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Name: Harold Lee Miller, Jr.
Home: 1200 Nevada Avenue
Provo, Utah 84606
Office: Department of Psychology
Brigham Young University
1001 SWKT
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-8939
Fax: (801) 422-0602
E-mail address: [email protected]
Date and place of birth: 25 March 1945; Vincennes, Indiana
Marital status: Married to JeNeal Nicholl, with three daughters and five sons, 25
grandchildren
Education:
B.S. in Psychology (with Highest Distinction), 1970, Arizona State University
Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, 1975, Harvard University
Teaching Experience:
Instructor, L.D.S. Seminaries and Institutes, 1967-70
Teaching Fellow, Harvard University, 1971-74
Instructor in Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 1974
Instructor in Psychology, Higher Education in Prisons Program (Massachusetts
Correctional Institution at Norfolk), 1974
Lecturer in Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 1974-75
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Brigham Young University, 1975-78
Associate Professor of Psychology, Brigham Young University, 1978-83
Professor of Psychology, Brigham Young University, 1983Part-time Faculty, The Waterford School, 1984-87
Part-time Faculty, Meridian School, 1989-91
Part-time Faculty, The Ridge School, 1992-94
Full-time Faculty, The Waterford School, 1994-1996
Volunteer Instructor, L.D.S. Seminaries and Institutes, 1995-98, 2003-04
Part-time Faculty (Senior Seminar in Psychology), Waterford School, 1997-98, 19992000, 2002Substitute Teacher, Clifford School, Panyu, People’s Republic of China, 1998-99
Visiting Professor, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, People’s Republic
of China, 1999-2004
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Western Faculty Teacher Development Lecturer, Clifford School, Panyu,
People’s Republic of China, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
Administrative Experience:
Associate Director, Brigham Young University Honors Program, 1980-83
Associate Dean, General and Honors Education, Brigham Young University, 1987-89
Founding Head, The Meridian School, 1989-90
Dean, General and Honors Education, Brigham Young University, 1989-1993
Director, The Ridge School, 1993-94
Provost, The Waterford School, 1994-1996
Senior Adviser, Clifford School, Panyu, People’s Republic of China, 1998-99
Associate Chair, Department of Psychology, 2004-2009
Faculty Service:
Adviser, Brigham Young University Chapter of Psi Chi, 1976-83
Chair, Experimental Psychology Committee, Department of Psychology, 1977-79
General Chair, Brigham Young University Symposium on Values, 1978
Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Psychology, 1979-82
Director, Experimental Psychology Laboratories, Brigham Young University, 1981-83
Member, Sigma Xi Awards Committee, Brigham Young University, 1981-83
Member, Faculty Library Council, Brigham Young University, 1986-89
Adviser, Brigham Young Academy, 1990-91
Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Psychology, 1991-1992
Honors Coordinator, Department of Psychology, 1993-1994, 1996-1998, 1999-2009
Faculty Adviser to Psych Central, Department of Psychology, 1996-98, 1999-2005
Chair, Curriculum Committee, Department of Psychology, 1999-2004
College Rank and Status Committee, College of Family, Home and Social Sciences, 19992002
Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Psychology, 2003-2004
College Curriculum Committee, College of Family, Home and Social Sciences, 2003-2005
Founding Faculty Adviser to Intuition: An Undergraduate Journal in Psychology,
Department of Psychology, 2003-2006
Advisory Board Member, Center for Instructional Design, Brigham Young University, 20042007
Chair, College Curriculum Committee, College of Family, Home and Social Sciences, 20042006
Member, University Internship Advisory Committee, 2008-2011
Faculty Adviser, Golden Key International Honour Society, 2008Member, Secondary Education Committee, College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences,
2009-2015
Member, Faculty Advisory Council, Brigham Young University, 2011-2014
Faculty Adviser to Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal in Psychology, Department of
Psychology, 2012Member, FHSS College Mission and Renaming Committee, 2013
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Member, FHSS Center for Civic Service Advisory Committee, 2013-2015
Member, University Faculty Advisory Committee for Student Internships, 2015Academic Honors Received:
Phi Kappa Phi Scholastic Excellence Award (presented to the graduating senior with the
highest grade point average at Arizona State University, 1970)
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship (1970)
Harvard University Graduate Prize (1970)
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (1971-74)
Brigham Young University Sigma Xi Paper of the Month (1978)
Brigham Young University Professor of the Month (1978)
Brigham Young University Professor of the Year (1979)
Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Teaching Award (1985)
Alcuin Award for Distinguished Teaching in General Education (1986)
Brigham Young University Forum Assembly Speaker (1986; "The Matter of Feelings")
Brigham Young University Forum Assembly Speaker (1989; "Doing Differently")
Golden Key, Honorary Membership (1990)
Brigham Young University Cougar Groomer Excellence in Teaching Award (1992)
BYU Student Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching (1993)
Phi Kappa Phi Distinguished Faculty Award, Brigham Young University (1993)
BYU Student Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching (1994)
Honors Professor of the Year, Brigham Young University (1994)
Karl G. Maeser General Education Professor, Brigham Young University (2005-2008)
Membership in Professional Societies:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association of Colleges and Universities
American Association of University Professors
American Educational Research Association
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society
Association for Behavior Analysis
Association for School and Curriculum Development
Behavioral and Brain Sciences Associate
Golden Key International Honour Society
National Collegiate Honors Council
Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges
Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools
Phi Kappa Phi
Psi Chi
Psychonomic Society
Sigma Xi
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Professional Interests:
The experimental analysis of learning and motivation, behavioral economics, choice and
decision making, self-control, sociobiology and evolutionary psychology, cooperation and
altruism, consciousness, addiction, the philosophy of behavioral science, teaching of
psychology, computer-based instruction and assessment, private education, education reform,
curriculum and faculty development, evaluation of educational outcomes
Other Professional Activities:
Editorships:
Board of Editors, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2000-2003
Associate Editor, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2003-2007
General Editor, SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Psychology, 2012-2016
Reviewerships:
Advances in Health Sciences Education
Allyn and Bacon
Animal Learning and Behavior
Addison Wesley Longman
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
BYU Studies
Cengage Learning
Current Psychology
College Board, Advanced Placement Examination in Psychology
Journal of Educational Measurement
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Learning and Motivation
National Science Foundation
Pearson Learning
PsycCRITIQUES
The Psychological Record
Psychological Review
Wadsworth/Thomson Learning
Teaching of Psychology
Consultantships and Directorships:
Research Consultant, The Waterford School, 1980-85
Project Director, WICAT Systems Education and Training/Research and Development Division, 1983-86.
