Five psychology faculty authored and presented their work at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Washington, DC in a series of poster, workshop, and symposium presentations.
Associate Professor Judith Pena-Shaff and Assistant Professor Brandy Bessette-Symons presented their poster High School Students’ Perceptions of Disciplinary Practices: The Color of Discipline at the APA annual convention in Washington DC. Their study examined the perceptions of students from three high schools in Central New York regarding teachers’ treatment and school suspensions based on race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status. Their results have important educational implications as students’ perceptions of these practices influence their behaviors in school, their perceptions of their social worlds, and their academic motivation and performance.
Assistant Professor Jessye Cohen-Filipic was a presenter in a session entitled Conscience clause dilemmas in training programs--Skill building for faculty and supervisors sponsored by several divisions and the APA Board of Educational Affairs. This session provided guidance to graduate psychology faculty and supervisors in working with students whose personal beliefs conflict with program expectations about serving a diverse public. The workshop addressed recent court cases and legislation related to conscience clauses, which have the potential to affect graduate programs in clinical, counseling, and school psychology and related programs.
Associate Professor Jeff Holmes chaired and served as a presenter at a symposium at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Washington, DC. The symposium was entitled, “Demystifying Psychological Myths and Misconceptions” and Professor Holmes’s portion was entitled, Processes that Perpetuate Belief in Psychological Myths. Professor Holmes reviewed research and presented his own data to provide insight into people’s tendency to hold inaccurate beliefs about human behavior.
Professor Barney Beins participated in Professor Holmes’s symposium, addressing the issue of misperceptions in psychology over the past century and how psychologists have attempted to deal with them, Dealing with the long history of psychological misconceptions in teaching: A century of debate. In addition, Professor Beins chaired a symposium and presented work on historical roots of learning and cognition that have relevance for psychology today. It was entitled History of Massed and Distributed Practice: We Have Distributed the Research but Have not Learned from It.
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20141021100714990