SATURDAY

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
Chair: Jerry I. Shaw, California State University, Northridge

INVITED ADDRESS
9:00 - 10:00 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana

Using Psychology To Teach Statistics
Chair: Stuart Oskamp, Claremont Graduate University

Synopsis of Presentation

As psychologists, we know a lot about how people learn. A body of research in psychology and education has identified principles that have important implications for how to teach. I will desrcibe some relevant research findings and demonstrate applications to teaching and learning statistical reasoning.

Biography

Dale Berger is Chair of the Psychology Department and Director of the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University. He teaches a range of courses in quantitative analysis and a seminar on the Psychology of Thinking, and he conducts research on educational technology and alcohol-impaired driving. He is the recipient of the 1997 Western Psychological Association Outstanding Teaching Award.

PSI CHI SPECIAL EVENT
9:00 - 10:00 Taos-Cochiti

Psi Chi Graduate School Exchange
Hosts: Louis Lippman, Western Washington University & Nancy J. Karlin, University of Northern Colorado

SYMPOSIUM
9:00 - 10:00 Navajo-Nambe

Broadening The Definition Of Scholarship In Psychology
Chair: Mary J. Allen, California State University, Bakersfield

Synopsis of Presentation

As part of a national multi-disciplinary profect, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division 2) appointed an 18-member Task Force to define scholarship in psychology. This symposium will describe the Task Force consensus, as summarized in their working document: Scholarship in Psychology: A Paradigm for the 21st Century.

PAPER SESSION
9:00 - 10:00 Acoma

Cognitive Development
Chair: Chehalis M. Strapp, Western Oregon University

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

Clinical Psychology And Psychotherapy
Chair: Gisela Schlauch-Rigby, Psychological Counseling Services, Yakima, WA

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?
Chair: Louis Lippman, Western Washington University

Synopsis of Presentation

According to learned industriousness theory, reward for increased cognitive or physical performance reduces effort's aversiveness and produces a generalized readiness to work hard in goal-oriented tasks. Evidence to be presented indicates that raising the degree of required performance involving one or more tasks increases the subsequent performance of other activities, including rats' runway traversal, depressed mental patients card sorting, preadolescent learning-disabled students' mathematics performance, regular preadolescent students' creativity, and college students' resistance to cheating on difficult tasks.

Biography

Robert Eisenberger is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Delaware. He has published numerous articles on learned industriousness in such journals as Psychological Review and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. His research on this topic has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health.

SYMPOSIUM
10:30 - 11:30 Isleta-Jemez

Treading Water: Surviving The First Year Of Professional Graduate School
Chair: R. Jei Africa, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda

WPA PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM
10:15 - 12:15 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana

Psychology In The 21st Century
Chair: Robert L. Solso, University of Nevada, Reno

SYMPOSIUM
10:15 - 11:15 Navajo-Nambe

Language And Its Impact On Human Interaction
Chair: Jefferey Scott Mio, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

SYMPOSIUM
10:30 - 12:00 Taos-Cochiti

Program Evaluation: Training And Career Opportunities For Psychology Majors
Chair: Stuart I. Donaldson, Claremont Graduate University

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
Chair: Christina Maslach, University of California, Berkeley

Synopsis of Presentation

A series of experiments suggest that one can apply a wide variety of findings concerning individuals' interactions with other people to individuals' interactions with media. Essentially, one can replicate results from social psychological experiments simply by placing a computer or other medium in the role of one of the people, even when the behaviors are clearly ludicrous when applied to media. The experiments cover a range of concepts, including social norms (e.g., politeness, flattery, reciprocity), personality (e.g., similarity-attraction, interpersonal circumplex), and social roles (e.g., teammate, specialist).

Biography

Clifford Nass is an Associate Professor of Communication at Stanford University. His primary areas of research are the social-psychological aspects of interfaces and statistical methodology. Byron Reeves is the Paul C. Edwards Professor of Communication at Stanford University. His primary area of research is the psychological processing of media in the domains of emotions, attention, learning, and psychological responses. They have jointly authored The Media Equation: How People Treat Computers, Television, and New Media Like Real People and Places (New York: Cambridge University Press).

PAPER SESSION
11:30 - 12:30 Acoma

Psychology And Law
Chair: Dean Morier, Mills College

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

Developmental Psychology
Chair: Laura A. Thompson, New Mexico State University

SYMPOSIUM
11:30 - 12:30 Navajo-Nambe

Tips For Applying To And Successfully Completing Graduate School
Chair: Irene A. Arden, University of Washington, Bothell

CTUP/DIVISSIONII/CUPP LUNCHEON BUSINESS MEETING
12:00 - 1:00 La Posada Dining Room

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
Chair: Lisa Firestone, The Glendon Association

INVITED ADDRESS
12:15 - 1:15 Taos-Cochiti

The Building Blocks Of Language: Perspectives From Computer Modeling
Chair: Diane Halpern, California State University, San Bernardino

Synopsis of Presentation

The Hyperspace Analogue to Language (HAL) is a computational model of meaning. Three aspects of language that it can successfully capture are semantic information, grammatical categorization, and the initial links between grammar and semantics. The model does this by "reading" 300 million words of text and learning, via a procedure called global co-occurrence, about the contexts in which words occur. The model articulates how simple associations become higher-level knowledge and experiments with its representations shed light on important issues regarding semantic features, the relationship between experience and representations, the symbol-grounding problem, deep dyslexia, schizophrenic memory, and representational modularity.