Executive Director, WICAT Education Institute, 1986-89
Research Consultant, The Waterford Institute, 1990-96
Training Consultant, WordPerfect Corporation, 1990-1991
Consulting Director, The Ridge School, 1992-1993
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Chair, External Relations Committee, National Collegiate Honors Council, 1992-94
Chair, K-12 Review Committee, Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges,
1995
Consultant to the Academic Vice President, Utah Valley State College, 1995-96
Consultant to Allen K. Young, Attorney-at-Law, 1996-97
Consultant, The Waterford School, 1996-98
Consultant, Westcorp Analytics, 1996-98
Consultant, The Clifford School (Panyu, People’s Republic of China), 1997Consultant, Bountiful Schools Cluster Project, Davis School District, 1999-2001
Reader, Educational Testing Service (Advanced Placement Psychology), 2000-2010
Chief Scientist, Experimentech, 2002-2004
Consultant, Card Access, Inc., 2003-2004
Member, Board of Directors, Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,
2006-2013
Member, Council of Advisors, Golden Key International Honour Society, 2009-16
Consultant, Meridian International Schools, 2011-2012
Consultant, Caveon, Inc., 2013Co-chair, Council of Advisors, Golden Key International Honour Society, 2015-16
Civic and Religious Activities:
Served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Finland,
1964-66
Registered member of the Boy Scouts of America, 1971-2014
Executive Board, Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1986-2013
Provo District Chairman, Boy Scouts of America, 1987-90
Bishop of the Provo 32nd Ward (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), 1979-81
President of the Provo Utah Stake (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), 198190
Advisory Board, Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, (F.A.R.M.S.),
1986-89
Recipient of the Silver Beaver Award, Boy Scouts of America, 1989
General Chair, Triennial Encampment, Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of
America, August 1990
Scoutmaster, Troop 732, Boy Scouts of America, 1990-1992
Vice President for District Operations, Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of
America, 1993-1997
General Chair, The Story of Christmas Live Nativity Pageant, Provo, Utah, 1993-98
Chair, Provo City Museum Board, 1995-98
Board of Directors, Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation of Utah, 1995-98
Board of Directors, Provo Education Foundation, 1995-98
Council Commissioner, Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1997-98
Vice President, Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation of Utah, 1997-98
President-Elect, Provo Education Foundation, 1997-98
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Advisory Board, Concept Key, Provo City Schools, 1997-98
Recipient of the William H. Spurgeon Award, Boy Scouts of America, 1997
Sector Chair, Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1999-2002
Learning for Life Coordinator, Slate Canyon Youth Detention Center, 2003-2010
Recipient of the District Award of Merit, Provo District, Utah National Parks Council, Boy
Scouts of America, 2004.
District Chair, Provo District, Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of America, 20052008
Recipient of the Russell C. Hill Award for Character Education, Boy Scouts of America,
2007
Vice President of Membership and Relationships, Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts
of America, 2008
President-Elect, Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of America, 2008
President, Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of America, 2009-2011
Recipient of the Silver Bowl Award as Utah County Volunteer of the Year, Utah State
Office of Volunteerism and Utah United Way, 2010
Democratic Party Candidate for the Utah House of Representatives, House District 64, 2010
Region 8 US Representative to the Golden Key International Honour Society Council of
Advisers, 2010Recipient of the Utah Correctional Association Volunteer Service Award, 2011
Vice President of Camping and Properties, Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of
America, 2011-2013
Vice President of Council Operations, Western Region, Area 2, Boy Scouts of America,
2011-2013
Member, Board of Directors, Upper East Union Irrigation Company, Provo, UT, 2011Candidate for the Provo City Municipal Council, 2011
Member of the Provo City Municipal Council, 2012-2016
Chair, Provo City Municipal Council, 2014
President, Board of Directors, Upper East Union Irrigation Company, Provo, UT, 2016Research-Related Publications:
(with Rimm, D. C., Kennedy, T. D., & Tchida, G. R.) (1971). Experimentally manipulated
drive level and avoidance behavior. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 78, 43-48.
(with Loveland, D. H.) (1974). Matching when the number of response alternatives is large.
Animal Learning and Behavior, 2, 106-110.
(1976). Matching-based hedonic scaling in pigeons. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of
Behavior, 26, 335-347.
(1976). The matching law: A new look at choices. In R. A. Allred (Ed.) , From Hickory
Stick to Human Relationships: Midyear Conference on Education. Provo, UT: Brigham
Young University Press, pp. 114-121.
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(with Hamblin, R. L.) (1977). Matching as a multivariate power law: Frequency of behavior
versus frequency and value of reinforcement. Learning and Motivation, 8, 113-125.
(with Foster, D. F. & Fleming, D. E.) (1978). Autoshaping, handshaping, and errorless
learning. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 11, 219-222.
(with Faux, S. F.) (1979). On the commonalities among religious and moral codes:
Proximate analysis from a sociobiological-behavioristic integration. Zygon: Journal of
Religion and Science, 14, 83-93.
(1979). The natural history of reading: Cognition meets biology. In The Basics
Readdressed: The R's in Five Dimensions. Provo, UT: Brigham Young College of
Education, pp. 74-87.
(1979). The nature of human values and their relation to communication. In Bridges of
Understanding Symposium. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University College of Humanities,
pp. 14.1-14.5
(with Buskist, W. F. & Bennett, R. H.) (1980). Fixed-interval performance in humans:
Sensitivity to temporal parameters when food is the reinforcer. The Psychological Record,
30, 111-121.
(with Buskist, W. F., Duncan, P., & Fleming, D. E.) (1980). Associative history determines
strength of taste-aversion conditioning in thiamine-deficient rats. Physiology & Behavior,
25, 989-992.
(with Alderks, C. E.) (1981). Pavlovian vs. operant conditioning: Differences in stimulus
generalization as a function of discrimination training. In C. M. Bradshaw, E. Szabadi, & C.
F. Lowe (Eds.), Quantification of Steady-State Operant Behavior. Amsterdam:
Elsevier/North Holland: Biomedical Press, pp. 409-412.
(with Anderson, V. J. & Buskist, W. F.) (1981). The effects of autoshaping and
automaintenance schedules on responding in children. The Psychological Record, 31, 519528.
