Clinical Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995

Contact Information

Email: s.penningroth@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 313
Phone: (509) 335-8946
Website: Cognition and Memory Lab

Vita

Classes Taught

• Psychology 210: Psychology as a Science (Critical Thinking in Psychology)
• Psychology 311: Statistics in Psychology
• Psychology 312: Research Methods in Psychology
• Psychology 384: Sensation and Perception
• Psychology 490: Cognition and Memory

Research Interests

• Prospective memory (remembering to perform intentions): Lifespan development
• Prospective memory: Cognitive and motivational variables
• Aging and memory
• Automatic and controlled processing in real-world retrospective and prospective memory
• Memory improvement

My main research focus is on prospective memory (PM), remembering to perform intentions. One specific area I’m interested in is lifespan development of PM (i.e., PM in children, young adults, and older adults). I am also interested in cognitive and motivational variables (e.g., goals) that affect PM.  Recently, I’ve begun investigating improving memory performance—for both PM and memory for past material. Future research plans include testing whether some PM strategies work as well in children as they do in young adults

Representative Publications:

Penningroth, S.L., *Andrade, A.M.G., & *Sensibaugh, T. K., (in press).  Memory. In R. Summers (Ed.), Developmental Psychology:  How the Mind Grows and Changes over a Lifetime.  Santa Barbara, CA:  Greenwood.

Penningroth, S.L., *Sensibaugh, T. K., & *Andrade, A.M.G., (in press).  Memory change in old age. In R. Summers (Ed.), Developmental Psychology:  How the Mind Grows and Changes over a Lifetime.  Santa Barbara, CA:  Greenwood.

McCrea, S. M., Penningroth, S. L., & Radakovich, M. P. (2015).  Implementation intentions forge a strong cue-response link and boost prospective memory performance.  Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 27, 12-26.

Penningroth, S. L., & Scott, W. D. (2013). Task importance effects on prospective memory strategy use, Applied Cognitive Psychology, 27, 655-662.

Penningroth, S. L., & Scott, W. D. (2013).  Prospective memory tasks related to goals and concerns are rated as more important by both young and older adults, European Journal of Ageing, 10, 211-221.

Penningroth, S. L., Bartsch, K., & *McMahan, E. A. (2012). Motivational Influences are Important for Understanding Prospective Memory Performance in Children. In D. M Hendrix and O. Holcolm (Eds.), Psychology of Memory (pp. 255 – 274).   Hauppauge, NY:  Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Penningroth, S. L., Graf, P., & Gray, J. M. (2012). The effect of a working memory load on the intention-superiority effect:  Examining features of automaticity, Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26, 441 – 450.

Penningroth, S. L., & Scott, W. D.  (2012). Age-related differences in reported goals:  Testing predictions from selection, optimization, and compensation theory and socioemotional selectivity theory, International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 74, 87 – 111.

Penningroth, S. L., Scott, W. D., & Freuen, M. (2011). Social motivation in prospective memory:  Higher importance ratings and reported performance rates for social tasks, Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65, 3 – 11.

Penningroth, S. L. (2011).  When does the intention-superiority effect occur?  Activation patterns before and after task completion, and moderating variables, Journal of Cognitive Psychology (formerly European Journal of Cognitive Psychology) 23, 140 – 156.

Penningroth, S. L., & Scott, W. D.  (2007).  A Motivational-Cognitive Model of Prospective Memory:  The Influence of Goal Relevance.  In F. Columbus (Ed.), Psychology of Motivation (pp.115 – 128).   Hauppauge, NY:  Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Professor
Director of Psychology Clinic

Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, 1996

Contact Information

Email: walter.scott@wsu.edu
Office: Joon Tower 364
Phone: (509) 335-3588
Website: Personality, Psychopathology, and Assessment Lab

Measure Your Personality Here!

Classes Taught

• Psychology 545: Adult Assessment and Therapy Practicum

Research Interests

• Applications of Personality Science to Personality Assessment
• Social Cognitive Approaches to Personality/Psychopathology

Our lab is interested in applying personality science, particularly social cognitive theory, to developing new methods of personality assessment.  We are also interested in the role of social cognitive personality variables—temperament, self-schemata, goal and personal/moral standard systems—in different forms of psychopathology, including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Dr. Scott will be considering graduate student applications for Fall 2024 admission to the Clinical Psychology PhD Program.

Representative Publications (*Denotes Student Authors):

Scott, W. D., *Paup, S., & Kirchhoff, C. (2022).  Clinical application of social cognitive theory: A novel personality assessment procedure and a case study of personality coherence.  European Journal of Personality, 36, 371-390.

