Welcome to the EIGHTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION of the WESTERN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION APRIL 10-13, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Irvine, California The 88th meeting of the Western Psychological Association has: k The WPA Film Festival k Outstanding Invited Speakers k Special Programs for Students and Teachers k A Forum for Your Research Visit WPA on the World Wide Web at: www.westernpsych.org HOSTED BY 1 On behalf of California State University San Marcos, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 88th annual convention of the Western Psychological Association. For their efforts in organizing this conference, the University and the Department of Psychology extend sincere thanks to WPA President Peter Bentler and CSUSM Professors Sharon Hamill and Elisa Grant-Vallone. This conference features many of today’s leading clinicians, researchers and theorists in psychology, and we are pleased to play a part in it. CSUSM is one of the five fastest growing universities in the 23-campus CSU system. Since our founding in 1989, our student enrollment has grown to more than 9,000 students–a 16% increase in just the past year. By 2020, we are projected to grow to 20,000. Built from the ground up, our well-planned, architecturally stunning campus is fully wireless and our faculty employ the latest teaching technologies to challenge and engage today’s tech-savvy students. Located only miles from San Diego and Los Angeles, our 304-acre campus is nestled in the foothills of San Marcos, just a short drive from some of Southern California’s best beaches and an hour from the U.S./Mexico border. CSUSM’s Psychology Department is comprised of thirteen tenure-track faculty, offering undergraduate and graduate education. Active collaboration with students is an important feature of the department’s scholarship and pedagogical practice. Students are immersed in the psychological laboratory, including on-campus research environments and field research sites in the local community (hospitals, clinics, educational settings, community service organizations, business and industry, and zoological parks). As members of WPA, who are here to enhance and support the processes of research and scholarship in the behavioral sciences, I wish each of you a productive and successful conference. Sincerely, Karen S. Haynes, Ph.D. President 2 The mission of the Psychology Department at California State University San Marcos is to provide excellence in undergraduate and graduate education in the science of psychology. There are currently 580 undergraduate psychology majors and 21 students in our masters program. Our degree programs emphasize psychology as an empirical science and the de- velopment of skills that include written and oral communication, computer literacy, quantitative and qualitative research methods, critical analysis of complex problems, knowl- edge of human and non-human animal behavior and increased self-understanding. We believe that multicultural perspectives are integral to the study of human behavior. The Psychology faculty are active scholars from diverse areas of training and specialization. We are a dedicated group of instructors who seek to make the educational experience rich and meaningful. We offer a challenging and high quality curriculum that provides an ex- cellent background in psychological theory, research and application. Active collaboration with students is an important feature of our scholarship and pedagogical practice. Field experiences also forge strong ties between the Psychology Department and the region, and serve our mission for student community involvement. Our Master of Arts program in General Experimental Psychology provides graduate educa- tion of the highest caliber to qualified students. Our objective is to prepare students for continued study at the doctoral level; for a variety of positions in the public sector, busi- ness, or industry; or for academic careers at the two-year college level. It is our belief that excellent graduate education is best accomplished in an atmosphere in which graduate students are treated collegially, and are closely mentored by the faculty. The research training that students receive in our program leave them well prepared for doctoral study (of those who have completed our program and applied for further study at the doctoral level, over 90% have been accepted!). Students also receive training in pedagogy so that community college teaching is also an option. Please visit our website for further information: http://www.csusm.edu/psychology 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Cengate Wadsworth Learning [Advertising] ............................ Inside Front Cover All About California State University, San Marcos .......................................................... 2 WPA Chronology ............................................................................................................... 6 WPA Executive Board Members ........................................................................................ 9 Program Planning and Organization ................................................................................ 10 Lewis A. Terman Conference........................................................................................... 12 Program Review Committee ............................................................................................ 12 WPA Council of Representatives .................................................................................... 14 Scholarship Fund Contributors ........................................................................................ 18 Student Scholarship Winners .......................................................................................... 20 WPA Awards .................................................................................................................... 21 Convention Registration.................................................................................................. 22 WPA Membership ............................................................................................................ 22 Conversation Hours ......................................................................................................... 23 Convention Policies ......................................................................................................... 23 Exhibitors and Advertisers ............................................................................................... 24 Future WPA Conventions ............................................................................................... 24 WPA FILM FESTIVAL Description of Films ................................................................................................. 25 Addresses of Film Distributors.................................................................................. 34 THE 2008 PROGRAM Wednesday, April 9 ......................................................................................................... 36 Lewis M. Terman Conference .................................................................................. 36 Thursday, April 10 ......................................................................................................... 42 Friday, April 11 ............................................................................................................... 82 Saturday, April 12 ......................................................................................................... 128 Sunday, April 13 ........................................................................................................... 176 Program Summary .......................................................................................................... 186 WPA Convention 2009 ................................................................................................. 193 Index ............................................................................................................................... 194 Floor Plan - Hyatt Regency ...................................................................... Inside Back Cover Multivariate Software, Inc. [Advertising]............................. Outside Back Cover 4 !" JOIN YOUR COLLEAGUES AT THE WPA RECEPTIONS !" THURSDAY k WPA RECEPTION & SOCIAL HOUR 6:00-7:00pm GRAND FOYER FRIDAY k WPA PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION & SOCIAL HOUR 6:15-7:15pm GRAND FOYER 5 WESTERN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION CHRONOLOGY 1921-2008 WPA PRESIDENT’S CONVENTION CONVENTION YEAR PRESIDENT AFFILIATION SITE HOST 1921 Lewis M. Terman Stanford U. Berkeley, CA UC Berkeley 1922 Lewis M. Terman Stanford U. Stanford, CA Stanford U. 1923 Edward C. Tolman UC Berkeley Los Angeles, CA USC 1924 Edmund S. Conklin U. Oregon Stanford, CA Stanford U. 1925 Arthur H. Sutherland L.A. City Schools Berkeley, CA UC Berkeley 1926 Walter A. Miles Stanford U. Oakland, CA Mills College 1927 Kate Gordon UCLA Los Angeles, CA UCLA 1928 Shepard I. Franz UC.LA Stanford, CA Stanford U. 1929 Warner Brown UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA UC Berkeley 1930 John F. Coover Stanford U. Los Angeles, CA USC 1931 Stevenson Smith U. Washington Eugene, OR U. Oregon 1932 Calvin P. Stone Stanford U. Stanford, GA Stanford U. 1933 Edward K. Strong Stanford U. Los Angeles, CA USC 1934 Edwin R. Guthrie U. Washington Berkeley, CA UC Berkeley 1935 Harold F. Jones UC Berkeley Los Angeles, CA UCLA 1936 Grace M. Fernald UC.L.A Seattle, WA U. Washington 1937 Milton Metfessel USC Claremont, CA Claremont College 1938 Paul P. Farnsworth Stanford U. Eugene, OR U. Oregon 1939