(with Buskist, W. F., Fleming, D. E., & Sparenborg, S. P.) (1981). Associative history, not
familiarity, determines strength of taste aversion conditioning in thiamine-deficient rats.
Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 17, 104-106.
(with Buskist, W. F.) (1981). Concurrent operant performance in humans: Matching when
food is the reinforcer. The Psychological Record, 31, 95-100.
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(with Buskist, W. F. & Bennett, R. H.) (1981). Effects of instructional constraints on human
fixed-interval performance. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 35, 217-225.
(with Sparenborg, S. P., Buskist, W. F., Fleming, D. E., & Duncan, P.C.) (1981). Attenuation
of taste-aversion conditioning in rats recovered from thiamine deficiency: Atropine vs.
Lithium Toxicosis. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 17, 237-239.
(with Buskist, W. F., Sparenborg, S. P., & Fleming, D. E.) (1982). Preference for familiarpositive diet is unaffected by lithium toxicosis: The Garcia Effect and recovery from
thiamine deficiency. The Psychological Record, 32, 445-450.
(with Buskist, W. F.) (1982). The study of human operant behavior, 1958-1981: A topical
bibliography. The Psychological Record, 32, 249-268.
(with Buskist, W. F.) (1982). The analysis of human operant behavior: A brief census of the
literature, 1958-1981. The Behavior Analyst, 5, 137-142.
(with Buskist, W. F.) (1982). The effects of instructions on human fixed-interval
performance: Rule-directed vs. contigency-shaped behavior. Behaviour Analysis letters, 2,
287-289.
(with Buskist, W. F. & Sparenborg, S. P.) (1983). Attenuation of flavor-aversion
conditioning in rats following recovery from thiamine deficiency: A brief review of the
"medicine effect." Revista de Psicologia General y Aplicada, 38, 1-9.
(1983). More than promissory? Reflections on the once and future experimental analysis of
human behavior. The Psychological Record, 33, 551-564.
(with Bennett, R. H. & Buskist, W. F.) (1984). Human performance on modified fixedinterval schedules. The Psychological Record, 34, 99-114.
(with Faux, S. F.) (1984). Evolutionary speculations on the oligarchic development of
Mormon polygyny. Ethnology and Sociobiology, 5, 15-31.
(1984). On the future maturing of behavior analysis: A review of Commons, Herrnstein and
Rachlin's Matching and Maximizing Accounts. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of
Behavior, 42, 159-164.
(with Vaughan, W.) (1984). Optimization versus response-strength accounts of behavior.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 42, 337-348.
(with Buskist, W. F.) (1986). Interaction between rules and contingencies in the control of
human fixed-interval performance. Psychological Record, 36, 109-116.
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(1986). Lessons from Waterford. Provo, UT: WICAT Education Institute.
(1987). Waterford Education. Provo, UT: WICAT Education Institute.
(with Buskist, W. F.) (1987). Effects of lithium chloride illness on food preferences in
pigeons: A concurrent operants procedure for the study of food-aversion learning. Bulletin
of the Psychonomic Society, 25, 394-397.
(with Heiner, R. A. & Manning, S. W.) (1990). Experimental approaches to the
matching/maximizing controversy. In L. Green & J.H. Kagel (Eds.), Advances in Behavioral
Economics, Vol 2. New York: Ablex Publishers, pp. 253-287.
(1991). Client as primitive: A sociobiological psychotherapy. Contemporary
Psychology, 36, 8-9.
(1992). Light and darkness. In D.H. Ludlow (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Mormonism. New
York: Macmillan, pp, 835-836.
(1994). Taking hermeneutics to science: Prospects and tactics suggested by the work of B.F.
Skinner. The Behavior Analyst, 17, 35-42.
(1997). The New York City Public Schools Integrated Learning Systems Project: Evaluation
and meta-evaluation. (Guest editor). International Journal of Educational Research, 25 (2).
(1997). Guest editor's preface. International Journal of Educational Research, 25, 91-92.
(1997). An overview of the evaluation. International Journal of Educational Research,
25, 93-97.
(1997). Quantitative analyses of student outcome measures. International Journal of
Educational Research, 25, 119-136.
(with Inouye, D. K. & Fletcher, J. D.) (1997). The evaluation of system cost and
replicability. International Journal of Educational Research, 25, 137-152.
(with Williams, D. D.) (1997). Schools as contexts of implementation: Two case studies.
International Journal of Educational Research, 25, 98-118.
(with Williams, D.D., Inouye, D. K. & Fletcher, J. D.) (1997). Reflections from the
evaluation. International Journal of Educational Research, 25, 152-157.
The improbability of the new commandment (John 13.32). (1998). In The Testimony of
John the Beloved: The 27th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Salt Lake City: Deseret
Book, pp. 155-166.
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The teacher’s good judgment. E-xcellence in Teaching. August 2000. (E-xcellence in
Teaching is an electronic newsletter published monthly by the Society of the Teaching of
Psychology.)
(with Raia, C. P. , Shillingford, S. W., & Baier, P. S.) (2000). Interaction of procedural
factors in human performance on yoked schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis
of Behavior, 74, 265-281.
Qualitatively different reinforcers in the Harvard Pigeon Lab. (2002). Journal of the
Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 77, 390-391.
The teacher’s good judgment. (2002). In W. Buskist, V. W. Hevern, & G. W. Hill, IV.
(Eds.). Essays from e-xcellence in teaching, 2001-2002. Society for the Teaching of
Psychology Web Site: http://teachpsych.lemoyne.edu/teachpsych/eit/index.html.
Self-experimentation as science. (2004). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27, 270-271.
(with Larcher, A. M.). (2004). Prospects for the new professoriate at Brigham Young
University. In W. Buskist, B. Beins, and V. W. Havern (Eds.), Preparing the New
Psychology Professoriate: Helping Graduate Students to Become Competent Teachers.
Syracuse, NY: Society for the Teaching of Psychology, pp. 95-98. (Also available at
http://teachpsych.lemoyne.edu/teachpsych/eit/index.ht.)
(2005, March 16). Virtual agents and human users: How wide the cultural divide?
[Review of the book Agent culture: Human-agent interaction in a multicultural world].
PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 50 (No. 11),
Article 12.
(2006) Affirming psychological science—for students, teachers, and the larger world: An
interview with David G. Myers. Teaching of Psychology, 32(4), 275-279.
