PERK 2017 36th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological and Educational Research in Kansas Benedictine College Atchison, KS Nov. 3 & 4 Welcome to the 36th annual PERK conference, hosted here at Benedictine College on the beautiful Missouri River bluffs! Hospitality is a central charism of the Benedictine tradition, and we pride ourselves on being a warm and welcoming community. Please feel free to contact your host faculty, Psychological Sciences department volunteers, or any member of the college community if there is anything you need during the conference. We have chosen for this year’s conference theme, “Learning and Living in Community”, a theme inspired by recur- ring messages in the research that students will be presenting, the topics of our keynote speakers, and the mission of Benedictine College, to “educate men and women in a community of faith and scholarship.” The psychological sci- ences, while young, have an extensive history of striving to understand and improve how humans view and relate to each other, and it seems in this era of increased public rancor, that we as psychological scientists can serve the greater good by sharing and promoting what we have come to recognize about how best to build harmonious com- munities. We hope that this theme will resonate with you this weekend and inspire you to fulfill part of your calling as students and teachers of psychology: to illuminate and strengthen human communities, broad and small. Further, we are confident you will experience great variety and excitement with this weekend’s events, including key- note speeches covering the latest science on effective learning strategies (Dr. Cindy Nebel) and the power of preju- dice in an era of pervasive uncivil discourse (Dr. Chris Crandall). Further, we are thrilled to share with you our pop- ular annual Graduates Panel, when we bring back a variety of Benedictine Psychological Sciences alums to share their post-baccalaureate experiences and wisdom. Faculty members will also have opportunities to meet and discuss possible research collaborations and issues related to use of statistical packages, and visiting graduate school repre- sentatives will have informative booths available for post-bacc seekers. This weekend you will see much of the famously beautiful Benedictine campus, with meetings, presentations, and activities throughout the college. Buildings where you'll spend your time include the home of our department, Cray- Seaberg Hall, Mother Theresa Center across the street, our state-of-the-art home of the Benedictine Ravens football team Amino Center, the terrific new Murphy Recreation Center, and the crown of the campus, the Ferrell Academic Center on the stunning Missouri River bluffs. And of course don’t forget our Pizza and Movie Night Friday in the comfy Legacy Hall lounge on our campus’s southern edge. We hope you get a chance to experience the riverside community of Atchison while you are here as well, so be sure you pick up your hospitality package from our local businesses and community agencies, who welcome you eagerly. So again, welcome to our lovely campus and to this year’s PERK conference. We sincerely hope your weekend will be filled with memorable hospitality, fascinating and inspiring science, and a joyful time with peers and mentors. PERK 2017 Benedictine College, 1 Participating Institutions Avila University Baker University Benedictine College Bethany College Emporia State University Fort Hays State University Friends University Kansas State University Kansas Wesleyan University University of Kansas University of St. Mary Washburn University Thank you all for your support and your presence! And if you loved PERK this fall, don’t forget to attend these upcoming conferences: Great Plains Students’ Psychology Convention, March 16-17, 2018, Washburn University in Topeka, KS. PERK 2018 at Emporia State University in Emporia, KS. PERK 2017 Benedictine College, 2 Schedule Overview Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 Time Event Location Noon—4:30 p.m. Registration and Check-in Cray-Seaberg Hall 1:00—2:15 p.m. Keynote Address: Dr. Cindy Nebel Amino Center Classroom Simultaneous Sessions: 2:30—3:20 p.m. Graduates Panel Mother Teresa 202 2:30—3:20 p.m. Research Collaboration Cray-Seaberg 215 2:30—3:20 p.m. Statistical Packages Cray-Seaberg 201 3:30—4:30 p.m. Poster Session 1 Mother Teresa Center 4:30—5:00 p.m. PERK Business Meeting Cray-Seaberg 215 5:30—8:30 p.m. Pizza & a Movie: Split Legacy Lounge PERK 2017 Benedictine College, 3 Schedule Overview Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017 Time Event Location 7:00—11:00 a.m. Registration and Check-in FAC Rotunda 7:30—9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast FAC 3rd Floor Lounge Simultaneous Events: 8:00—11:15 a.m. Graduate Program Exhibition Booths FAC 3rd Floor Lounge 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 a.m. Poster Sessions 2-4 FAC Rotunda 8:00—9:00 a.m. Oral Presentation Session 1* FAC 307, 308, 323 9:05—10:05 a.m. Oral Presentation Session 2* FAC 307, 308, 323 10:10—11:10 a.m. Oral Presentation Session 3* FAC 307, 308, 323 Time to head down the hill... 11:30 —12:30 p.m. Keynote Address: Dr. Chris Crandall Murphy Recreation Center 12:30 p.m.