Experimental and Applied Psychological Sciences (EAPS) PhD Program Outcome Data
In line with program objectives, EAPS students do well in their coursework, demonstrating mastery of knowledge objectives, engage in research activities including conference presentations and publications, and demonstrate overall competence by obtaining high quality post-doctoral positions. EAPS students demonstrate knowledge in core areas
As reflected by an average GPA of 3.9 over the past several years, students in the EAPS program demonstrate knowledge of core content areas.
Job Placements of EAPS Graduates
Within the past several years, EAPS students have received initial placements in academia and industry including:
Jeff Stein - Post Doc, Virginia Tech
Mary Sweeney- Post Doc, Johns Hopkins University Eric Thrailkill - Post Doc, University of Vermont Patrick Johnson - Post Doc, Johns Hopkins University
Baker, Joseph – Post Doc, Stanford University Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research Stacey Quick - Post Doc, Yale University
Anthony Wheeler - Health Outcomes Liaison at Eli Lilly and Company, St. Paul, MN. Paul Birch - Assistant Professor, Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Chad Bohn - Evaluator SHPR Group
Joshua Marquit - Instructor at Penn State Brandywine
Ana Baumann Neves – Post Doc, Washington University in St. Louis Corin Jimenez-Gomez – Post Doc, University of Michigan
Research Engagement
Students demonstrate skills in planning and conducting research, including critically reviewing empirical literature and competence in dissemination of findings via engagement in publishing manuscripts and presenting at professional conferences.
Student Publications (2012 - )
Moyer-Packenham, P. S., Shumway, J. F.*, Bullock, E. *, Tucker, S. I. *, Anderson-Pence, K. L. *, Westenskow, A. *, Boyer-Thurgood, J. *, Maahs-Fladung, C., Symanzik, J., Mahamane, S. *, MacDonald, B., & Jordan, K. (2015). Young children’s learning performance and efficiency when using virtual manipulative mathematics iPad apps. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 34, 41-69.
Shahan, T.A., *Craig, A. R., & *Sweeney, M.M. (2015). Resurgence of sucrose and cocaine seeking in free-feeding rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 279, 47-51.
*Renda, C. R., *Stein, J. S., & Madden, G. J. (2015). Working-memory training: Effects on delay discounting in male Long Evans rats. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 103, 50-61. *Stein, J. R., *Renda, C. R., *Hinnenkamp, J., & Madden, G. J. (2015). Impulsive choice, alcohol consumption, and pre-exposure to delayed rewards II: Potential mechanisms. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 103, 33-49.
Geiser, C., *Litson, K., Bishop, J., Keller, B. T., Burns, G. L., Servera, M., & Shiffman, S. (2015). Analyzing person, situation, and person × situation interaction effects: Latent state-trait models for the combination of random and fixed situations. Psychological Methods.
Wernersbach, M. B., Crowley, S.L., Bates, S.C., & Rosenthal, C. (2015). Study skills course impact on academic self-efficacy. Journal of Developmental Education, 37(3), 14-22.
Berry, M.S.*, Sweeney, M.M.*, Morath, J.*, Odum, A.L., & Jordan, K.E. (2014). The nature of impulsivity: Visual exposure to natural environments decreases impulsive decision-making in a delay discounting task. PLOS ONE 9, 1-7.
Mahamane, S.*, Grunig, K.L.**, Baker, J.*, Young, J., & Jordan, K.E. (2014). Memory-based quantity discrimination in coyotes (Canis latrans). Animal Behavior and Cognition 1, 341-351. Special issue: Comparative Evolutionary Psychology.
Baker, J.M.*, & Jordan, K.E. (2014). Multiple cues enhance quantity discrimination in children. Math Cognition Vol 1: Evolutionary Origins and Early Development of Basic Number Processing, Eds., D. Berch, D. Geary, & K.M. Koepke. Elsevier.
Moyer-Packenham, P., Baker, J.*, Westenskow, A.*, Anderson, K.*, Shumway, J.*, & Jordan, K. (2014). Predictors of achievement when virtual manipulatives are used for mathematics instruction. Journal of Research in Mathematics Education 3.
