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Research Methods Psychology Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the New England Psychological Association October 12-13, 2012 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts www.NEPsychological.org Time Campusus Center, Thirdird Floor Salisbalisbury Laboratoratories Period Odeum Odeum Odeum Room Room Room A B C 104 105 115 7:00 AM Regisgistration will openop at 7:00 A.M.M., Campus CeCenter, Third FFloor. to Continentaltal breakfast avaiavailable at 7:3030 AAM in the 9:00 AM Class of 1941948 Cafe, Camppus Center, Sececond Floor. 9:00 AM Poster Session Paper Session Paper Session Howard Psi Chi Symposium I I II Rachlin to (4) (5) 10:00 AM (6-41) (42-45) (46-49) (50) 10:10 AM Poster Session Paper Session Paper Session Ethel Psi Chi Symposium II III IV Tobach to (51) (52) 11:10 AM (53-87) (88-91) (92-95) (96) TThe NEPA Geneneral Meeting (99)9) 11:20 AM Honorary and thee NNEPA Presidentntial Address (100) wwill be Psi Chi Undergraduate heldld iin Salisbury Lababoratories Roomoom 115115. to (98) 12:20 AM Scholar Pre-orderedred lulunches will bee aavailable by 11:000 AAM in the Awards Forkey DinDining Commons,, CCampus Center, FirFirst Floor. & 12:30 PM Fellows +40 Poster Session Paper Session Sharon to 11:20 to 1:00 Symposium III V Symposium Gayle (97) (101) (102-133) (134-137) (138) Horne 1:30 PM (139) 1:40 PM Poster Session Paper Session Science in to Symposium Symposium IV VI Psi Chi Society (140) (141) (142-176) (177-180) (181) Symposium 2:40 PM (182) & 2:50 PM Poster Session Paper Session Alice Symposium V VIII Psi Chi to (189) (253) Locicero 3:50 PM Paper Session (190-248) (249-252) (183) VII (184-188) 4:00 PM ThThe New Englandd PPsychological Assossociation and Psii CChi 2:50 - 4:15 welcome youyour attendance att ththe awards and end-nd-of-meeting recepception (254), to Campusus CCenter, First Flooloor Lobby 5:00 PM 4:4:00 PM - 5:00 PMM Abstracts in this book are numbered sequentially and abstract numbers should be used to locate presentations of interest. 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His research focuses on how people evaluate information in their everyday and professional lives, and how they use that information to draw conclusions, form beliefs, and embark on courses of action. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health. His books include How We Know What Isn’t So (1991), Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes (1999, with Gary Belsky), Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment (2002, with Dale Griffin and Daniel Kahneman), and Social Psychology (2004, with Dacher Keltner and Richard Nisbett).
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