Scott, W. D., *Paup, S., & Kirchhoff, C. (2022).  Clinical application of social cognitive theory: A novel personality assessment procedure and a case study of personality coherence.  European Journal of Personality, 36, 371-390.

Scott, W. D., Penningroth, S. L., *Paup, S., Li, X., Adams, D., & *Mallory, B. (2022).  The Relational Self-Schema Measure: Assessing psychological needs in multiple self-with-other representations.  Journal of Personality Assessment, 21, 317-338

*McDougall, K. H., & Scott, W. D. (2021).  The Self-Efficacy for Parenting Adolescents Scale: Development and Initial Validation.  Journal of Child and Family Studies, 30(9), 2289-2302.

Scott, W. D., & Cervone, D. (2016).  Social cognitive personality assessment: A case conceptualization procedure and illustration.  Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 23, 79-98.

Scott, W. D., Clapp, J., *Mileviciute, I., & *Mousseau, A.  (2016).  Children’s Depression Inventory: A Unidimensional Factor Structure for American Indian and Alaskan Native Youth.  Psychological Assessment, 28, 81-91.

*Mousseau, A. C., Scott, W. D., & Estes, D. (2014). Values and depressive symptoms in American Indian youth of the Northern Plains: Examining the potential moderating roles of outcome expectancies and perceived community values. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43 (3), 426-436

Scott, W. D. & Dearing, E. C. (2012).  Academic self-efficacy, theories of intelligence, ethnic identity, and depression: A longitudinal study with American Indian youth. Development and Psychopathology, 24, 607-622.

Penningroth, S. L., Scott, W. D., & *Freuen, M.  (2011). Social motivation in prospective memory:  Higher importance ratings and reported performance rates for social tasks.  Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65 (1), 3-11.

Beevers, C. G., Scott, W. D., McGeary, C., & McGeary, J. E. (2009).  Negative Cognitive Response to a Sad Mood Induction: Associations with Polymorphisms of the Serotonin Transporter (5-HTTLPR) Gene.  Cognition and Emotion, 23 (4), 726-738.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Psychology Clinic Assistant Director

Ph.D. Washington State University, 2015

Contact Information

Email: c.kirchhoff@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 364
Phone: (509) 335-3587

Classes Taught

• Psychology 535: Personality Assessments and Diagnosis
• Psychology 517: Clinical Skills

Research Interests

As the associate director of the Psychology Clinic, I divide my time between teaching, supervision, and administrative duties. My research activities are mostly related to temperament and personality or personality disorders, as well as cross-cultural differences. Besides teaching two classes at the graduate level and supervising students in the clinic and at CAPS, I am the assessment coordinator and oversee psychological evaluations and assessments for individual clients and our contracts. My administrative tasks in the Psychology Clinic include assessment training, supervision and coordination, community outreach, management of contracts, and coordination of clinical assistants.

Publications

Scott, W. D, Paup, S. & Kirchhoff, C. (2021). Clinical Application of Social Cognitive Theory: A Novel Personality Assessment Procedure and a Case Study of Personality Coherence. European Journal of Personality, 0 (0), 1-20.

Underwood, J., Gartstein, M.A. & Kirchhoff, C. (2020). Leveraging Python to process cross-cultural temperament interviews: A novel platform for text analysis. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 51(2), 168-181.

Kirchhoff, C., Desmarais, E.E., Putnam, S.P, & Gartstein, M.A. (2019). Similarities and differences between western cultures: Toddler temperament and parent-child interactions in the United States (US) and Germany. Infant Behavior and Development, 57.

Majdandzic, M., Kirchhoff, M.C., Räikkönen, K., Benga, O., & Ahmetoglu, E. (2018).   Integrating the Developmental Niche: Relations among Socialization Goals, Parental Ethnotheories, Daily Activities, and Parental Reactions to Temperament. In M. Gartstein & S. Putnam (Eds.), Toddler Temperament, Parents and Culture: Findings from the Joint Effort Toddler Temperament Consortium (Chapter 11). Abington, UK: Routledge

Gartstein, M, Slobodskaya, H., Kirchhoff, C., & Putman, S. (2013). Cross cultural differences in the development of behavior problems: Contributions of Infant Temperament in Russia  and U.S. International Journal of Developmental Science, 7, 95-104.

