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1 Thursday, March 13, 2014 "DIFFERENTIATING GOAL-DIRECTED MOTIVATION FROM 5:00pm-6:20pm AROUSAL WITH A NOVEL PROGRESSIVE HOLD DOWN (PHD) TASK" Invited Speaker Georgian MATTHEW BAILEY, GREG JENSEN (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, PSI CHI INVITED KEYNOTE ADDRESS: ANTHONY DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY), KATHLEEN TAYLOR GREENWALD (BARNARD COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY), Thursday, March 13, 2014 ELEANOR SIMPSON (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, 5:00pm-6:20pm DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY), CHRIS MEZIAS (BARNARD COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCOLOGY), CAIT WILLIAMSON (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF CHAIR: DEBORAH HARRIS-O'BRIEN (TRINITY WASHINGTON PSYCHIATRY), RAE SILVER (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY) DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY), PETER BALSAM (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY) HOW ‘HIDDEN BIASES OF GOOD PEOPLE’ PRODUCE We developed a novel motivation assay known as the DISCRIMINATION Progressive Hold Down (PHD) task. This task requires mice to make responses (holding levers in the depressed position) for ANTHONY GREENWALD (UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON) progressively longer durations of time. We characterized this novel task then tested mice on methamphetamine. Discrimination in the United States has changed greatly in the Methamphetamine increases the number of presses made and last 50 years. In the 1980s, the concept of ‘modern racism’ length of time mice press before quitting, but did not increase the captured some of these changes. More recently, the concept of breakpoint on the PHD task as would be expected from ‘implicit’ (or ‘hidden’) bias has been introduced to understand increased motivation. further changes, including changes in how gender biases operate. This presentation supports the conclusion that 8:40am - 8:55am societally significant discrimination now occurs mostly without either malice or intent—as products of mental processes that THE POST-REINFORCEMENT PAUSE IN VARIABLE operate automatically and unthinkingly. INTERVAL SCHEDULES: A MODEL OF PROCRASTINATION Friday, March 14, 2014 ROBERT W. ALLAN (LAFAYETTE COLLEGE) 8:00am-8:50am Post-reinforcement pausing has been observed in fixed ratio and Paper Stuart fixed interval schedules, but not in variable ratio and variable interval schedules. In the present experiments using a touch LEARNING PAPERS I: INSTRUMENTAL screen and variable ratio and variable interval schedules the Friday, March 14, 2014 number of responses, or time to the next reinforcer were 8:00am-8:50am signalled, thereby producing an ordered series of increasing pauses. These data are interpreted as evidence of animal CHAIR: DANIEL GOTTLIEB (SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE) procrastination, and as a homologue of human procrastination. Friday, March 14, 2014 8:00am - 8:15am 8:00am-8:50am EFFECTS OF EXTINCTION OF PROCUREMENT RESPONDING IN A HETEROGENEOUS Poster Imperial Ballroom PROCUREMENT-CONSUMPTION INSTRUMENTAL CHAIN UNDERGRADUATE POSTERS I Friday, March 14, 2014 ERIC A. THRAILKILL, MARK E. BOUTON (UNIVERSITY OF 8:00am-8:50am VERMONT) “Chains” of behavior often include procurement and then CHAIR: NANCY KIM (NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY) consumption. We examined procurement extinction effects on consumption responding. One response produced an opportunity POSTER 1 to perform another response for reinforcement. We then extinguished the entire chain, the procurement SD with DESENSITIZATION TO VIOLENT IMAGES AND FILM GENRE procurement response, or the procurement SD alone. PREFERENCE Consumption was reduced by extinction of procurement responding. In some conditions, consumption was renewed when ELENA FELICIANO WU (RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW reinserted in the chain after separate extinction. Associative JERSEY) analyses of instrumental chains have translational significance. This study examined correlations between personality, affinity for 8:20am - 8:35am various movie genres, aggression, and emotional reactions to 2 violent images. A total of 109 adult participants completed a POSTER 5 survey measuring personality, aggression, and film preferences. In addition, participants wrote brief reactions to graphic violent LUCID DREAMING INSTRUCTION AS A RELAXATION images either labeled as real or fictional. Participants showed no INDUCTION TECHNIQUE emotional difference towards real versus fictional pictures. However, individuals that preferred Horror films were less ZACHARY E. LEPPERT, ANDREA MUNIAK, ISABELL BLAKEY, fascinated by the images regardless of label. JIM SIEMEN (WASHINGTON COLLEGE) POSTER 2 Relaxation and optimism can contribute to the health of individuals. Twenty-two College student participants were divided EMOTIONAL AROUSAL DURING NARRATIVES ABOUT into two groups, one was given lucid dreaming relaxation