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

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Submissions from 2019

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Personal control beliefs and memory in aging: Mediation by health and lifestyle, Mercedes Ball and Carla M. Strickland-Hughes

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Socializing more linked with better aging attitudes, Kezhia Barba, Lluvia Garnica, and Carla M. Strickland-Hughes

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Are you threatening me? Responses to age-based stereotype threat, Sebastian Getman and Carla M. Strickland-Hughes

The cognitive benefits of learning multiple real-world skills in older adults, S. Leanos, Esra Kurum, Carla M. Strickland-Hughes, Annie Ditta, George W. Rebok, and Rachel Wu

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Self-regulation in memory strategy training for middle-aged and older adults, Carla M. Strickland-Hughes and Robin Lea West

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Maximizing the impact of cognitive interventions via learning and socio-motivational factors, Carla M. Strickland-Hughes and Rachel Wu

Abstracts from 2018

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Forgetful? Demented? Maybe you're just stereotyped., Kezhia Barba and Mercedes Ball

Parent reactions to negative emotions and toddler shyness as interacting correlates of internalizing behaviors and social competence in toddlerhood, Delaney Callen and Jessica Stoltzfus Grady

The role of inhibitory control in shy toddlers’ adjustment, Jocelyn Camargo and Jessica Stoltzfus Grady

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Activities Adjusting Attitudes: The Impact of Lifestyle on Age Stereotype and Beliefs, Lluvia Garnica, Sebastian Getman, and Alexis Gutierrez

Parental warmth helps shy toddlers to be bold, Jessica Stoltzfus Grady

Promoting shy toddlers’ physiological regulation during low- and moderately-threatening social contexts, Jessica Stoltzfus Grady

Relations among parental emotion modeling, cultural orientations, and child adjustment in toddlerhood, Jessica Stoltzfus Grady

Improving the interview answers of a military veteran using behavioral skills training, C. Grossi and Corey S. Stocco

Boys don’t cry? Gender differences in emotion portrayals within storybooks, Malina Her, Geena Moreno, Katie Perez, Jillian Yelinek, and Jessica Stoltzfus Grady

The effect of token reinforcement on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity exhibited by young children, Rutvi R. Patel, Carolynn S. Kohn, Matthew P. Normand, and Kelly L. Roughgarden

The effect of token reinforcement on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity exhibited by young children, Rutvi R. Patel, Carolynn S. Kohn, Matthew P. Normand, and Kelly L. Roughgarden

Understanding and treating lying, Corey S. Stocco

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Aging, self-regulation, and cognitive success, Carla M. Strickland-Hughes

Cognitive Health: Attention and Aging, Carla M. Strickland-Hughes

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Maximizing the impact of cognitive interventions, Carla M. Strickland-Hughes

Myths and Reality of Memory and Aging (And What You Can Do!), Carla M. Strickland-Hughes

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Intergenerational intervention to combat age-based stereotype threat and promote self-regulation, Carla M. Strickland-Hughes and Mercedes Ball

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Brief memory strategy training that enhances beliefs promotes near transfer, Carla M. Strickland-Hughes and Robin Lea West

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Brief strategy training enhances targeted memory and beliefs and promotes near transfer, Carla M. Strickland-Hughes and Robin Lea West

Improving College Students’ Interview Skills Using Staff-Implemented Behavioral Skills Training (BST) at a Career Center, Meagan Strickland, Corey Stocco, Vinthia Wiryananda Wirantana, and Carolynn S. Kohn

The implementation and adoptability of behavioral skills training in a career center, Vinthia Wiryananda Wirantana, Corey S. Stocco, and Carolynn S. Kohn

Using Behavioral Skills Training to Train Career Resource Center Staff to Use BST to Teach Job Interview Skills to College Students, Vinthia Wiryananda Wirantana, Corey S. Stocco, and Carolynn S. Kohn

Submissions from 2017

Using arbitrary reinforcers to treat the off-topic speech of an individual with autism, Kortney Katherine Classen and Corey S. Stocco

Using arbitrary reinforcers to treat the off-topic speech of an individual with autism, Kortney Katherine Classen and Corey S. Stocco

Is Our Tendency to Prefer Similar Others Innate? A Replication and Extension, Amir Cruz-Kahlili, Vinthia Wiryananda Wirantana, Molly Hankla, Rutvi R. Patel, and Carolynn S. Kohn

Is Our Tendency to Prefer Similar Others Innate? A Replication and Extension, Amir Cruz-Kahlili, Vinthia Wiryananda Wirantana, Molly Hankla, Rutvi R. Patel, and Carolynn S. Kohn

Importance of Replication and Experimental Analysis in Behavioral Science: Examination of Factors Affecting Infants Choices, Amir Cruz-Kahlili, Vinthia Wiryananda Wirantana, Manjot Sandhu, and Carolynn S. Kohn