(with Lance, C.) (2006). Oral and written assignments. In W. Buskist and S. F. Davis
(Eds.) Blackwell Handbook of the Teaching of Psychology. Oxford: Blackwell
Publishing, 259-264.
(with Stirling, W. C., & Frost, R. L.) (2006). The ultimatum game: A study in social
systems control. Proceedings of the International Control Conference, 2006.
(2007, August 15). Looking for listeners: One brain’s claim to awareness.
PsycCRITIQUES— Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 52, (No. 33),
Article 58.
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(with Heuston, E. B. H.) (2008) Recent trends in operant conditioning. In S. F. Davis &
W. Buskist (Eds.). 21st century psychology: A reference handbook, pp, 340-350.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
(with Foster, D., 2009). A new format for multiple-choice testing: Discrete-option
multiple choice. Results from early studies. Psychology Science Quarterly, 51,355-369.
(2009) Unconscious determination of human action: Adding behavior analysis to the
emerging convergence. In K. A. Fanti (Ed.), Applying psychological research to
understand and promote the well-being of clinical and non-clinical populations (pp. 918). Athens: Athens Institute for Education and Research.
(with Worrell, F. C, Casad, B. J., Daniel, D. B., McDaniel, M., Messer, W. S., Prohaska,
V., & Zlokovich, M. S.) (2010) Promising principles for teaching and learning. In D. S.
Halpern (Ed.), Undergraduate education in psychology: A blueprint for the future of the
discipline (pp. 129-144). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
(2010) Complexities of classical conditioning captured computationally [Review of
Mechanisms in classical conditioning: A computational approach, by N. A. Schmajuk].
PsycCRITIQUES: Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 55, (41).
(2010) Liberal education and the human horizon. In Discovering meaning: Liberal arts
in the 21st century. Sandy, UT: The Waterford School, 66-78.
with Flores, D. (2011). Teaching controversial issues, liberally. In W. Buskist & V. A.
Benassi (Eds.), Effective college and university teaching: Strategies and tactics for the
new professoriate (pp. 155-162). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
(with Foster, D.). (2012). Global test security issues and ethical challenges. In M. M.
Leach, M. J. Stevens, A. Ferrero, Y. Korkut, & G. Lindsay (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of
International Psychological Ethics (pp. 216-232). New York: Oxford University Press.
(February 1, 2012). Apparently there is no science without ambiguity [Review of The
blind spot: Science and the crisis of uncertainty by William Byers]. PsycCRITIQUES:
Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 57, No. 5, Article 4.
with Kingston, N. M., Tiemann, G. C., & Foster, D. (2012). An analysis of the
discrete-option multiple-choice item type. Psychological Test and Assessment
Modeling, 54, 3-20.
with Flores, D., & Tait, V. (2014). Prospects for the new professoriate at Brigham
Young University. In J. N. Busler, B. C. Beins, & W. Buskist (Eds.) (158-162).
Preparing the new psychology professoriate: Helping graduate students become
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competent teachers. Retrieved from Society for the Teaching of Psychology website,
http://teachpsych.org/page-1862898/.
with Tait, V., & Burr, M. (February 16, 2015). Investor psychology ≠ investor behavior.
PsycCRITIQUES, 60(7), no pagination specified.
(2016). SAGE encyclopedia of theory in psychology. General Editor. (2016). Walnut
Creek, CA: SAGE Publications.
with Flores, D., Seely, M., Costello, D., and Kipp, D. (2017) Dynamic aspects of the
gain-loss differential in behavioral choice. Accepted for publication in the Journal of
Psychology.
with Flores, D. Rewards and punishments in complex human choice. In preparation.
with Flores, D., Costello, D., & Darrington, S. Asymmetry-based hedonic scaling of gains
and losses: A behavior-analytic validation. In preparation.
with Flores, D., Hollenbeek, M., & Costello, D. Matching-based prediction of
indifference in intertemporal choice using pigeons. In preparation.
with Flores, D., Steffensen, S., Costello, D., & Brown, B. Electrophysiological correlates
of gain-loss asymmetry in humans. In preparation.
with Passey, E., Marr, D., Ensign, B., Gonzalez, T., Lowry, M., Mika, K.. Campbell, A.
Academic testing environments and performance: A comparative study of traditional and
nontraditional environments. Revision submitted for publication in Teaching of
Psychology.
with Robertson, F., Flores, D., & Nielsen, T. Stress as a factor in gain-loss asymmetry. In
preparation.
with Tait, V., & Flores, D. G. Loss aversion and perspective taking in the sunk-cost
fallacy. In preparation.
with Tait, V., & Flores, D. G. The effects of loss aversion and investment type on the
sunk-cost fallacy. Revision submitted for publication in Journal of Behavioral Decision
Making.
with Tait, V., Flores, D. G., and Kipp, C. Age differences in the sunk-cost fallacy: A
cross-sectional approach. In preparation.
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with Ventura, M. M., Flores, D., Robertson, F., Seeley, M., Keenan, S., Jardine, V., &
Sgro, J. A menstrual cycle phase-effect on loss aversion: An initial investigation using a
concurrent-operants method with gains and losses of money. In preparation.
Instruction-Related Publications:
(1978, 1979, 1980, 1981). The Study of Behavior: Psychology as Science/Science as
Psychology. Lexington, MA: Ginn.
(with Manning, S. W.) (1979). Study Guide for "The Child." Monterey, CA: BrooksCole.
(with Manning, S. W.) (1979). Study Guide for "Psychology: A Scientific Study of Human
Behavior," 5th Ed. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole.
(with Manning, S. W.) (1979). Test Item File for "Psychology: A Scientific Study of Human
Behavior" (5th ed.). Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole.
(1980). Instructor's Manual for "Looking at Ourselves." (2nd ed.). Boston: Little, Brown.
(with Manning, S. W.) (1981). Instructor's Manual for "Fundamentals of Learning and
Memory" (2nd ed.). New York: Academic Press.
(1982). Instructor's Manual to Accompany "Psychology: The Hybrid Science." Homewood,
IL: The Dorsey Press.
(1982). Psyllabus: A Guide to Introductory Psychology. Lexington, MA: Ginn.
(1982). Student Study Guide to Accompany "Introductory Psychology" (2nd ed.). Reading,
MA: Addison-Wesley.
(1982). Study Guide to Accompany "Physiological Psychology". Lexington, MA: D. C.
Heath.