ROMANTIC CONFLICTS instructions and the other served as control. The experimental subjects were anticipated to increase their overall optimism after ELIZABETH FINKE, LESLEY CLISURA, CHRISTINE PETIT, a week of lucid dream practice. There were no significant CANDICE FEIRING (THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY) differences between groups in differences between the groups on optimism surveys. However, overall optimism scores trended up Fluctuation of pitch communicates emotional arousal. This study after a week. examined pitch range during narratives about unmet romantic relationship needs in 64 late adolescents who were currently in POSTER 6 relationships. As predicted, women had a wider pitch range than men suggesting that they become more negatively aroused THE CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION OF THE during narrations of unmet needs. Reports of more anger and COLLEGIATE TRAIT GUILT INVENTORY sadness in response to unmet needs and the use of destructive conflict strategies were associated with greater pitch range. KEVIN DOLE, JASMINE JARUPAT, AMANDA ELLIS, PETER GIORDANO (BELMONT UNIVERSITY) POSTER 3 This study sought to validate a new measure of guilt, the DOES A COGNITIVELY-STYLED EXPRESSIVE WRITING Collegiate Trait Guilt Inventory (CTGI), which targets a INTERVENTION REDUCE COLLEGIATE STRESS?: A TRUE college-age population. Results suggested mixed evidence for EXPERIMENT. the construct validity of the CTGI. Strong convergent evidence was present overall, although there was weak convergent validity DANYELLE HARVEY, KANDICE STOCUM, CANDY MARIE for the relationship guilt subscale. The CTGI did not yield strong BREEZEE, FRANCIS W. CRAIG (MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY) discriminant evidence, and the experimental manipulation of guilt did not support construct validity. The CTGI demonstrated strong This study sought to examine the effects of an expressive writing overall internal reliability. (EW) intervention on psychological and physiological aspects of college students. The experimental condition utilized expressive POSTER 7 writing instructions derived from two previously used EW methods. It was hypothesized that the experimental group would EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS AND RATES OF CYBERBULLYING improve on measures of anxiety, affect, physical symptom IN COLLEGE STUDENTS severity, and blood pressure. Results showed support for the fourth hypothesis, with mean systolic pressure in the KATHERINE KREFT (WASHINGTON COLLEGE) experimental group decreasing after the EW intervention. Little is known about the impact of cyberbullying. However, it is POSTER 4 becoming an increasing problem in today’s society. Do cyberbullying victims experiencing ongoing negative emotional FEARING AND USING LAUGHTER: PERSONALITY symptoms? Stress levels were positively correlated with being CHARACTERISTICS, INSTRUMENTAL USE, AND cyberbullied. Moreover, greater time online was related to AVOIDANCE increased incidence of being cyberbullied. These findings lend insight into the negative consequences of spending time online AMANDA LARA, ALLISON CIPRIANO, GRIFFIN REID, and how the internet is being used. AMANDA GELLER, JACKSON GRADY, BERNARD C. BEINS (ITHACA COLLEGE) POSTER 8 Research has revealed that responses to laughter can be either DIFFERENCES IN CUE-REACTIVITY BETWEEN DEPENDENT positive or negative. We document that attitudes toward laugher AND NON-DEPENDENT SMOKERS correlate with personality characteristics associated with responses to expression of emotion and orientation to others. JESSICA L. BRAYMILLER, SABRINA TAVELLA, ERIN People who fear being the object of laughter generally withdraw COX,MATTHEW WEAVER (MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY) socially and appear to avoid either positive or negative emotional expression. When people enjoy directing laughter toward others, Dependent and non-dependent smokers were assessed on they do so planfully and instrumentally with low regard for those psychological and physiological responses to neutral and others. smoking visual cues. Psychological responses, measured using the Questionnaire on Smoking Urges (QSU), indicated an effect 3 of cue exposure (F(1,16) = 12.222, p=.003) and a group by QSU THREE'S A CROWD...OR IS IT? EXAMINING PUBLIC interaction (F(1, 16) = 8.811, p =.009). Physiological responses, PERCEPTIONS OF POLYAMOROUS RELATIONSHIPS measured as a change in electro-dermal activity, were trending towards a significant difference between neutral and smoking KEVIN T. HUTZLER, TRACI A. GIULIANO, JORDAN R. cues (F(1,16) = 4.193, p = .059). HERSELMAN, SARAH M. JOHNSON (SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY) POSTER 9 Across three studies, we explored perceptions of a type of FACEBOOK, RELATIONSHIPS, AND THE NARCISSIST: non-monogamy known as polyamory. We found that several HIGHLIGHTING THE KEY FACTORS IN OBTAINING THE negative stereotypes of polyamory exist, and that these NARCISSISTIC GOAL stereotypes were predicted by misinformation about polyamory and a “traditional”