Annual Psychology Research Exposition Is Open to All

admin March 20, 2008

MELBOURNE, FLA. — Florida Tech’s annual psychology research exposition, “Applying the Science of Psychology,” takes place on Friday, April 4, from noon to 3
p.m. in the Denius Student Center’s Hartley Room, second floor. The public is invited. There is no charge.
Poster presentations of current research in the School of Psychology Department will be ongoing throughout the day.

The exposition will also feature several brief multimedia presentations by faculty members and graduate students:

Noon
The Collaborative Research Program of Florida Tech and the East Central Florida Memory Disorder Clinic
Presenter: Frank Webbe, Ph.D.

12:20 p.m. The Influence of Goal Orientation on the Supervisor-Subordinate Dyad,
Organizational Outcomes, and the Feedback Environment
Presenter: Sarah Pappachan, M.S.

12:35 p.m. Functional Assessments and Medication Usage Patterns in Persons
with Epilepsy, Mental Retardation, and Problem Behavior
Presenter: Celeste Harvey, Ph.D. 12:50 p.m. Faking on Personality Measures: Implications for Employee Selection Involving Multiple Predictors
Presenter: Pat Converse, Ph.D.

1:05 p.m. Poster Viewing Session

1:35 p.m. Recruiting the Next Generation of Employees
Presenter: Patrice Reid, M.S.

1:50 p.m. An Exploration of Variables Involved in Motivation to Enter into a Black-White Interracial Relationship
Presenter: Don Respess, M.S.

2:05 p.m. Antecedents to Service Representatives’ Deviance from Emotional Display Rules during Interactions with Difficult Customers
Presenter: Siti Jones, M.S.

2:20 p.m. Exploratory Analysis: Understanding the Benefits of Applying
Data Mining Techniques to a Sexual Abuse Database
Presenter: Katherine Gifford, M.S.

2:35 p.m. The Role of Contextual Factors in Knowledge Sharing
Presenters: Kelly Jacobs, Karisa Morris, Jaya Pathak, Paul Venegas, Qing Zhang and Lisa A. Steelman, Ph.D.

For more information, contact Erin Richard, Ph.D., at (321) 674-8104 or erichard@fit.edu.