Westenskow, A.*, Moyer-Packenham, P., Anderson, K.*, Shumway, J.*, & Jordan, K. (2014). Cute Drawings? The Disconnect Between Students' Pictorial Representations and Their
Mathematics Responses to Fraction Questions. International Journal for Research in Mathematics Education 1, 81-105.
Anderson-Pence, K. L.*, Moyer-Packenham, P. S., Westenskow, A.*, Shumway, J.*, & Jordan, K. (2014). Relationships between visual static models and students’ written solutions to fraction tasks. International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 15, 1-18.
*Sweeney, M.M., Moore, K., Shahan, T.A., Ahearn, W.H., Dube, W.V., Nevin, J.A. (2014). Modeling the effects of sensory reinforcers on behavioral persistence with alternative
reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 102, 252-266
*Pyszczynski, A. D., & Shahan, T. A. (2014). Examination of the role of dopamine D2 and adrenergic α2 receptors in resurgence. Behavioural Brain Research, 271, 122-128
*Thrailkill, E. A., & Shahan, T.A. (2014). Temporal integration and instrumental conditioned reinforcement. Learning & Behavior, 42, 201-208
Gallistel, C. R., *Craig, A. R, & Shahan, T.A. (2014). Temporal contingency. Behavioural Processes, 101C, 89-96
*Craig, A. R., **Maxfield, A. D., *Stein, J. S., *Renda, C. R., & Madden, G. J. (2014). Do the adjusting- and increasing-delay tasks measure the same construct: Delay discounting? Behavioural Pharmacology, 25, 306-315
*Friedel, J. E., *DeHart, W. B., Madden, G. J., & Odum, A. L. (2014). Impulsivity and cigarette smoking: Discounting of monetary and consumable outcomes in current and never smokers. Psychopharmacology (Berlin), 231, 4517-4526
*Jones, B. A., Madden, G. J., & Wengreen, H. J. (2014). The FIT Game: Preliminary evaluation of a gamification approach to increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in school. Preventive
Medicine, 68, 76-79.
*Morrison, K. L., Madden, G. J., Odum, A. L., *Friedel, J. E., & Twohig, M. P. (2014). Altering impulsive decision making with an acceptance-based procedure. Behavior Therapy.
*Renda, C. R., *Stein, J. S., & Madden, G. J. (2014). Impulsive choice predicts poor working memory in male rats. PLoS ONE, 9(4), e93263. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093263
Baker, J.*, Rodzon, K.*, & Jordan, K.E. (2013). The impact of emotion on numerosity estimation. Frontiers in Cognition 4, 521. (Special issue On a generalized magnitude system in the brain: insights from experimental evidence).
Moyer-Packenham, P., Baker, J.*, Westenskow, A.*, Anderson, K.*, Shumway, J.*, Rodzon, K.*, & Jordan, K. (2013). A study comparing virtual manipulatives with other instructional treatments in third- and fourth-grade classrooms. (Chosen as the featured article of this issue). Journal of
Education, 193(2), 25-39.
*Sweeney, M. M., & Shahan, T.A. (2013). Behavioral momentum and resurgence: Effects of time in extinction and repeated resurgence tests. Learning & Behavior, 41, 414-424.
*Podlesnik, C. A., *Jimenez-Gomez, C., & Shahan, T. A. (2013). Are preference and resistance to change convergent expressions of stimulus value? Journal of the Experimental Analysis of
Behavior, 100, 27-48
*Sweeney, M. M., & Shahan, T.A. (2013). Effects of high, low, and thinning rates of alternative reinforcement on response elimination and resurgence. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 100, 102-116.
*Pyszczynski, A. D., & Shahan, T. A. (2013). Loss of nondrug reinforcement in one context produces alcohol seeking in another context. Behavioural Pharmacology, 24, 496-503. Mace, B.L., *Marquit, J.D., & Bates, S.C. (2013). Visitor Assessment of the Alternative
Transportation System at Zion National Park. Environmental Management, 52(5): 1271-85. doi: 10.1007/s00267-013-0164-z
Carter, J. A., & Bates, S. C. (2013). The Penn State Worry Questionnaire: Comparative model fit and invariance across gender. National Forum Journal of Counseling and Addiction, 2(1), 1-25. Retrieved from http://www.nationalforum.com/Journals/NFJCA/NFJCA.htm
Sommers MS, Lyons MS, Bohn CM*, Ribak J*, Fargo JD. (2013). Prevalence of
health-compromising behaviors in an urban emergency department young adult sample. Clinical Nursing Research, 22:275-99.