—1:30 p.m. Lunch & Paper Competition Awards Murphy Recreation Center FAC = Ferrell Academic Center (top of the hill, on the bluffs) *FAC 324 is a designated practice room for presenters PERK 2017 Benedictine College, 4 Friday, Nov. 3 Keynote Speaker Dr. Cindy Nebel, Washburn University Studying for Success: Using Science-Backed Strategies to Optimize Learning Dr. Cindy Nebel earned her Bachelors of Science from Truman State University and her Masters and Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. She previously worked as the Assistant Chair of the Psychology Department at Lindenwood University before moving to Washburn University in Topeka, KS in 2015. In her research she investi- gates how retrieval practice and individual differences in learning strategies can benefit students in various real- world circumstances. She is a member of the Learning Scientists, a group of psychologists who run a website and blog devoted to sharing evidence-based practices that is followed by educators around the globe. 1:00 p.m. — 2:15 p.m. Amino Center Classroom Amino Center PERK 2017 Benedictine College, 5 Saturday, Nov. 4 Keynote Speaker Dr. Chris Crandall, University of Kansas Authenticity, Free Speech, and the New World of Prejudice Dr. Chris Crandall earned his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Michigan, and then completed a post-doctoral fellowship in health psychology at Yale University. He is currently a professor in the social psychology program at the University of Kansas, where his course offerings include Social Psychology, Stereotyping and Prejudice, and Political Psychology, among others. Dr. Crandall has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards, most recently the Distinguished Service to the Society Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (2012), and the Morton Deutsch Publication Award from the International Society for Justice Research (2005). He was the 2016-2017 President of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, is the current editor of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and appeared on The Jane Pauley Show with best-selling author Jennifer Weiner and actress Ashlie Atkinson (making his Kevin Bacon Number = 3). Dr. Crandall’s research interests have included social pressures and eating disorders, prejudice against fat people, the psychology of attributions, the acceptance of tor- ture, acceptance of the status quo, psychological foundations of political ideology, and the earliest stages of friendship. 11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. Murphy Recreation Center Classroom Murphy Recreation Center PERK 2017 Benedictine College, 6 Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 Post-Keynote Schedule of Events Simultaneous Sessions: Time Location Details 2:30—3:20 p.m. MTC 202 Graduates Panel: Targeted primarily at students, this session will feature Benedictine College Psychological Sciences alumni who will share their ex- periences regarding professional and academic life beyond the bachelor’s degree. Come and hear what the “real world” has to offer when your un- dergrad days are complete. Moderator: Dr. Adam Buhman-Wiggs 2:30—3:20 p.m. CSH 215 Research Collaboration: This session will allow faculty members to explore ways in which they might collaborate on research across institutions. Building programs of scholarship with peers throughout Kansas is the goal, as well as helping create enduring research programs capable of advancing student careers. Moderators: Dr. Eva Chen and Dr. Amy Posey 2:30— 3:20 p.m. CSH 201 Statistical Packages: Discussion in this session will focus on statistical packages: what are the options, benefits and shortcomings of each, and do we dare stop teaching our students to use SPSS? Moderator: Dr. Dean Elmore Time Location Details 3:30—4:30 p.m. Mother Teresa Poster Session 1: Come and enjoy viewing and discussing research pro- Center posals and projects completed by your undergraduate and graduate peers. Scheduling details can be found in the coming pages. 4:30—5:00 p.m. CSH 215 PERK Business Meeting: Faculty members of PERK and supporting institu- tions are encouraged to attend to help plan next year’s conference and at- tend to other essential business. 5:30—8:30 p.m. Legacy Lounge Pizza & a Movie!: Come and see the psychological thriller Split, eat scrump- tious pizza, and stay for an interesting discussion of dissociative identity disorder and how Hollywood gets it right/wrong in this recent film. PERK 2017 Benedictine College, 7 Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, Poster Session 1 (Non-Empirical) All posters in Session 1 will be presented at 3:30-4:15 p.m.