(with Banzinger, G. J. et al.) (1982). Instructor's Manual to Accompany "Social Psychology:
An Applied Approach." New York: St. Martin's Press.
(with Banzinger, G. J. et al.) (1982). Study Guide to Accompany "Social Psychology: An
Applied Approach." New York: St. Martin's Press.
(1983). Study Guide to Accompany "Human Physiology." New York: McGraw-Hill.
(with Foster, D. & Anderson, R.) (1984). Study Guide to Accompany "Psychology: An
Introduction." New York: McGraw-Hill.
(with Foster, D., Jones, P., & Anderson, R.) (1985).
Study Guide to Accompany
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"Psychology for Teaching" (5th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
(with Foster, D.) (1985). Test Item File to Accompany "Psychology for Teaching" (5th ed.).
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
(with Foster, D.) (1988). Study Guide to Accompany "Psychology for Teaching" (6th ed.).
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
(1989). Study Guide to Accompany "Physiological Psychology" (2nd ed.). New York:
Random House.
(1990). Instructor's Manual to Accompany "Feldman's Psychology" (2nd ed.). New
York: McGraw-Hill.
(1991). Test Items to Accompany Guy LeFrançois' "Psychology for Teaching" (7th ed.).
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
(1994). Principles of Learning: Psychology 361. Department of Independent Study,
Brigham Young University.
(2000). Psychology of Motivation: Psychology 365. Department of Independent Study,
Brigham Young University.
(2002). Principles of Learning: Psychology 361, Revised. Department of Independent
Study, Brigham Young University.
(2005). Instructor’s Manual for Sniffy the Virtual Rat, Pro Version 2.0. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth.
(2005). Instructor’s Manual for Sniffy the Virtual Rat, Lite Version 2.0. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth.
(with Carlson, N. R., Heth, C. D., Donahoe, J. W., Buskist, W. and Martin, G. N. (2007).
The Science of Behavior, 6th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
(2006). Test Item File for Carlson et al. The Science of Behavior, 6th ed. Boston: Allyn &
Bacon.
(with Carlson, N. R., Heth, C. D., Donahoe, J. W., Buskist, W., & Martin, G. N.). (2009).
Psicologia: La Scienze del Comportamento. Rome: Piccin Nuova Libraria.
(2009). History of Psychology, Psychology 210. Department of Independent Study, Brigham
Young University.
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(with Carlson, N. R., Heth, C. D., Donahoe, J. W., and Martin, G. N. (2010). The Science of
Behavior, 7th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon/Pearson Education.
(2012). Instructor’s Manual for Sniffy the Virtual Rat, Pro Version 3.0. Belmont, CA:
Thomson/Wadsworth.
(2012). Instructor’s Manual for Sniffy the Virtual Rat, Lite Version 3.0 Belmont, CA:
Thomson/Wadsworth.
(2012). Psychology 365: Psychology of Motivation. Department of Independent Study,
Brigham Young University.
(2013). Psychology 361: Learning. Department of Independent Study, Brigham Young
University.
(2015). Psychology 210: History of Psychology. Department of Independent Study,
Brigham Young University.
Presentations:
(1975, April). The use of operant choice procedures to scale pigeons' grain preferences.
Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, New
York City.
(1976, September). The use of concurrent procedures to scale pigeons' food preferences.
Paper presented at the 84th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association,
Washington, D.C.
(1977, January). Perceptual invariance: The psychophysics of S. S. Stevens. Paper presented
at the Symposium on Structuralism, Brigham Young University.
(with Foster, D. R.) (1977, November). Modeling enhances keypeck acquisition and
discrimination learning in pigeons. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the
Psychonomic Society, Washington, D.C.
(1978, January). The evolution of values: Moral development from a sociobiological
perspective. Paper presented at the Third Annual Midyear Conference on Education,
Brigham Young University.
(with Faux, S. F.) (1978, September). Commonalities among religious and moral codes:
Sociobiological-behavioristic analysis. Paper presented at the 86th Annual Convention of
the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
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(1978, October). The determinants of agency. Paper presented at Flea Market, Brigham
Young University.
(1978, December). The nature of human values and their relation to communication. Paper
presented at the Bridges of Understanding Symposium, Brigham Young University.
(1979, January). The natural history of reading: Cognition meets biology. Paper presented at
the Fourth annual Midyear Conference on Education, Brigham Young University.
(with Alderks, C. E.) (1981, May). Modeling as salience enhancement. Paper presented at
the Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(with Buskist, W. F.) (1982, May). The experimental analysis of human operant behavior: A
census of the literature, 1958-1981. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Convention of the
Association for Behavior Analysis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(with Buskist, W. F. & Campbell, D. H.) (1982, May). Magnitude of monetary reward as a
factor in human concurrent operants performance. Poster presented at the 8th Annual
Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(with Campbell, D. H.) (1982, May). The effects of reinforcer quality and duration on choice
behavior in pigeons. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Convention of the Association for
Behavior Analysis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(1982, May). Aspects of control in human operant behavior: Inference, internalization, and
other vagaries. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Convention of the Association for
Behavior Analysis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(1982, June). The matching-maximization controversy. Paper read at the Department of
Psychology Colloquium, Utah State University.
(1983, February). Evolutionary impediments to sociobiology. Invited address to the College
of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Brigham Young University.
(1983, April). Compounding the options: PSI in general psychology at Brigham Young
University. Paper presented at the 1983 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Snowbird, Utah.
(with Christensen, J. E.) (1983, April). Imitation of an escape response in the rat. Poster
presented at the 1983 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association,
Snowbird, Utah.
(with Heiner, R. A. & Manning, S. W.) (1983, April). The basis for rationality: Tests of
matching vs. maximization in pigeons. Poster presented at the 1983 Convention of the
Rocky Mountain Psychological Convention, Snowbird, Utah.
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(with Alderks, C. E.) (1983, May). Modeling determines pigeons' rates of pecking in
positive automaintenance. Poster presented at the 9th Annual Convention of the Association
for Behavior Analysis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(with Campbell, D. H.) (1983, May). Components of reinforcer rate as determinants of
choice: Impulsiveness and "perceived imminence" of reinforcement. Paper presented at the
9th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(with Heiner, R. A. & Manning, S. W.) (1983, May). Do pigeons match or maximize?
Experimental analysis using concurrent variable-interval schedules. Poster presented at the
9th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(with Heiner, R. A. & Manning, S. W.) (1983, June). Determinants of animals' choice
behavior: Matching vs. maximizing. Paper presented at the Pacific Division AAAS
Convention, Logan, Utah.
