Psi Chi Southwestern Students of Psychology:
Ideas, Data Exchange, and Review (SW SPIDER) Conference
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Texas Lutheran University
Schedule of Events
8-8:20 a.m. Breakfast pastries and drinks provided
Schuech Fine Arts Center
8:20-8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction to the Conference
Wupperman Little Theatre in the Schuech Fine Arts Center
8:30-9:15 a.m. Dr. Bill Buskist from Auburn University – Plenary Speaker
"Making the most of graduate school"
Wupperman Little Theatre in the Schuech Fine Arts Center
9:15-9:30 a.m. Break
9:30-10:20 a.m. Invited Talks
Wupperman Little Theatre in the Schuech Fine Arts Center
Dr. Donald F. Dansereau from Texas Christian University
"What to do when you can't decide"
Dr. Jane Childers from Trinity University
“Does the alignability of events influence verb learning?”
10:20-10:30 a.m. Break
10:30-11:20 a.m. Invited Talks
Wupperman Little Theatre in the Schuech Fine Arts Center
Dr. Christian Hart from Texas Woman’s University
"Deception and its dectection"
Dr. Sara Castro Olivo from Our Lady of the Lake University
“The effects of acculturative stress on Latino-immigrant students academic and social-emotional outcomes”
11:20-11:30 a.m. Break
11:30-11:55 a.m. Invited Talk
Wupperman Little Theatre in the Schuech Fine Arts Center
Dr. Theodore D. Joseph from Stephen F. Austin University
“Infidelity, deception, and things of that sort”
11:55-12:15 p.m. Break
12:15-1:45 p.m. Poster Session and Lunch
Student Activity Center
1:45-2:10 p.m. Invited Talk
Student Activity Center
Dr. Pamela Stuntz from Texas Christian University
“What do I want to be when I grow up? Choosing a career in Psychology”
2:10-2:30 p.m. Break
2:30-3:45 p.m. Concurrent Paper Sessions for Accepted Papers
Langner Hall
3:45-4 p.m. Break
4-4:30 p.m. Invited Talk
Wupperman Little Theatre in the Schuech Fine Arts Center
Dr. Donald Lucas from Northwest Vista College
“The Happiness Illusion”
4:30 p.m. Awards and Conclusion
Wupperman Little Theatre in the Schuech Fine Arts Center
This conference is being funded in part by a grant from Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology (www.psichi.org).
The conference is also being funded in part by the Student Government Association of Texas Lutheran University.