Emotion socialization of shy boys and girls, Jessica Stoltzfus Grady and Malina Her

Investigation of the 8 parameters of praise in popular parent training books, J. Halloran, A. Brown, and Scott A. Jensen

Motion activated in-home video recording feasibility study, J. Halloran and Scott A. Jensen

The Effects of Behavioral Skills Trainingand Peer Modeling on College Students' Pours, Molly Hankla, Meagan Strickland, and Carolynn S. Kohn

Poor Pouring Peers: Effects of Alcohol Training and Peer Modeling on College Students’ Pours, Molly Hankla, Meagan Strickland, Rutvi R. Patel, Danielle Cumming, Maria Arita, and Carolynn S. Kohn

Poor Pouring Peers: Effects of Alcohol Training and Peer Modeling on College Students’ Pours, Molly Hankla, Meagan Strickland, Rutvi R. Patel, Danielle Cumming, Maria Arita, and Carolynn S. Kohn

Emotion socialization through storybooks and prosocial behavior in shy children, Malina Her, W. Moreno, and Jessica Stoltzfus Grady

Preschool teacher’s role in the emotion coaching of children, Yeliek Jillian, Jessica Stoltzfus Grady, and C. Mahnke

Multiple relationships and ethical behavior: It’s a fine line, Carolynn S. Kohn

The ethics of practice and the practice of ethics, Carolynn S. Kohn

Mechanisms of racial disparities in cognitive aging: Use of causal mediation in neuropsychology research, S. Levy, T. G. Hill-Jarrett, Carla M. Strickland-Hughes, I. Shpister, J. Weuve, J. Marden, L. B. Zahdone, and J. J. Manly

Do Infants Make Moral Judgments? Investigating Other Probable Explanations, Tyler Nighbor, Carolynn S. Kohn, Matthew P. Normand, and Henry D. Schlinger

B. F. Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior: History, implications, and applications, Matthew P. Normand

Get moving: A programmatic line of behavioral research on physical activity with young children, Matthew P. Normand

Get moving: A programmatic line of behavioral research on physical activity with young children, Matthew P. Normand

Psychology in crisis: Why size actually does matter, Matthew P. Normand

Using rules to improve the honest reports of children in environments with conflicting reinforcement contingencies, Jessica A. Sauter, Ingrid Saavedra, and Corey S. Stocco

Using rules to improve the honest reports of children in environments with conflicting reinforcement contingencies, Jessica A. Sauter, Ingrid Saavedra, and Corey S. Stocco

Using rules to improve the honest reports of children in environments with conflicting reinforcement contingencies, Jessica A. Sauter, Ingrid Saavedra, and Corey S. Stocco

Application of the free-pour assessment to college student drinkers: Review and implications, Nicole R. Schultz, Carolynn S. Kohn, and Christopher J. Correia

A Systematic Review of the Free-Pour Assessment: Implications for Research, Assessment and Intervention, Nicole R. Schultz, Carolynn S. Kohn, Megan Schmerbauch, and Christopher J. Correia

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Personal beliefs and reactions to age and memory threat in everyday materials, Carla M. Strickland-Hughes and Robin Lea West

Submissions from 2016

Preference for Similar Others: A Replication and Extension, Katrina Bettencourt, Amir Cruz-Kahlili, Molly Hankla, Audrey Campbell, and Carolynn S. Kohn

Does providing young children the opportunity to choose an activity result in more physical activity, V. Boga and Matthew P. Normand

Assessment of Behavioral Knowledge of Spanish-Speaking Parents, A. Brown and Scott A. Jensen

Investigation of the 8 parameters of praise in popular parent training websites, A. Brown and Scott A. Jensen

The Effect of Product Characteristics on Recycling Behavior, Audrey Campbell, Molly Hankla, Amir Cruz-Kahlili, Katrina Bettencourt, and Carolynn S. Kohn

The Effect of Product Characteristics on Recycling Behavior, Audrey Campbell, Molly Hankla, Amir Cruz-Kahlili, Katrina Bettencourt, and Carolynn S. Kohn

The effects of text messages on daily step counts, E. Cardoza, A. Cruz-Khalili, and Matthew P. Normand

Time-out for sibling aggression: An analysis of effective durations in a natural setting, S. Corralejo, A. D. Mitchell, and Scott A. Jensen

Obstacles and opportunities in observing parenting skills, S. Corralejo, A. D. Mitchell, L. Ward, A. Brown, and Scott A. Jensen

The effects of peer-directed attention on the physical activity of young children, S. Gauert and Matthew P. Normand

A replication of B. F. Skinner’s verbal summator, S. Gauert, S. Pangburn, and Matthew P. Normand