(with Illes, T. & Christensen, J.) (1983, August). Sociobiology: Clarifier or contaminator in
issues of human sexual behavior? Paper presented at the 91st Annual Convention of the
American Psychological Association, Anaheim, California.
(1983, November). Aspects of rationality: Psychology and economics. Invited address to the
Utah Psychological Association, Salt Lake City.
(with Manning, S. W.) (1986, May). The analysis of human behavioral allocation using
videogame technology. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Convention of the Association
for Behavior Analysis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(with Heiner, R. A. & Manning, S. W.) (1986, June). Deciding between matching and
maximizing: Data from pigeons and people. Paper presented at the Ninth Symposium on
Quantitative Analyses of Behavior To Be Held At Harvard: Behavioral Economics, Harvard
University.
(with Hansen, E. G., Miller, R. L., Roth, S. F., & Jones, P.E.) (1988, November). The
potential of intelligent instructional support tools for high-technology classrooms and
schools. 30th International Conference of the Association for the Development of Computerbased Instructional Systems, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(1989, May). Recent developments in learning theory and its applications to teaching.
Invited address, Beijing Psychological Society, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
(with Ehlert, M. B.) (1989, May). A concurrent - chains test of melioration vs. matching.
Poster presented at the 15th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis,
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(with Ehlert, M. B.) (1989, May). Melioration, matching, and maximization revisited.
Poster presented at the 15th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(with Ehlert, M. B.) (1990, May). Some dynamics of melioration investigated with human
and pigeon subjects. Presentation at the 16th Annual Convention of the Association for
Behavior Analysis, Nashville, Tennessee.
(with Jeffery, A.) (1990, May). Effects of immediate monetary reinforcement in conditions
involving maximization. Presentation at the 16th Annual Convention of the Association for
Behavior Analysis, Nashville, Tennessee.
(1990, October). Elitism as epithet: The "open" Honors program as response. Paper
presented at the Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council,
Baltimore, Maryland.
(1991, August). Taking hermeneutics to science: Prospects and tactics suggested by
the work of B. F. Skinner. Invited address at the 99th Annual Convention of the
American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California.
(with Ehlert, M. B.) (1991, May). Summary of melioration, matching, and
maximizing revisited: An elaboration and reconsideration of Vaughan's 1981 study.
Poster presented at the 17th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior
Analysis, Atlanta, Georgia and also at the 2nd Annual Convention of the American
Psychological Society, Washington, D.C., June, 1991.
(1992, August). Melioration and the irrationality of action. Invited address at the 100th
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
(1993, October). Contingency, self, and community. Address at the Annual Conference
of the National Collegiate Honors Council, St. Louis, Missouri,
(1993, November). Loyalty and drawing lines. Address at the Fall Meeting of the
Brigham Young Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi.
(1994, March). Reading as self magnifier. Keynote address at the Annual Meetings of
the Eastern Idaho Conference on Reading and Language, Rexburg, Idaho.
(1994, September). Hirelings, subversion, and the permanent possibilities of truth.
Keynote address at the Annual Teaching Assistants Conference, Brigham Young University.
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(1998, February). Effecting educational excellence: A new initiative for optimizing
academic learning in Utah’s public schools. White paper submitted to the Utah State
Legislature, Salt Lake City, Utah.
(1998, April). Private education in Utah. Invited talk to the Harvard Alumni Association of
Utah, Park City, Utah.
(with Ehlert, M. B.) (1998, May). Melioration without equilibria: An analysis of unequal
local reinforcement rates. Poster presentation at the 1998 Annual Convention of the
Association for Behavior Analysis, Orlando, Florida.
(1998, October). The improbability of the new commandment (John 13:34). Address at the
1998 Sperry Symposium, Brigham Young University.
(1998, December, 1999, March) A new school in China. Invited lecture at Guangdong
University of Technology, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China.
(1999, May) Higher education in the United States. Invited lecture at Guangdong University
of Technology, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China.
(1999, July) Liberal learning and the challenges facing teachers of English in Chinese
universities. Invited lecture at Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, People’s
Republic of China.
(2001, June) A long-view psychology: Aristotle and teleological behaviorism. 10th Annual
Pacific Science Inter-Congress, University of Guam.
(2001, November; with Steffensen, S. C., Salyer, D. L., Shipp, D. N., Jones, A. L., Schofield,
A. C., & Fleming, D. E.) Motivation enhances the N100 and P300 components of the eventrelated potential in both parallel and serial visual processing paradigms. Society for
Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
(2002, March; with C. Clayton, Layne, C., Norton, E., Steffen, P., and Belcher, J.) Revising
the undergraduate curriculum and major requirements: One department’s odyssey.
Psychology Learning and Teaching Conference, University of York, York, England.
(2002, November). What curves can tell the teacher about student learning. Waterford Early
Education Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
(2003, May; with M. Berg). Qualitatively different reinforcers in human choice: Money
versus access to video. Association for Behavior Analysis, San Francisco, CA.
(2003, May; with M. Berg and C. Harrington). Video reinforcers for human subjects.
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Association for Behavior Analysis, San Francisco, CA.
(2004, July; with Tyler Stillman). An example of case-centered pedagogy in introductory
psychology. American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
(2005, January). Of your own will—or is it? Waterford School Alumni Parents Association,
Sandy, UT.
(2005, May; with L. Thomas and R. Bubb). Making sense of conscious will, the adaptive
unconscious, and similar notions in a behavioristic frame. Poster presented at the
Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
(2006, February; with J. Crapo, M. Smith, M. Garnett, and R. Bubb). Improving academic
success: Evaluation of personalized mentoring outcomes of academic support students in
psychology. Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the regional National Academic and
Advising Association, Albuquerque, NM.
(2006, April; with M. Moreno and R. Bubb). Enhancing the educational experience and
prospects of minority psychology majors at Brigham Young University. Poster presented at
the Mary Lou Fulton Undergraduate Research Conference, Provo, UT.
(2006, April; with J. Crapo, M. Smith, M. Garnett, and R. Bubb). Improving academic
success: Evaluation of personalized mentoring outcomes of academic support students in
psychology. Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the regional National Academic and
Advising Association, Albuquerque, NM. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton
Undergraduate Research Conference, Provo, UT.