Biography

Curt Burgess (Ph.D., University of Rochester) is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. He was honored by President Clinton as one of the outstanding young scientists in 1994 and was named a National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow. He is a strong advocate of integrating research into the classroom and presented on this issue to the National Academy of Sciences in 1997.

INVITED PRESENTATION
12:30 - 1:30 Ballroom A

Emerging Issues In The Prediction And Prevention Of Adverse Marital Outcomes
Chair: Robert A. Bjork, University of California, Los Angeles

Synopsis of Presentation

This presentation will discuss recent longitudunal research on how marriages fail and the implications of this research for preventing marital distress and disruption.

Biography

Thomas Bradbury is an Associate Professor in the UCLA Department of Psychology. He is the recipient of the 1997 Outstanding Young Researcher Award from the Western Psychological Association. He recently received APA's Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Contributions to Psychology.

INVITED PRESENTATION
12:30 - 1:30 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana

Perceiving Emotions In Faces
Chair: Eric Eich, University of British Columbia

Synopsis of Presentation

Recent evidence has reopened questions once thought settled. Are facial expressions easily read signals of emotions? Evidence questioning the conventional theory of facial expressions and an alternative account are described.

Biography

A Professor at the University of British Columbia, James Russell has studied affect from various perspectives - self-reports of mood, children's understanding of emotions, environmental influences on affect, and cultural differences in emotion lexicons.

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

Sexuality
Chair: Carla J. Reyes, Utah State University

PSI CHI CHAPTER POSTER SESSION
1:00 - 2:00 Laguna

Psi Chi Chapter Information Exchange
Chair: Carol Wilkinson, Western Washington University

SYMPOSIUM
1:00 - 3:00 Navajo-Nambe

American Psychological Association: How To Publish Your Manuscript
Chair: Susan Knapp, APA Publications Director

Synopsis

Getting your manuscript published is a necessary part of the career of young psychologists, but it is often a difficult and harrowing task. This session, sponsored by the APA Publications and Communications Board, is intended to demystify some of the publication process and to encourage productive manuscript writing, particularly by women and ethnic minority men and women, who have been underrepresented in psychology journals.

INVITED SYMPOSIUM
1:30 - 3:00 Taos-Cochiti

American Psychological Association:
So You Have A Degree In Psychology: What Do The Data Say?
Chair: R. Marchonie Auguste, APA Research Office

Synopsis

In a time that is characterized by marked shifts in the marketplace across all fields of psychology, the APA Research Office has compiled information that should help students and advisors with questions about work and careers. This presentation offers current information on psychology graduates from the baccalaureate to the doctoral level. At each level, information is presented on the employment status, employment settings and employment activities of graduates. Data is reported on levels of education debt, saleries by settings, job market perceptions, and time to job. Finally, information has been culled from various sorces on strategies and skills for success.

INVITED ADDRESS
1:45 - 2:45 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana

The Social Psychology Of Forgiveness
Chair: Ronald Riggio, Claremont McKenna College

Synopsis of Presentation

The distinctions between the way the term forgiveness is used in religion, philosophy and psychology are explored first, followed by issues of definition of the construct. Recent empirical research by psychologists regarding forgiveness is then reviewed. Next the author's own research involving forgiveness is reviewed and some of the subtleties and complexities of working with the construct are discussed. The presentation ends with suggestions about where we go from here and research techniques that may prove useful.

Biography

Professor Wichman [hwichman@mckenna.edu] received his B.A. and M.A. Degrees from Cali-fornia State University, Long Beach, and his Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University. He was a member of the founding faculties of Delta College in Michigan and California State University, San Bernardino. Since 1973 he has taught at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate University. He is Director of the Aerospace Psychology Laboratory at Claremont McKenna College.

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST LECTURE
1:45 - 2:45 Ballroom A

When Forgetting Enables Learning: Implications For Theory And Practice
Chair: Robert L. Solso, University of Nevada, Reno

Synopsis of Presentation

Paradoxically, certain manipulations that promote forgetting and impair performance during training and practice actually enhance long-term retention and transfer. Conversely, conditions that retard forgetting and enhance performance during training frequently fail to support long-term, post-training performance. Such findings have implications for the functional architecture of humans as learners. They also point to reasons why training and instruction in real world settings is frequently far from optimal.

Biography

Robert A. Bjork, Ph.D., Stanford University, is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and editor of Psychological Review. His interests focus on how humans learn and remember and on the implications of that research for training and instruction. He earlier served as Professor at the University of Michigan, and his past responsibilities include editing Memory & Cognition (1981-85) and chairing a National Research Council Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance (1988-94). He is a fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists, the American Psychological Association (APA), and the American Psychological Society (APS). He has served on the Board of Scientific Affairs of APA and is currently on the Board of Directors of the APS and the Board of Governors of the Psychonomic Society. He is a recipient of UCLA's Distinguished Teaching Award, and he is President-elect of WPA.

