Welcome to the 1998 Joint Convention
of the
Western and Rocky Mountain Psychological Associations

April 16-19, 1998 Click on any underlined title for a full description

Wednesday 15

Thursday April 16

Friday April 17

Saturday April 18

Sunday April 19


MEETING PROGRAM

Film Festival (Alphabetical Film Listing)

Wednesday April 15, 1998

SPECIAL EVENT
THE fourth LEWIS M. TERMAN
WESTERN REGIONAL TEACHERS' CONFERENCE

Thursday April 16, 1998

1998 WPA FILM FESTIVAL
10:00 - 4:15 Santo Domingo

SPECIAL MEETING
8:30 - 3:30 Hyatt Regency, Fiesta Room
California State University Psychology Department Chairs

POSTER SESSION 1
9:00 - 10:45 Ballroom C
Human Learning, Memory, and Cognition

PAPER SESION
9:00 - 10:15 Tesuque-Zuni
Attitudes and attitude change

SYMPOSIUM
9:00 - 10:30 Isleta-Jemez
Enhancing undergraduates' academic success through research
and extracurricular activities: The hidden curriculum

SYMPOSIUM
9:30 - 11:00 Taos-Cochiti
Ethnic minorities: critical analyses of social and mental health concerns

INVITED PRESENTATION
9:45 - 10:45 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
The perception of hate speech

PAPER SESSION
10:30 - 12:00 Acoma
Culture and personality

PAPER SESSION
10:30 - 11:45 Tesuque-Zuni
Romantic attraction

POSTER SESSION 2
11:00 - 12:45 Ballroom C
Psychology and law, industrial/organizational psychology, and applied psychology

SPECIAL EVENT
RMPA ELLIS-BATTIG MEMORY SYMPOSIUM
11:00 - 1:00 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
Working Memory Capacity, Controlled Attention and General Fluid Intelligence, Randy Engle (Georgia Tech)

PSI-CHI SYMPOSIUM
11:00 - 12:00 Navajo-Nambe
Publishing in the psi chi journal of undergraduate research

SYMPOSIUM
11:00 - 12:00 Isleta-Jemez
Intergenerational relationship in immigrant and refugee families

SYMPOSIUM
11:15 - 12:45 Taos-Cochiti
Using internet resources to teach statistics

SPECIAL EVENT
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
G. STANLEY HALL LECTURE
11:45 - 12:45 Ballroom A
The truth about burnout

PAPER SESSION
12:45 - 2:15 Isleta-Jemez
Educational and school psychology

POSTER SESSION 3
1:00 - 2:45 Ballroom C
Social issues

SPECIAL EVENT
WPA INVITED SYMPOSIUM
1:00 - 2:30 Taos-Cochiti
Social Psychophysiology

INVITED PRESENTATION
1:00 - 2:00 Ballroom A
Educating the human brain: a view from inside

PAPER SESSION
1:00 - 2:00 Acoma
Personality

SPECIAL EVENT
STUP INVITED PRESENTATION
2:00 - 3:00 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
Academic dishonesty: current status, athletes and cheating, and cross-cultural findings

PAPER SESSION
2:00 - 3:00 Tesuque-Zuni
Industrial/Organizational Psychology

PSI CHI SYMPUSIUM
2:00 - 3:00 Navajo-Nambe
Getting into and succeeding in graduate school

PAPER SESSION
2:15 - 3:15 Acoma
Environmental Psychology

CUPP INVITED SYMPOSIUM
2:45 - 4:15 Taos-Cochiti
Perspectives on undergraduate research

POSTER SESSION 4
3:00 - 4:45 Ballroom C
Gender-related issues and sexuality

SYMPOSIUM
3:00 - 4:00 Isleta-Jemez
A review of new measures of intelligence

SPECIAL EVENT
GROUPS UNDER-REPRESENTED INVITED ADDRESS
3:15 - 4:15 Ballroom A
Community psychology, diversity, and the new multi-culturalism

INVITED PRESENTATION
3:15 - 4:15 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
Cognitive & clinical perspectives on mood dependent memory

