Research

The following is a selection of faculty publications representative of the research they are involved in now, and some of the research they have done in the past.

Nancy Darling 

Darling, N., Cumsille, P., Peňa-Alampay, L., & Coatsworth, J.D.  (In press).  Individual and issue-specific differences in parental knowledge and adolescent disclosure in Chile, the Philippines, and the United States.  Journal of Research on Adolescence.

Cumsille, P., Darling, N., Flaherty, B.P., & Martinez, L.M.  (2009).  Heterogeneity and change in the patterning of adolescents’ perceptions of the legitimacy of parental authority: A latent transition model.  Child Development, 30, 418-432. 

Darling, N., & Clark, S.A.  (2009).  Seeing the Partner: A Video Recall Study of Emotional Behavior in Same- and Mixed-Sex Late Adolescent Romantic Couples.  Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38, 1015-1026. 

Darling, N., Cohan, C.L., Burns, A.R., & Thompson, L.  (2008).  Within-family conflict behaviors as predictors of conflict in adolescent romantic relations.  Journal of Adolescence, 31, 671-690.

Darling, N., Cumsille, P., & Martínez, M. L.  (2008).  Individual differences in adolescents' beliefs about the legitimacy of parental authority and their own obligation to obey: A longitudinal investigation.  Child Development, 79, 1103-1118.

Patricia (Patty) deWinstanley

deWinstanley, P. A., & Bjork, R. A.  (2002).  Successful Lecturing:  Presenting   Information in Ways that Engage Effective Processing.  In D. Halpern & M. Hakel (Eds.), New Directions in Teaching and Learning (pp.19-31).  San Francisco, CA: Josey-Bass. 

Thornton, J., Beinstein-Miller, J., & deWinstanley, P. A., *Gandha, T. (2004).  Priming the pump: Developing  and Assessing Research-Like Experiences in Courses.  In RE-invigorating the Undergraduate Experience:  Successful Models Supported by NSF’s AIRE/RAIRE Program (L Kauffman and J. Stocks, eds). 

deWinstanley, P. A. & Bjork, E. L.  ( 2004)  Processing strategies and the generation effect: Implications for how to make a better reader.  Memory & Cognition, 32(6), 945-955.

Friedman, W. J. & deWinstanley, P. A. (2006).  The mental representation of countries.  Memory, 14(7), 853-871.

Bjork, E. L., deWinstanley, P. A., & Strom, B. C.  (2007).  Learning how to learn:  Can experiencing the outcomes of differential encoding strategies enhance subsequent encoding?  Psychonomics Bulletin and Review, 14(2), 207-211.

deWinstanley, P. A., *Kinzy, T., *Sundt, H., *Robinson, E., & *Carlton, C., (November, 2009).  Experience with a complex skill moderates the benefits of variable practice on performance.  50^th Annual Meetings of the Psychonomics Society, Boston, MA.

deWinstanley, P. A.,  *Allen-Coleman, C., *McDonell, J., & *Vassilliere, C.  (May, 2010).  Distributed practice results in better learning than sequential practice but only when the learner is a novice.  23^rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society.

E.L. Bjork, B.C. Storm,  & P.A. deWinstanley (2011).  Learning From the Consequences of Retrieval: Another Test Effect.  In A. S. Benjamin (Ed.).  Successful Remembering and Successful Forgetting: A Festschrift in Honor of Robert A. Bjork (pp. 347-364).  New York, NY: Psychology Press. 

Cynthia (Cindy) Frantz

Frantz, C. M., & Mayer, F. S.  (2009).  The Emergency of Climate Change: Why Are We Failing to Take Action?  Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 9, 205-222.

Mayer, F. S., Frantz, C. M., Bruehlman-Senecal, E., & Dolliver, K.  (2009).  Why Is Nature Beneficial? The Role of Connectedness to Nature.  Environment and Behavior, 41, 607-643.

Frantz, C. M., Mayer, F. S., Norton, C., & Rock, M.  (2005).  There is no “I” in nature:  The influence of self awareness on connectedness to nature.  Journal of Environmental Psychology, 25, 425-436.

Frantz, C. M., & Bennigson, C.  (2005).  Better late than early: The influence of timing on apology effectiveness.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41, 201-207.

Mayer, F. S., & Frantz, C. M.  (2004).  The Connectedness to Nature Scale: A Measure of Individuals’ Feeling in Community with Nature.  Journal of Environmental Psychology, 24, 504-515. 

F. Stephan Mayer

Frantz, C. M., & Mayer, F. S.  (2009).  The Emergency of Climate Change: Why Are We Failing to Take Action?  Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 9, 205-222. 

Mayer, F. S., Frantz, C. M., Bruehlman-Senecal, E., & Dolliver, K.  (2009).  Why Is Nature Beneficial? The Role of Connectedness to Nature.  Environment and Behavior, 41, 607-643.

Mayer, F. S., & Frantz, C. M.  (2008).  Framing the Question of Survival: Psychological

Insights and Limitations.  Conservation Biology, 22, 823-825.

Frantz, C. M., Mayer, F. S., Norton, C., & Rock, M.  (2005).  There is no “I” in nature:  The influence of self awareness on connectedness to nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 25, 425-436.