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
Chair: Louis Lippman, Western Washington University

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

Racial Understanding
Chair: Peter L. Kranz, Tennessee Technological University

INVITED PRESENTATION
3:00-4:00 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana

Retraining an Aging Workforce:
Psychology Confronts Technological Change and Skills Obsolescence
Chair: Jacqueline N. Hood, University of New Mexico

Synopsis of Presentation

Our workforce is growing older at the same time that accelerating technological change requires greater skills of incoming personnel and more rapidly obsoletes the skills of those already employed. The convergence of these trends sharpens the importance of understanding related psychological phenomena including age stereotyping, self-concept, aging of abilities, and training. Recognition of how these phenomena function together in work settings has the potential of greatly extending the productivity and self-esteem of older workers. It may also lead to significant changes in the way we educate our students and ourselves. The discussion will ceter on these issues, and the research needs arising from them.

Biography

Laurie Larwood is Professor of Management and Social Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her current areas of Research interest include technological change and aging, career development, strategic vision, and discrimination. She is presently a member of the editorial boards of Sex Roles, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Group and Organization Management, and is the editor of the Women and Work series. Among the positions Larwood has held are those of business dean at both the University of Nevada, Reno and SUNY at Albany.

INVITED ADDRESS
3:00 - 4:00 Ballroom A

The Nature Of The Preverbal Mind: Towards A Developmental Cognitive Science
Chair: Gerald Ginsburg, University of Nevada, Reno

Synopsis of Presentation

This talk will examine the origins of mind. Infants' (sometimes surprising) conceptions of both people and things will be examined, as will social and mental growth from birth to three. A theoretical position is proposed that points the way to a "developmental cognitive science". Topics to be discussed include imitative learning, origins of multiple memory systems, perception-action links, intention, early notions of persons, and precursors to theory of mind.

Biography

Dr. Meltzoff is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington, and Head of the Developmental Psychology Area. He received his B.A. from Harvard and his Ph.D. from Oxford. He is a Fellow of AAAS, APA, and APS. He was recently inducted as a member of the Nor-wegian National Academy of Science and Letters. He serves on the editorial boards of several major developmental journals. His recent book, Words, Thought, and Theories (MIT Press, 1997), presents a new theory of social and mental development in the first three years of life.

PAPER SESSION
3:00 - 4:00 Acoma

Sexual Violence
Chair: Gloria Cowan, California State University, San Bernardino

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

Teaching Take-Out
Chair: Diane K. Martichuski, University of Colorado, Boulder

PSI BETA SYMPOSIUM
3:15 - 4:45 Navajo-Nambe

Innovative Teaching Methods At Community Colleges
Chair: Callista Lee, Fullerton College, Psi Beta Western Regional Vice-President

SYMPOSIUM
3:15 - 4:45 Isleta-Jemez

American Psychological Association:
Gaining Federal Aid For Graduate Students: A Training Seminar
Chair: Nina G. Levitt, APA Public Policy Office

Synopsis

The APA Education Directorate is committed to finding ways to help graduate students finance their education. This training seminar, an interactive session, will focus on the Federal Legislative Process, communicating effectively with members of congress, and the importance of grassroots activities. In addition to a presentation by APA lobbyists, there will be a brief video on how to meet with your congressional delegation. Participants will receive a notebook of the overheads used in the presentation, a handbook on the Higher Education Act, an Advocate Guide and other relevant materials.

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
Chair: Steven E. Meier, University of Idaho

INVITED ADDRESS
4:30 - 5:30 Ballroom A

Discovering Laws Of Social Motivation:
The Central Role Of Inferences Of Social Responsibilities
Chair: Thomas N. Bradbury, University of California, Los Angeles

Synopsis of Presentation

Regularities in social motivation are derived from a causal analysis of the ability-effort distinction, which has implications for perceptions of personal responsibilities. A responsibility analysis of social motivation is then applied to reactions to the stigmatized, help-giving, and aggression. Implications for the study of motivation are discussed.

Biography

Bernard Weiner completed his undergraduate training at the University of Chicago, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1963. He currently is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has written, co-authored, or edited 15 books, including, Attribution: Perceiving the Causes of Behavior, An Attributional Theory of Motivation and Emotion, Human Motivation: Metaphors, Theories, and Research, and Judgments of Responsibility: A Foundation for a Theory of Social Conduct.

INVITED ADDRESS
4:30 - 5:30 Picuris-Sandia-Santa Ana

Language And Health
Chair: Jeff Grenberg, University of Arizona

Synopsis of Presentation

The ways people write or talk about emotional events predict subsequent mental and physical health. Recent studies examining natural language, social processes, and health will be discussed.

Biography

James W. Pennebaker is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin.

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
Chair: Callista Lee, Fullerton College

RMPA OPEN BUSINESS MEETING
5:45 - 6:15 Ballroom A

RMPA 1997-98 Reports
Presentation of Student Paper Awards

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