*Johnson, P. S., *Stein, J. S., *Smits, R. R., & Madden, G. J. (2013). Pramipexole-induced
disruption of behavioral processes fundamental to intertemporal choice. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 99, 290-317.
*Stein, J. S., *Johnson, P. S., *Smits, R. R., *Renda, R., **Liston, K. J., Shahan, T. S., & Madden, G. J. (2013). Early and prolonged exposure to reward delay: Effects on impulsive choice and alcohol self-administration in male rats. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 21, 172-180.
*Stein, J. S., *Smits, R. R., *Johnson, P. S., **Liston, K. J., & Madden , G. J. (2013). Effects of reward bundling on male rats’ preference for larger-later food rewards. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 99, 150-158.
Wengreen, H., Madden, G. J., Aquilar, S., *Smits, R. R., & *Jones, B. A. (2013). Incentivizing children’s fruit and vegetable consumption: Results of a US pilot-study of the Food Dudes program. Journal of Nutrition, Education, & Behavior, 45, 54-59
Baker, J.*, Morath, J.*, Rodzon, K.*, & Jordan, K.E. (2012). A shared system of representation governing quantity discrimination in canids. Frontiers in Comparative Psychology 3, 387. (Special issue on Number without language: Comparative psychology and the evolution of numerical cognition).
Nevin, J. A., Shahan, T. A., Odum, A. L, & *Ward, R. D. (2012). Delayed matching to sample: Reinforcement has opposite effects on resistance to change in two related procedures. Learning & Behavior, 40, 380-392.
*Thrailkill, E. A., & Shahan, T. A. (2012). Resistance to change and relapse of observing. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 97, 281-304.
*Podlesnik, C. A., *Thrailkill, E. A., & Shahan, T. A. (2012). Differential reinforcement and resistance to change of divided attention performance. Learning & Behavior, 40, 158-159.
*Jimenez-Gomez, C. & Shahan, T. A. (2012) Concurrent chains performance maintained by alcohol and alcohol-associated conditioned reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of
Behavior, 97, 71-83.
*Johnson, P. S., Madden, G. J., & *Stein, J. S. (2012). Effects of acute pramipexole on male rats’ preference for gambling-like rewards II. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 20, 167-172.
*Stein, J. S., Pinkston, J. W., *Brewer, A. T., *Francisco, M. T., & Madden, G. J. (2012). Delay discounting in Lewis and Fischer 344 rats: Implications for the use of an adjusting-amount
procedure to detect between-strain differences. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 97, 305-321.
Student Presentations:
(2014). Young children’s learning performance and efficiency when using virtual manipulative mathematics iPad apps. Paper presented at the annual National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Research Conference (NCTM), New Orleans, Louisiana.
*Craig, A, *Sweeney, M.M., Shahan, T. A., 7 Nevin, J. A. (2014) Effects of Alternative-Reinforcement Rate on Extinction and Relapse of Behavior Maintained by Food and Analog
Sensory Consequences. Paper presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, May 2013, Chicago, IL.
*Thrailkill, E.A, & Shahan, T. A. (2014). Conditioned Reinforcement Established Through
Temporal Integration. Paper presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, May 2013, Chicago, IL.
*Renda, C. R., & Madden, G. J. (May, 2014). Effects of working-memory training on delay
discounting in rats. In A. R.. Craig (Chair), Rewards are key, but their timing is everything! Recent advances in matching theory, delay discounting, and behavioral momentum. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL.
Madden, G. J. (Discussant; May, 2014) In A. Ward (Chair) Gambling pigeons and their parallels with people. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL.
*Stein, J. S., *Renda, R., **Liston, K. J., **Barker, S., & Madden, G. J. (May, 2014). Impulsive choice and prolonged pre-exposure to reward delay in rodent models of drug self-administration. In P. Erb (Chair), Translational research in health behavior. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.