Professor

Ph.D. University of Alabama, 2000

Contact Information

Email: tammy.barry@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 233C
Phone: (509) 335-1583
Website: Child Externalizing Behaviors Lab

Classes Taught

• Psychology 545: Psychology Clinic Assessment and Therapy Practicum
  
• Psychology 539: Intellectual and Neuropsychological Assessment

Research Interests

• Child externalizing behaviors
• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
• Aggression and disruptive behavior disorders in children and adolescents

My research focuses on biologically-based and contextual correlates of child externalizing behaviors, including ADHD, aggression, and disruptive behaviors associated with autism. Factors examined in my lab’s research include neuropsychological functioning/endophenotypes, child temperament, parental psychopathology/stress, parenting practices, SES/neighborhood characteristics, and individual difference factors (e.g., narcissism and psychopathy), among other variables. My research also focuses on the measurement and latent structure of externalizing behavior disorders, such as ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder.

Recent Publications:

Barry, T. D., Fisher, K., DiSabatino, K. M., & Tomeny, T. S. (in press). Distractibility: Interrupted by an inability to ignore. In V. Zeigler-Hill & D. K. Marcus (Eds.), The Dark Side of Personality. Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association.

Barry, T. D., Sturner, R. A., Seymour, K., Howard, B. H., McGoron, L., Bergmann, P., Kent, R., Sullivan, C., Tomeny, T. S., Pierce, J. S., Coln, K. L., Goodlad, J. K., & Werle, N. (in press). School-based screening to identify children at risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Barriers and implications. Children’s Health Care.

Bader, S. H., Barry, T. D., & Hann, J. H. (2015). The relation between parental expressed emotion and externalizing behaviors in children and adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 30, 23-34.

Marsic, A., Berman, M. E., Barry, T. D., & McCloskey, M. S. (2015). The relationship between intentional self-injurious behavior and the loudness dependence of auditory evoked potential in research volunteers. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 71, 250-257.

Bader, S. H., & Barry, T. D. (2014). A longitudinal examination of the relation between parental expressed emotion and externalizing behaviors in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44, 2820-2831.

Guelker, M. D., Barry, C. T., Barry, T. D., Malkin, M. M. (2014). Perceived positive outcomes as a mediator between adolescent callous -unemotional traits and antisocial behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 69, 129-134.

McGoron, L., Sturner, R., Howard, B., Barry, T. D., Seymour, K., Tomeny, T. S., Morrel, T., Ellis, B. M., & Marks, D. (2014). Parents’ goals for ADHD care in a clinical pediatric sample. Clinical Pediatrics, 53, 949-959.

Tomeny, T. S., Barry, T. D., & Bader, S. H. (2014). Birth order rank as a moderator of the relation between behavior problems among children with an autism spectrum disorder and their siblings. Autism, 18, 199-202.

Barry, T. D., Marcus, D. K., Barry, C. T., & Coccaro, E. F. (2013). The latent structure of oppositional defiant disorder in children and adults. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 47, 1932-1939.

Garland, B. H., Barry, T. D., & Heffer, R. W. (2013). Parenting techniques as a mediator between female caregivers’ internalizing symptoms and externalizing behaviors among preschool-aged children. NHSA Dialog: A Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Childhood Field, 16, 148-171.

Garland, B. H., Barry, T. D., & Heffer, R. W. (2013). The role of inconsistent discipline and parental involvement on female caregivers’ internalizing symptoms and externalizing behaviors among preschool-aged children. NHSA Dialog: A Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Childhood Field, 16, 211-215.

Tomeny, T. S., & Barry, T. D. (2013). Review of social skills training for children with Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43, 498-499.

Barry, T. D., Lochman, J. E., Fite, P. J. Wells, K. C., & Colder, C. R. (2012). The influence of neighborhood characteristics and parenting practices on academic problems and aggression outcomes among moderately to highly aggressive children. Journal of Community Psychology, 40, 372-379.

Tomeny, T. S., Barry, T. D., & Bader, S. H. (2012). Are typically-developing siblings of children with an autism spectrum disorder at risk for behavioral, emotional, and social maladjustment? Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 6, 508-518.

Barry, C. T., Kerig, P. K, Stellwagen, K. K., & Barry, T. D. (Eds.). (2011). Narcissism and Machiavellianism in youth: Implications for the development of adaptive and maladaptive behavior. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Barry, T. D., Pinard, F. A., Barry, C. T., Garland, B. H., & Lyman, R. D. (2011). The utility of home problem pervasiveness and severity in classifying children identified with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 42, 152-165.

Henderson, J. A., Barry, T. D., Bader, S. H., & Jordan, S. S. (2011). The relation among sleep, routines, and externalizing behavior in children with an autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5, 758-767.