PAPER SESSION
3:30 - 4:30 Acoma
Emotion

SPECIAL EVENT
4:00 - 5:30
University of New Mexico open house and reception

PAPER SESSION
4:15 - 5:15 Navajo-Nambe
Attention and Information Processing

SYMPOSIUM
4:15 - 5:45 Isleta-Jemez
Psychological Science in the Courtroom: Five Years After Daubert

INVITED PRESENTATION
4:30 - 5:30 Ballroom A
Individuality as process and content in cross-cultural contexts

CTUP INVITED PRESENTATION
4:30 - 6:00 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
The Last Lecture

RMPA INVITED PRESENTATION
5:00 - 6:00 Taos-Cochiti
Joe Palladino & Mitch Handelsman's Production of psych follies with the Psi Witness News

WPA-RMPA-CTUP SOCIAL HOUR

Friday April 17, 1998

1998 WPA FILM FESTIVAL
8:00 - 6:00 Santo Domingo

POSTER SESSION 5
8:00 - 9:45 Ballroom C
Developmental Psychology

PAPER SESSION
8:30 - 9:45 Acoma
Brain Function And Physiology

RMPA PAST PRESIDENTS' ADDRESS
8:45 - 9:45 Ballroom A
How Do Moods And Emotions Affect Memory

PSI CHI SYMPOSIUM
8:45 - 9:45 Isleta-Jemez
Preparing For The GRE

RMPA/CTUP INVITED SYMPOSIUM
9:00 - 10:00 Taos-Cochiti
Interdisciplinary Courses Involving Psychology: A Sampler

INVITED PRESENTATION
9:00 - 10:00 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
Perceived Threats And Prejudice

PAPER SESSION
9:00 - 10:00 Tesuque-Zuni
Depression

POSTER SESSION 6
10:00 - 11:45 Ballroom C
Brain Function, Psychopharmacology, Sensory Process, Motivation, And Sleep

PSI CHI INVITED PRESENTATION
10:00 - 11:00 Ballroom A
Self-Efficacy: The Foundation Of Human Agency

RMPA GROUPS UNDERREPRESENTED INVITED SYMPOSIUM
10:00 - 11:30 Navajo-Nambe
Complimentary, Nontraditional, And Indigenious Healing Practices

SYMPOSIUM
10:00 - 11:30 Isleta-Jemez
The Dome Village: An Experimental Environment For The Homeless

PAPER SESSION
10:00 - 11:30 Acoma
Human Learning And Memory

PAPER SESSION
10:15 - 11:00 Tesuque-Zuni
Humor Studies

INVITED PRESENTATION
10:45 - 11:45 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
Managing The Terror Of Being Human: Theory And Research

PSI CHI SPECIAL EVENT
11:00 - 12:00 Laguna
Conversation Hour With Albert Bandura

INVITED PRESENTATION
11:00 - 12:00 Taos-Cochiti
Does The Face Really "Express" Emotions?

PAPER SESSION
11:15 - 12:30 Tesuque-Zuni
Counseling Psychology

INVITED PRESENTATION
11:45 - 12:45 Ballroom A
Stress Reducing Influences Of Nature

POSTER SESSION 7
12:00 - 1:45 Ballroom C
Social-Personality Psychology I

RMPA BATTIG LECTURE
12:00 - 1:00 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
Inhibition, Attention, And Memory

PSI CHI SPECIAL EVENT
12:00 - 1:00 Laguna
Psi Chi Faculty Advisors' Luncheon

SYMPOSIUM
12:00 - 1:30 Navajo-Nambe
Unlearning Heterosexism: Psychotherapy With Sexual Minorities

SYMPOSIUM
12:15 - 1:45 Isleta-Jemez
Western Comparative Psychological Association:
Multidisciplinary Synthesis In Behavioral Evolution

INVITED PRESENTATION
12:30 - 1:30 Taos-Cochiti
Psychological Jurisprudence: Using Psychology To Change Law

PAPER SESSION
12:45 - 2:15 Tesuque-Zuni
Health And Medical Psychology

PSI CHI INVITED RESENTATION
1:00 - 2:00 Ballroom A
Advances In Improbable Research, And The Ig Nobel Prizes