(2006, May, with S. F. Faux). The problems of uncertainty, structuralism, and parsimony in
cognitive neuroscience: The need for a renewed behavioral neuroscience. Lecture at the
Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.
(2006, October). Liberal education and the human horizon. Waterford Symposium on the
Liberal Arts. The Waterford School, Sandy, UT.
(2007), February, with D. Foster). Presenting the new secure multiple choice. Poster
presented at the Association of Test Publishers, Palm Springs, CA.
(2007, March, with M. Moreno, R. Bubb, and D. Eckton). Enhancing the educational
experience and prospects of minority psychology majors at Brigham Young University.
Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Convention, Oakland, CA.
(2007, May, with L. Svetletic and D. Watkins) Body weight and self-control in pigeons.
Poster presented at the Stanford University Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference,
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Stanford, CA.
(2007, May, with J. van der Horst). Methods for the analysis of self-control behavior: A
comparative review. Poster presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International
Convention, San Diego, CA.
(2007, June, with D. Foster). The fourth wave of testing. Keynote address presented at the
Performance Testing Council, Park City, UT
(2007, July, with D. Foster). Deterring cheating on high-stakes internet exams. Paper
presented at the European Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic.
(2007, July, with D. Foster). Maximizing security for high-stakes internet exams using ITC
guidelines on computer-based and internet-delivered testing. Paper presented at the
European Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic.
(2007, November, with D. Foster). The fourth wave of testing. Keynote address presented at
the National Organization for Competency Assurance, San Antonio, TX.
(2008, May, with J. van der Horst). A video-game procedure for the analysis of behavioral
choice in humans. Poster presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International
Convention, Chicago, IL.
(2008, May, with J. van der Horst). A computer-game procedure for the analysis of choice
behavior. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science Convention,
Chicago, IL.
(2008, July). Unconscious determination of human action: Adding behavior analysis to the
emerging convergence. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Psychology,
Athens, Greece.
(2009, May, with J. van der Horst). Concurrent and concurrent chains schedules of
reinforcement and punishment in human subjects. Poster presented at the Association for
Behavior Analysis International Convention, Phoenix, AZ.
(2009, August). Invited Workshops for the Western Faculty in the Bilingual Program:
Classroom management and cultural awareness. The Clifford School, Panyu, Guangzhou,
Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China.
(2010, February, with D. Mason. Improving undergraduate education in psychology
Using an End-of-Major Standardized Assessment and a Teaching Wiki. Poster presented
at the Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
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(2010, February, with N. Kingston, D. Foster, and G. Tiemann). Building a Better
Mousetrap: Using Discrete Options to Improve the Multiple-Choice Question.
Presentation at the Association of Test Publishers Conference, Orlando, FL.
(2010, February, with J. Young, J. Jeserick, E. Hadlock, B. Stocking, T. Hooper, R. Funk,
and J. Aderhold). Differential effects of the discrete-option multiple-choice format on
test takers’ assessment preparation and scores. Presentation at the Utah Conference on
Undergraduate Research, Cedar City, UT.
(2010, April, with R. Funk, T. Hooper, E. Hadlock, J. Whitaker, and D. Estes).
Differential Effects of the Discrete-Option Multiple-Choice Test Format on Test Takers’
Assessment Preparation and Scores. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton
Undergraduate Research Conference, Provo, UT.
(2011, April, with T. Hooper, J. Hedges, B. Stocking, and J. Garrick). Differential effects
of the Discrete-option Multiple-choice format on Test Takers’ Assessment Preparation
and Scores over an Assessment Series. Poster presented at the Rocky Mountain
Psychological Association 81st Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, UT.
(2011, April, with T. Hooper, J. Hedges, R. Trekell, F. Robertson, B. Stocking, W.
Stallworth, and J. Garrick). Differential Effects on Test Takers of Repeated Exposure to
the Discrete-option Multiple-choice Format. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton
Undergraduate Research Conference, Provo, UT.
(2011, April, with D. Flores). Skinner as behaviorist, Skinner as pragmatist. Invited
address at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association 81st Annual Convention, Salt
Lake City, UT.
(2011, April) The Staying Power of B. F. Skinner’s Stamp on Psychology (Symposium
Organizer and Respondent). RMPA and the Local Utah Committee Invited Symposium.
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association 81st Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, UT.
(2012, March, with D. Marr, B. T. Ensign, T. Gonzales, M. Lowry, K. A. Mika, E. K.
Passey, and A. Campbell). The Testing Environment: Does Context Matter? Power
presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Weber State
University, Ogden, UT.
(2012, April, with B. Thornell, E. Passey, and N. Robins). Adapting to Unfamiliar
Academic Testing Situations. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Undergraduate
Research Conference, Provo, UT.
(2013, April, with A. Hovsoyan and J. James). Rumination As a Mediator Between
Religion and Happiness. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Undergraduate
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Research Conference, Provo, UT. Winner of $500 first-place prize.
(2014, March with D. Flores). Whether One or Two (or More) Pigeons, Non-optimality
Prevails in Choice. Poster presented at the Utah Symposium on Science and Literature,
Salt Lake City, UT.
(2014, April, with D. Flores, V. Tait, and M. Seeley). Reinforcerment and punishment in
human choice. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Student Research Conference,
Provo, UT. Winner of $500 first-place prize.
(2014, October, with G. Tiemann, N. Kingston, & D. Foster) Protecting Item Content via
the Discrete-Option Multiple-Choice Item Type. Paper presented at the 2014 Conference
on Test Security, American College Testing, Iowa City, IO.
(2015, February, with F. Robertson, D. Flores, V. Tait, J. Sgro, M. Ventura, and M.
Seeley). Ups and downs: A comparison of models for the analysis of monetary gains and
losses. Poster presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, St. George,
UT.
(2015, April, with V. Tait, D. Flores, F. Tait, and M. Seeley). The sunk-cost fallacy as a
factor in decision making. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Student Research
Conference, Provo, UT.
(2015, April, with D. Flores, M. Seeley, N. Schilaty, V. Tait, F. Robertson, M. Ventura, J.
Sgro, S. Steffensen, and C. Yang. The Asymmetry of gains and losses. Poster presented at
the Mary Lou Fulton Student Research Conference, Provo, UT.
(2015, May, with F. Robertson, M. Ventura, D. Flores, & V. Tait) A concurrent-operants
method for measuring gain/loss asymmetry: IV. Gender differences in performance.
Poster presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual
Convention, San Antonio, TX.