Marcus, D. K., & Barry, T. D. (2011). Does attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder have a dimensional latent structure: A taxometric analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 427-442.

Professor

Ph.D. University of Alabama, 2003

Contact Information

Email: chris.barry@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 316
Phone: (509) 335-4906
Website: Youth Personality Behavior Lab

Vita

Classes Taught

• Psychology 412: Testing and Measurement
• Psychology 464: Behavior Disorders of Children and Adolescents
  
• Psychology 543: Clinical Child Psychology
• Psychology 545: Psychology Clinic Therapy and Assessment Practicum

Research Interests

• Adolescent Narcissism and Self-Esteem
• Psychopathy
• Social Media Behavior
• Assessment of Child Conduct Problems
• Risk/Protective Factors for Youth Behavioral Problems

My research deals with self-perception (e.g., narcissism, self-esteem) and personality features in children and adolescents as they relate to youth delinquency and aggression. I also have investigated the role of self-perception in social media behavior.

Dr. Barry will be considering graduate student applications for Fall 2024 admission to the Clinical Psychology PhD Program.

Recent Publications:

Kim, H., & Barry, C. T. (in press). The moderating effect of intolerance of uncertainty on the relation between narcissism and aggression. Current Psychology.

Barry, C. T., & Wong, M. Y. (2020). Fear of missing out (FoMO): A generational phenomenon or an individual difference? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37, 2952-2966.

Barry, C. T., McDougall, K. H., Anderson, A. C., Perkins, M. D., Lee-Rowland, L., Bender, I., & Charles, N. E. (2019). ‘Check your selfie before you wreck your selfie’: Personality ratings of users as a function of self-image posts. Journal of Research in Personality, 82.

Lui, J. H. L., Barry, C. T., & Marcus, D. K. (2019). A short-term intervention for adolescents with callous-unemotional traits and emotion-processing deficits. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 38, 475-500.

Barry, C. T., Reiter, S. R., Anderson, A. C., Schoessler, M. L., & Sidoti, C. L. (2019). ‘Let me take another selfie:’ Further examination of the relation between narcissism, self-perception, and Instagram posts.  Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8, 22-33.  

Barry, C. T., Lui, J. H. L., Lee-Rowland, L. M., & Moran, E. V. (2017). Adolescent communal narcissism and peer perceptions. Journal of Personality, 85, 782-792.

Barry, C. T., Sidoti, C. L., Briggs, S. M., Reiter, S. R., & Lindsey, R. A. (2017). Adolescent social media use and mental health from adolescent and parent perspectives. Journal of Adolescence, 61, 1-11.

Regents Professor

Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1971

Contact Information

Email: wrightjw@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 124
Phone: (509) 335-2329
(509) 592-6479

Classes Taught

• Psychology 502: Research Design
• Psychology 505: Teaching Psychology
• Psychology 574: Physiological Psychology

Research Interests

• Alzheimer’s Disease
• Neurochemistry of Memory Consolidation
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Stroke related motor dysfunctions

Selected Publications

Wright, JW, Murphy ES, Wiediger RV, Murphy KL, Harding JW. (2013). Important roles for matrix metalloproteinases and cell adhesion molecules in LTP, habituation, and drug addiction. In Habituation: Theories, Characteristics and Biological Mechanisms. Nova Publishers, Hauppauge, NY. (in press)

Natarajan R, Wright JW, Harding JW. (2013). Matrix metalloproteinase activity is required for nicotine-induced conditioned place preference and context dependent relapse in adolescent female rats. Journal of Experimental Neuroscience, 7: 1-14.

Wright, J.W. and Harding, J.W. (2013). The development of multi-target-directed ligands (MTDL) to treat Alzheimer’s Disease. In Atta-ur-Rahman (Ed.), Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research – Alzheimer Disorders. Bentham Science Publishers, Vol. 1, pp. 1-18, e-book series. (Invited chapter).

Wright, J.W. and Harding, J.W. (2013). The brain renin-angiotensin system: A diversity of functions and implications for CNS diseases. Pflȕgers Archives – European Journal of Physiology, 465:133-151. (Invited review).

McCoy, A.T., Benoist, C.C., Kawas, L.H., Bule, J., Zhu, M., Appleyard, S.M., Wayman, G.A., Wright, J.W., and Harding, J.W. (2012). Evaluation of metabolically stabilized angiotensin IV analogs as pro-cognitive/anti-dementia agents. Journal of Pharmacological and Experimental Therapeutics, 344:141-154.