*Jones, B. A., Madden, G. J., Wengreen, H., & Aguilar, S. (May, 2014). Playing games with food: Using gamification to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in elementary-school cafeterias. In J. Rung (Chair), Behavior can be “all fund and games:” Gamification research and applications. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.
*Friedel, J. E., DeHart, W., Madden, G. J., & Odum, A. (May, 2014). The generality of steep discounting in smokers. In N. Call (Chair), Discounting of delayed and probabilistic rewards: From basic research to applications. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.
*Papa, L. A., Domenech Rodríguez, M. M., & Bates, S. C. (2014, August). Academic and teaching self-efficacy on academic outcome. Poster accepted for presentation at the 122nd annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Peterson R*, Taylor K*, Fargo JD. Experiences of homelessness among students at a rural university. American Public Health Association conference, New Orleans, LA. 2014, Nov.
Hollenbaugh M*, Prante M*, Peterson R*, Fargo JD, Pyle N. Homeless youth and sub- stance use patterns. Southeastern Idaho Psi Chi Psychology Research Conference, Pocatello, ID. 2014, Apr. Prante M*, Fargo JD. A longitudinal analysis of homelessness among young adults: A continuum of housing instability. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association conference, Salt Lake City, UT. 2014, Apr.
Taylor K*, Peterson R*, Fargo JD, Day J*. Mending the safety net: Service utilization among unaccompanied homeless youth. Children's Mental Health Research and Policy Conference, Tampa, FL. 2014, Mar.
*Litson, K., Papa, L. A., Geiser, C., Lockhart, G., & Eid, M. (2014, July). Mediation analysis using multimethod designs with structurally different and interchangeable methods: An application in personality psychology. Paper presented at the 79th annual meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS 2014), Madison, WI, July 21-25, 2014.
*Litson, K., Geiser, C., Burns, G. L., & Servera, M. (2014, May). An extended multimethod latent state-trait approach to assess consistency, occasion-specificity, and method effects of ADHD inattention, hyperactivity, and academic impairment. Poster presented at the 4th Modern Modeling Methods (M3) conference, Storrs, Connecticut, May 20-21, 2014.
Papa, L. A., *Litson, K., Geiser, C., & Lockhart, G. (2014, May). A proposed model for mediation analysis with structurally different raters. Paper presented at the 22nd meeting of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR), Washington, DC, May 27-30, 2014.
Baker, J.M.*, & Jordan, K.E. (2013). Multiple visual cues enhance discrimination of dynamic stimuli in infancy. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
Mahamane, S.*, Morath, J.*, Grunig, K.**, & Jordan, K.E. (2013). Early preference for natural versus built environmental types. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Memphis, TN.
Moyer-Packenham, P., Jordan, K., Westenskow, A.*, Baker, J.*, Anderson, K.*, & Shumway, J.* (2013). Hidden predictors of achievement: The equalizing effect of virtual manipulatives for mathematics instruction. Paper presented at annual meeting of American Education Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
*Sweeney, M. M., & Shahan, T. A. (2013). Response elimination and resurgence: The effects of high, low, thinning, and no alternative reinforcement. Paper presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, May 2013, Minneapolis, MN.
*Craig, A. & Shahan, T. A. (2013). Temporal Weighting of Reward Effects and Resistance to Extinction. Paper delivered at the 39th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, May 2013, Minneapolis, MN.
Ahearn, B., Dube, B, Moore, K, Nevin, J.A., Shahan, T.A., & *Sweeney, M. M. (2013). Alternative reinforcement, extinction, and resurgence with analog sensory reinforcers. Paper delivered at the 39th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, May 2013, Minneapolis, MN. *Papa, L. A., Domenech Rodríguez, M. M., & Bates, S. C. (2013, August). The impact of teaching and academic self-efficacy on student engagement and academic outcome. Poster presented for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI. *Anderson, J. A. *Zobell, C. J., *Snow, J., *Cooper, J., *Johnson, B., Bates, S. C. (2013, June). Subjective well-being and Core Self Evaluations in Relation to Sales Performance. Poster presented, Third World Congress on Positive Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
*Cooper, J., *Anderson, A. J., *Zobell, C. J., *Snow, J., *Johnson, B., Bates, S. C. (2013, April). Core Self-evaluations and Job Performance in a Unique Setting. Poster presentation, Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Conference, Denver, CO.