INVITED PRESENTATION
1:15 - 2:15 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
The Public Policy Implications Of Sex Differences On Cognitive Tests

INVITED SYMPOSIUM
1:30 - 3:00 Acoma
Understanding Couple Interactions: Implications For Individuals And Relationships

INVITED ADDRESS
1:45 - 2:45 Taos-Cochiti
Research On Adult Attachment: Accomplishments, Controversies, Future Directions

POSTER SESSION 8
2:00 - 3:45 Ballroom C
Psi Chi Poster Session

PSI CHI SPECIAL EVENT
2:00 - 3:00 Laguna
Conversation Hour With Marc Abrahams

SYMPOSIUM
2:00 - 3:30 Isleta-Jemez
Combatting Destructive Thought Process:
Separation Theory And Voice Therapy Methodology

SYMPOSIUM
2:00 - 3:30 Navajo-Nambe
The Bored Worker: Causes And Consequences

RMPA GARDNER MEMORIAL LECTURE
2:15 - 3:15 Ballroom A
Hairy Chimpanzees, Not So Hairy Chimpanzees & Fuzzy Logic

INVITED PRESENTATION
2:30 - 3:30 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
Dynamics Of Emotion And Communication

PAPER SESSION
2:30 - 3:30 Tesuque-Zuni
Evaluation And Measurement

RMPA PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
3:45 - 4:45 Ballroom A
Recent Developments In The Genetics Of Alzheimer's Disease

WPA PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
5:00 - 6:00 Ballroom A
Turning The Corner: Psychology In The 20th And 21th Centuries

WPA AWARDS PRESENTATION
6:00 - 6:30 Ballroom A
Kyle R. Wanshaffe, San Jose State University

SPECIAL EVENT
6:30 - 7:30 Pavilion Room
Hyatt Regency Hotel
WPA-RMPA Presidential Reception And Social Hour

Saturday April 18, 1998

1998 WPA FILM FESTIVAL
8:00 - 5:45 Santo Domingo

POSTER SESSION 9
8:00 - 9:45 Ballroom C
Social - Personality Psychology II

PAPER SESSION
8:45 - 9:45 Isleta-Jemez
Information Processing

INVITED ADDRESS
9:00 - 10:00 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
Using Psychology To Teach Statistics

PSI CHI SPECIAL EVENT
9:00 - 10:00 Taos-Cochiti
Psi Chi Graduate School Exchange

SYMPOSIUM
9:00 - 10:00 Navajo-Nambe
Broadening The Definition Of Scholarship In Psychology

PAPER SESSION
9:00 - 10:00 Acoma
Cognitive Development

PAPER SESSION
9:00 - 10:00 Tesuque-Zuni
Clinical Psychology And Psychotherapy

POSTER SESSION 10
10:00 - 11:45 Ballroom C
Stress And Coping, Substance Abuse, Counseling And Rehabilitation

PSI CHI INVITED ADDRESS
10:00 - 11:00 Ballroom A
Industriousness: Can It Be Learned?

SYMPOSIUM
10:30 - 11:30 Isleta-Jemez
Treading Water: Surviving The First Year Of Professional Graduate School

WPA PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM
10:15 - 12:15 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
Psychology In The 21st Century

SYMPOSIUM
10:15 - 11:15 Navajo-Nambe
Language And Its Impact On Human Interaction

SYMPOSIUM
10:30 - 12:00 Taos-Cochiti
Program Evaluation: Training And Career Opportunities For Psychology Majors

PSI CHI SPECIAL EVENT
11:00 - 12:00 Laguna
Conversation Hour With Robert Eisenberger

INVITED ADDRESS
11:15 - 12:15 Ballroom A
Social Responses To Communication Technology

PAPER SESSION
11:30 - 12:30 Acoma
Psychology And Law

PAPER SESSION
11:30 - 12:30 Tesuque-Zuni
Developmental Psychology

SYMPOSIUM
11:30 - 12:30 Navajo-Nambe
Tips For Applying To And Successfully Completing Graduate School

CTUP/DIVISSIONII/CUPP LUNCHEON
BUSINESS MEETING


POSTER SESSION 11
12:00 - 1:45 Ballroom C
Educational Psychology, Ctup Teaching Exchange