(2015, May, with V. Tait, D. Flores, F. Robertson, & M. Ventura) A concurrent-operants
method for measuring gain/loss asymmetry: V. Loss aversion and the sunk-cost fallacy.
Poster presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual
Convention, San Antonio, TX.
(2015, September, with D. Flores, V. Tait, F. Robertson, M. Ventura, & J. Sgro).
Behavior-analytic alternatives to cognitive measures of the hedonic asymmetry of gains
and losses. Paper presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual
International Convention, Kyoto, Japan.
(2016, April, with D. Flores, C. Kipp, A. L. Joki, A. Kindt, & R. Butler). A behavioral
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measurement of an unselfish act. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Student
Research Conference, Provo UT.
(2016, May, with D. Flores, V. Tait, F. Robertson, M. Merkeley-Ventura, J. Sgro, C.
Kipp, and M. Hollenbeak). A comparative approach to the matching-based measurement
of gain-loss asymmetry. Paper presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis
International Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Other Production
(1993). Executive producer for "A State of Confusion: Students Talk about Writing in
College," an independent film contracted by General and Honors Education, Brigham Young
University.
Grants Received:
(1976-77). Further investigations of hedonic strength: The relationship between self-control
and reinforcer value. Brigham Young University Research Division.
(1977-78). A comparison of behavioral and traditional psychophysical scaling of food
preferences in humans. Brigham Young University Research Division.
(1978-79). Toward a stimulus salience theory of modeling. Brigham Young University
Research Division.
(1979-80). Toward a stimulus salience theory of modeling. National Institute of Mental
Health.
(1980-81). The Garcia effect and recovery from thiamine deficiency. Brigham Young
University, College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences.
(1981-82). The experimental analysis of rationality. Brigham Young University, College of
Family, Home, and Social Sciences.
(1980-81). Individual differences in cognitive performance: Cognitive correlates as
predictors of memory retention. National Science Foundation.
(1981-82). The role of uncertainty in the evolution of predictable behavior: An experimental
analysis. Brigham Young University, College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences.
(1982-1994). The experimental analysis of rationality: Tests of matching versus
maximization. Brigham Young University, College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences.
(1985-86). The internal thesaurus: A cognitive model of synonym production. Brigham
Young University, College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences.
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(1986-89). An interactive video system for science education. National Science Foundation.
(1990). Development of a General Education course in applied mathematics. SearsRoebuck Foundation.
(1997). Birth order, conversion, and “Westward-Ho” zeal in the early L.D.S. Church
membership. Brigham Young University, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies.
(1997). School learning as joint product: Improving formal education at the family
interface. Brigham Young University, Center for Studies of the Family.
(1997). Self control and temporal perception. Brigham Young University, College of
Family, Home, and Social Sciences.
(1997). Establishing “Psych Central”: A tutorial and multimedia resource center for
Psychology 111 students. Brigham Young University, Office of General Education and the
Faculty Center.
(1998). Development of the print and multimedia resource collection of Psych Central.
Brigham Young University, Office of General Education, College of Family, Home, and
Social Sciences, and the Department of Psychology.
(1998). Personality characteristics of early L.D.S. converts: A test of Sulloway’s theory of
birth-order effects. Brigham Young University, Religious Studies Center.
(2000). Learning to maximize when matching is an option. Brigham Young University,
College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences.
(2001). Self-control as altruism. Brigham Young University, College of Family, Home,
and Social Sciences
(2001). Toward a test of Sulloway’s hypothesis regarding personality and birth order
involving early L.D.S. converts. Brigham Young University, The Family Studies Center.
(2002). Effective feedback protocols for palatometric instrumentation with speechimpaired children. Brigham Young University, College of Family, Home, and Social
Sciences
(2002). Development of multimedia case introductions and other multimedia
presentations for Psychology 111. Brigham Young University, Committee for
Instructional and Media Arts.
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(2002). The introduction of case-based instruction in Psychology 111. Brigham Young
University, General Education and Honors.
(2003). Temporal discounting in senior citizens. Brigham Young University, School of
Family Life.
(2003). Cross-species investigation of the relationship between hedonic scaling and selfcontrol. Brigham Young University, College of Family, Home and Social Sciences.
(2003). The analysis of altruism and cooperative phenomena: Environments for
Academic Mentoring. Brigham Young University, Office of Research and Creative
Activities.
(2003). Virtual research demonstrations and activities in the upper-division psychology
curriculum: Faculty Fellowship in Technology. Brigham Young University, Center for
Instructional Design.
(2003). Multimedia supplements in the introductory psychology course: Graduate
Mentor Award. Brigham Young University, Office of Graduate Studies.
(2004). Introduction and outcome analysis of the Personal Response System in
Psychology 111: Graduate Mentor Award. Brigham Young University. Office of
Graduate Studies.
(2005-2008). Karl G. Maeser General Education Professorship. Brigham Young
University. Office of Undergraduate Education.
(2006). Enhancing the educational experience and prospects of minority psychology
majors at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University. Charles Redd Center
for Western Studies.
(2006). Improving academic success: Evaluation of personalized mentoring outcomes of
academic support students in psychology. Brigham Young University. Mary Lou Fulton
Travel Grant.
(2007). Experimental hedonics: Behavior assessment of the symmetry of reinforcement
and punishment in humans. Brigham Young University. College of Family, Home and
Social Sciences.
(2007). Implementing a research component in Psychology 111 (Honors). Brigham
Young University. Office of Undergraduate Education.
(2008). A large-scale study of the differential effects of discrete-option multiple-choice
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and traditional multiple-choice formats on assessment performance in college students.
Brigham Young University: Office of Undergraduate Education.
(2009). An experimental analysis of the differential effects on study time and quiz
performance using the discrete-option multiple-choice format versus the traditional
format. Brigham Young University: Office of Undergraduate Education.
(2014). Hedonic scaling of the gain/loss differential—A cross-species analysis. Brigham
Young University: College of Family, Home and Social Sciences.
(2015). Individual projects, shared Focus: A complementary approach to
undergraduate behavioral research. Mentored Environment Grant, Brigham Young
University: Office of Research and Creative Activity.
(2015). Measuring gain/loss asymmetry: An experimental test of two different methods.
Faculty Research Grant, Brigham Young University: College of Family, Home, and
Social Sciences.
(2016). An experiment in teaching Psych 307. BYU General Education Teaching
Improvement Grant.