Amsel, E., Bates, S., Corser, G., Ekker, M., Fowler, L., Jones, D., Jones, S., King, W., Kwan, K., Marsing, N., *Staheli, M., Whitlock, K. (2013, April). Constructing, Implementing, and Evaluating a State-Wide Technology Intensive Concurrent Enrollment Introductory Psychology Course. Symposium held at Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Conference, Denver, CO.
*Snow, J. *Anderson, A. J., *Zobell, J. C., *Snow, J., *Cooper, J., *Johnson, B., Bates, S. C. (2013, April). Personality Traits and Their Effects on Sales Success. Poster presentation, Western
Psychological Association Conference, Reno, NV.
*Zobell, C. J., *Anderson, A. J., *Snow, J., *Cooper, J., *Johnson, B., *Baker, J., Bates, S. C. (2013, April). Subjective Well-being and Working Memory as Predictors for Sales Success. Poster presentation, Western Psychological Association Conference, Reno, NV.
*Stein, J. S., *Renda, C. R., **Barker, S., **Liston, K.J., & Madden, G. J. (October, 2013). Impulsive choice, alcohol consumption, and prolonged pre-exposure to delayed reinforcement in rats. Paper presented at the seventh international conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Merida, Mexico.
*Stein, J. S., *Renda, C. R., Johnson, P.S., **Liston, K.J., & **Barker, S., & Madden, G.J. (May, 2013). Impulsive choice and alcohol consumption in male Long-Evans rats: Naturally occurring and experimentally induced relations. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Minneapolis, MN.
Madden, G. J. (May, 2013). Delay discounting: Implications for future research across different perspectives. Panel discussion at the annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Minneapolis, MN.
Peterson R*, Odell C, Fargo JD. From streets to scholars: Making college reality for youth experiencing homelessness. Paper presentation, Society for the Study of Social Problems conference, New York, NY. 2013, Aug.
Peterson R*, Odell C, Fargo JD. From Streets to scholars: Helping homeless youth ac- cess higher education. Poster presentation, International Homeless Research Conference, Philadelphia, PA. 2013, June.
Peterson R*, Odell C, Fargo JD. Collaborating with service providers to make college reality for homeless youth. Paper Presentation, Utah School Counselor Association Conference, Salt Lake City, UT. 2013, June.
Taylor K*, Peterson R*, Day J*, Fargo JD. Mending the safety net: Service needs and use among homeless youth. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association conference, Denver, CO. 2013, Apr. Clark, D.R.**, Baker, J.M.*, & Jordan, K.E. (2012). The relative salience of race and gender to preschool children. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.
Berry, M.S.*, Odum, A., Morath, J.M.*, & Jordan, K.E. (2012). Mother nature and self-control. Poster presented at the Behavior Change for a Sustainable World conference, Columbus, OH. *Jones, B.A., Madden, G.J., Wengreen, H., & Aguilar, S. (May, 2012). Incentivizing children’s fruit and vegetable consumption: Examination of incentive type and treatment fidelity. In S. E. Meredith (Chair), Recent Advances in Contingency Management Research I: Incentivizing Healthy Choices. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Seattle, WA.
*Stein, J.S., *Smits, R.R., *Johnson, P.S, *Renda, R., & Madden, G.J. (May, 2012). Effects of propolnged exposure to delayed reinforcement on impulsive choice and alcohol consumption in rats. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Seattle, WA.
*Johnson, P.S., Stein, J., Smits, R., & Madden, G. J. (May, 2012). Pramipexole disrupts
discrimination processes critical for intertemporal choice. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior.
Peterson R*, Fargo JD, Odell C, Moore K*, Day J*. Educational goals of homeless youth and barriers in reaching these goals. Paper presentation, Society for the Study of Social Problems conference, Denver, CO. 2012, Aug.
