Normand, B. Bucklin, and J. Austin

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: An integrative treatment for reducing test anxiety and improving academic self-esteem in learning disabled students : a thesis ..., Donald A. Wachelka

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: The effects of differential verbal feedback given to collegiate volleyball players practicing the skill of passing, Joseph James Wortmann

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Development and validation of a measure of prenatal anxiety, Shawna S. Berke

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Is the incidence of depression higher in retiring athletes than in currently playing athletes?, Michelle Elizabeth Bolt

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: A correlation of staff reports of hallucinatory indicators and the self-report of auditory hallucinations of persons diagnosed with chronic schizophrenia, Catherine Anne Bryson

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Men and women's perceptions of verbal and nonverbal consent for sexual intercourse, Jason J. Burrow

Development of a parental pressure scale, A. C. Butler, C. E. Johnston, and Carolynn S. Kohn

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Social skills training to help increase support networks for the mentally ill, Todd Fred Fabian

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Assertiveness training with individuals who are moderately and mildly retarded, Wendy Maxine Forkas

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: A behavioral treatment program for chronic schizophrenics : a thesis ..., Michelle E. Franco

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Treatment at a transitional residential facility: Effects on positive and negative symptomology, Maria L. Gokim

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Increasing positive attitudes toward people who have a major mental disability, Annette Marie Junell

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: The utilization of value self-confrontation in increasing employment opportunities for the mentally ill, Erik Andrew Mayville

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Do aggressive video games cause increased cardiovascular response? : a thesis ..., Carol Smith Mickelson

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: The effects of age, race, and question format on racial identification, attitudes, and preference, Tracy Anne Premo

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Enhancing everyday memory for older adults, Birgitte Ryslinge

Promoting ethnic diversity in marital studies: Lessons from one research program, S. L. Sayers, Carolynn S. Kohn, D. M. Colombo, and M. Gangarosa

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: The waiting game : a new paradigm for teaching self-control to pre-school children : a thesis ..., Julie Schepis

Theses/Dissertations from 1996

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Teaching nonsexist language, Leanne Hawken

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Comparative effects of sertraline and methylphenidate on attention and behavior in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder : a thesis ..., William A. Kehoe

What makes a good relationship? The role of relationship standards in marital distress, Carolynn S. Kohn, S. L. Sayers, and B. Brigidi

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Age and gender-related differences among children's social support networks, Cynthia A. Magee

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Refrainment from sexual interaction by male rats, Michael Clyde Medlock

Premarital prevention materials for consumers: How behavioral are they?, S. L. Sayers, D. M. Colombo, M. Gangarosa, B. Brigidi, and Carolynn S. Kohn

PDF

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Unit dose packaging to increase the frequency of blood glucose testing in patients with diabetes, Julie Ann Wagner