Emotion displays in storybooks within American culture, Jessica Stoltzfus Grady, Malina Her, Geena Moreno, Katie Perez, and Jillian Yelinek

The effect of correct and incorrect video models on the acquisition of skills taught in behavioral parent training, E. Herrerra, Scott A. Jensen, and A. D. Mitchell

The effect of correct and incorrect video models on the acquisition of skills taught in behavioral parent training, E. Herrerra, Scott A. Jensen, and A. D. Mitchell

Good behavior, good ethics: The ethics of gifts and multiple roles, Carolynn S. Kohn

Ineffective and potentially harmful treatments for children and adolescents diagnosed with autism, Carolynn S. Kohn

The influence of peer presence on physical activity exhibited by young children, C. P. Livingston, Matthew P. Normand, and I. Kristjansdottir

Parents ability to generalize time-out implementation to other untrained situations, A. D. Mitchell and Scott A. Jensen

Suggestibility in preference in children, A. D. Mitchell, J. N. Vo, S. Corralejo, and Scott A. Jensen

B. F. Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior: History, controversy, implications, and applications, Matthew P. Normand

Breeding ground: Pseudoscience, voodoo science, and junk science in autism research and treatment, Matthew P. Normand

Contemporary developments in behavior analysis, Matthew P. Normand

Nature or nurture? Either way it’s your parents’ fault, Matthew P. Normand

Nature via nurture: You were born to be made, Matthew P. Normand

The language of science, Matthew P. Normand

Treatment of attention-maintained off-topic speech of individuals with autism during conversation, Jessica A. Sauter, Corey S. Stocco, and Rachel H. Thompson

Poor Correspondence Between Self-Report and Behavior: College Students' Definitions and Free-Pours of Standard Alcohol Servings, Nicole R. Schultz, Carolynn S. Kohn, Katrina Bettencourt, and Heather Dunn Carlton

Scientist as a sailor: The importance of scientific exploration and practice, Corey S. Stocco

Memory training works!, Carla M. Strickland-Hughes

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Future perspective and healthy lifestyle choices in adulthood, Carla M. Strickland-Hughes, Aylin Tasdemir-Ozdes, Susan Bluck, and Natalie C. Ebner

Submissions from 2015

Preference for Similar Others: A Replication and Extension, Katrina Bettencourt, Amir Cruz-Kahlili, Molly Hankla, Audrey Campbell, and Carolynn S. Kohn

College Students Can’t Talk the Talk or Pour the Pour, Katrina Bettencourt, Carolynn S. Kohn, Nicole R. Schultz, and Emily R. Metz

The Relation between Child Temperament and Mothers' Response to Children's Emotions: The Role of Child Age and Child Gender, Hilary Renee Bougher, Jessica Stoltzfus Grady, Amy Elizabeth Root, and Stephanie Clarke

Evaluating Structured-Feedback and Didactic Instruction Methods for Behavioral Parent Training, S. Corralejo, A. D. Mitchell, L. Ward, and Scott A. Jensen

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Own-age bias in face-name associations: Evidence from memory and visual attention in younger and older adults, K. E. Dillon, Carla M. Strickland-Hughes, Robin Lea West, and Natalie C. Ebner

Maternal emotion explanations facilitate child executive function: Moderation by temperamental shyness and effortful control, Jessica Stoltzfus Grady, Sarah Kahle, and Paul David Hastings

An Evaluation of Free-pour Training Procedures for College Students, Emily R. Metz, Katrina Bettencourt, Molly Hankla, Audrey Campbell, Amir Cruz-Kahlili, and Carolynn S. Kohn

An Evaluation of Free-pour Training Procedures for College Students, Emily R. Metz, Katrina Bettencourt, Molly Hankla, Audrey Campbell, Amir Cruz-Kahlili, and Carolynn S. Kohn

An Evaluation of Free-pour Training Procedures for College Students, Emily R. Metz, Katrina Bettencourt, Molly Hankla, Audrey Campbell, Amir Cruz-Kahlili, and Carolynn S. Kohn

Evaluation of popular books and their time-out procedures as they relate to previous time-out research, A. D. Mitchell, S. Corralejo, and Scott A. Jensen

Evaluation of Parenting Books, Parenting Websites, Behavioral Parent-Training Programs, and a Survey on Time-Out Procedures Related to Previous Research, A. D. Mitchell, L. Ward, S. Corralejo, and Scott A. Jensen

Evaluation of Parenting Program’s Time-Out Procedures Related to Previous Research, A. D. Mitchell, L. Ward, S. Corralejo, and Scott A. Jensen

B. F. Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior: Misunderstandings and misconceptions, Matthew P. Normand

Breeding ground: Pseudoscience, voodoo science, and junk science in autism research and treatment, Matthew P. Normand

Get moving: Behavior analysis of physical activity for health and fitness, Matthew P. Normand