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PsychologyLauraBarrettPsychologyLibrarianUndergraduateServicesLib[e-mail]DepartmentalliaisonUWDepartmentofPsychology2003:503Bachelordegrees,21PhDdegreesLargestundergraduateresearchparticipationprogramatUWB.A.andB.S.andgraduateprogram55faculty;51adjunctandaffiliatefaculty;96clinicalfacultyPsychologyLibrarianwebpagePsychologyLibrarianIIInstructionIn-classworkshopsIndividualconsultationsOnlinetoolsPsychologySubjectGuideHowtoUsePsycINFOCollectiondevelopmentSTATSnetBASEtrial4DefinitionofpsychologyPsychologyisthestudyofthemindandbehavior.Thedisciplineembracesallaspectsofthehumanexperience—fromthefunctionsofthebraintotheactionsofnations,fromchilddevelopmenttocarefortheaged.Ineveryconceivablesettingfromscientificresearchcenterstomentalhealthcareservices,theunderstandingofbehavioristheenterpriseofpsychologists.-TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationAnimalBehaviorClinicalPsychologyChildClinicalBehavioralNeuroscienceCognitionandPerceptionDevelopmentalPsychologySocialandPersonalityQuantitativePsychology--UWDepartmentofPsychologyEducationalPsychologyPsychologyofReligionIndustrial/OrganizationalPsychologySchoolPsychologyMilitaryPsychologyPyschopharmacologyHealthPsychologyMediaPsychology--AmericanPsychologicalAssociation(Crow)SocialForaging;OrcaSocialBehavior“Myresearchinterestsareinsocialbehaviorofhighlycognitiveanimals.Ihaveongoingresearcheffortsintwoareas:1)primatedevelopment,behavior,andreproduction,and2)behavioralecologyandforagingbehaviorofcorvids(crows).Inaddition,Ihaverecentlydevelopedanewresearchprograminorcasocialorganization...Mycrowresearch...isexaminingtheforagingecologyofNorthwesterncrows,andtheuseoftidalflatsasadesirable,renewable,butonlyintermittentlyavailablefoodresource.Wehavebeeninvolvedinextensivefieldwork,includingbandingandbehavioralobservations.Inaddition,wehavedevelopedthemicrosatelliteDNAmarkersthatwillultimatelyallowustodeterminekinshipamongstoursubjects.”Robinette,R.L.andJ.C.Ha.2001.SocialandecologicalfactorsinfluencingvigilancebyNorthwesterncrows(Corvuscaurinus).AnimalBehaviour62:447-452.MarshaLinehan,Ph.D.BehavioralAssessment&Therapy,Suicide&Parasuicide,BorderlinePersonalityDisorders,DrugAbuse,BehaviorTherapyWithWomen“Herprimaryresearchisintheapplicationofbehavioralmodelstosuicidalbehaviors,drugabuse,andborderlinepersonalitydisorder.Sheisalsoworkingtodevelopeffectivemodelsfortransferringefficacioustreatmentsfromtheresearchacademytotheclinicalcommunity.”Comtois,K.A.,Linehan,M.M.(2006)PsychosocialTreatmentsofSuicidalBehaviors:APractice-FriendlyReview.JournalofClinicalPsychology:InSession,62(2)161-170SeanO'Donnell,Ph.D.Neural,Physiological,andGenotypicEffectsonSocialOrganization&DivisionofLaborInsects,EvolutionofSocialBehavior,TropicalCommunityEcology“Myresearchprogramintegratesfieldworkwithstudiesofphysiologyandgenetics,aimedatunderstandingthebehavioralecologyofhighlysocialanimals.Myworkfocusesoneusocialinsects,particularlypaperwasps(Hymenoptera:Vespidae),ants(Formicidae)andbees(Apidae)...Iconductdetailedbehavioralobservationsofindividuallymarkedanimalsinthefield.Ihaveexperimentallymanipulatedenvironmentalandphysiologicalfactorsthatcontributetobehavioralvariation,andestimatedgeneticcontributionstodivisionoflabor.”O’Donnell,S.2001.Workerbitinginteractionsandtaskperformanceinaswarm-foundingeusocialwasp(Polybiaoccidentalis,Hymenoptera:Vespidae).BehavioralEcology12:353-359.ScottMurrayVisualPerception,Attention,FunctionalNeuroimagingMyresearchseekstounderstandthebrainmechanismsofvisualandcognitiveprocessesbycombiningbehavioralandfunctionalimaging(fMRI)measurementsofneuralactivity.Topicsunderinvestigationincludeobjectrecognition,visualattention,andperceptualgrouping.Murray,S.O.,Boyaci,H.,Kersten,D.(2006)Therepresentationofperceivedangularsizeinhumanprimaryvisualcortex.NatureNeuroscience,9:429-434Murray,S.O.,He,S.(2006)Contrast-invarianceinthehumanlateraloccipitalcomplexdependsonattention.CurrentBiology16,606-611.BettyRepacholi,Ph.D.Social-cognitiveandemotionaldevelopmentduringinfancyandearlychildhood“Muchofmyresearchisconcernedwithinfants'responsestootherpeople'semotionalsignalsanddeterminingwhattheyunderstandaboutthesecommunications.Inaddition,Ihaveresearchinterestsintherelationshipbetweentheoryofmindandchildren'ssocialfunctioning;theeffectsofearlysocialexperience(e.g.,attachment)onchildren'ssocial-cognitiveandemotionaldevelopment;andtheontogenyofhumandisgustresponses.”Repacholi,B.M.,&Meltzoff,A.N.(inpress).Emotionaleavesdropping:Infantsselectivelyrespondtoindirectemotionalsignals.ChildDevelopment.Repacholi,B.M.(1998).Infants’useofattentionalcuestoidentifythereferentofanotherperson’semo