SYMPOSIUM
12:00 - 1:30 Isleta-Jemez
Suicide: What Therapists Need To Know

INVITED ADDRESS
12:15 - 1:15 Taos-Cochiti
The Building Blocks Of Language: Perspectives From Computer Modeling

INVITED PRESENTATION
12:30 - 1:30 Ballroom A
Emerging Issues In The Prediction And Prevention Of Adverse Marital Outcomes

INVITED PRESENTATION
12:30 - 1:30 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
Perceiving Emotions In Faces

PAPER SESSION
12:45 - 2:00 Tesuque-Zuni
Sexuality

PSI CHI CHAPTER POSTER SESSION
1:00 - 2:00 Laguna
Psi Chi Chapter Information Exchange

SYMPOSIUM
1:00 - 3:00 Navajo-Nambe
American Psychological Association: How To Publish Your Manuscript

INVITED SYMPOSIUM
1:30 - 3:00 Taos-Cochiti
American Psychological Association:

INVITED ADDRESS
1:45 - 2:45 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
The Social Psychology Of Forgiveness

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST LECTURE
1:45 - 2:45 Ballroom A
When Forgetting Enables Learning: Implications For Theory And Practice

POSTER SESSION 12
2:00 - 3:45 Ballroom C
Health And Medical Psychology

PSI CHI SYMPOSIUM
2:00 - 3:00 Isleta-Jemez
Using Humor As A Coping Device

PAPER SESSION
2:15 - 3:45 Tesuque-Zuni
Racial Understanding

INVITED PRESENTATION
3:00-4:00 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
Retraining an Aging Workforce: Psychology Confronts Technological Changeand Skills Obsolescence

INVITED ADDRESS
3:00 - 4:00 Ballroom A
The Nature Of The Preverbal Mind: Towards A Developmental Cognitive Science

PAPER SESSION
3:00 - 4:00 Acoma
Sexual Violence

GROUPS UNDERREPRESENTED INVITED SYMPOSIUM
3:15 - 4:45 Taos-Cochiti
Teaching Take-Out

PSI BETA SYMPOSIUM
3:15 - 4:45 Navajo-Nambe
Innovative Teaching Methods At Community Colleges

SYMPOSIUM
3:15 - 4:45 Isleta-Jemez
American Psychological Association:
Gaining Federal Aid For Graduate Students: A Training Seminar

POSTER SESSION 13
4:00 - 5:45 Ballroom C
Evaluation And Measurement, Attention And Information Processing,
History And Philosophy

PAPER SESSION
4:00 - 5:00 Tesuque-Zuni
Substance Abuse

INVITED ADDRESS
4:30 - 5:30 Ballroom A
Discovering Laws Of Social Motivation:
The Central Role Of Inferences Of Social Responsibilities

INVITED ADDRESS
4:30 - 5:30 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
Language And Health

PSI CHI SOCIAL HOUR
5:00 - 6:00 Laguna

PSI BETA SPECIAL EVENT
5:00 - 7:00 Acoma
Psi Beta Chapter Exchange And Social Hour

RMPA OPEN BUSINESS MEETING
5:45 - 6:15 Ballroom A
RMPA 1997-98 Reports
Presentation of Student Paper Awards

Sunday April 19, 1998

INVITED PRESENTATION
9:00 - 10:00 Ballroom A
Functional Contextualism And The Conflict Between Cognitive And Behavioral Perspectives

INVITED SYMPOSIUM
9:00 - 10:15 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana
Neuroimaging, Attention, And Human Memory

SYMPOSIUM
9:00 - 10:00 Navajo-Nambe
Cultural Blindness In Psychology:
Responding To A Diversifying America

PAPER SESSION
9:00 - 10:30 Isleta-Jemez
Applied Psychology

POSTER SESSION 14
10:15 - 12:00 Ballroom C
Clinical Psychology, Depression, And Psychopathology

PAPER SESSION
10:15 - 12:00 Navajo-Nambe
Human Learning And Memory II

PAPER SESSION
11:00 - 12:00 Isleta-Jemez
Sensory Process

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