Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Regents Professor of Psychology

Ph.D. Harvard University, 1974

Contact Information

Email: fkmcs@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 214
Phone: (509) 335-5581
Websites: Operant Conditioning Lab

Classes Taught

• Psychology 198: Honors Introductory Psychology
• Psychology 390: Operant Behavior
• Psychology 470: Motivation
• Psychology 591: Theories of Learning
• Psychology 593: Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Research Interests

• Habituation
• Operant and Classical Conditioning
• The Matching Law
• Behavioral Contrast
• Within-Session Changes in Responding

I have investigated the matching law, behavioral contrast, and the participation of women in psychology. My current research examines systematic changes in the ability of reinforcers to support responding (changes in reinforcer value). Response rates are not constant within sessions when animals respond on operant or classical conditioning procedures. Instead, responding usually starts slowly, increases to a peak, and then decreases within the session. These systematic changes in response rate occur mainly because the value of the reinforcer changes with its repeated delivery across the session. The changes in reinforcer value are, in turn, produced by sensitization and habituation to the sensory properties of the reinforcer. I believe that sensitization-habituation may eventually provide the key to understanding the termination of many behaviors that are currently attributed to different mechanisms. For example, the termination of feeding is usually attributed to satiation; the termination of running to fatigue; the termination of videogame playing to boredom; and the termination of drug taking to achieving the desired high. Arguing, instead, that all of these behaviors stop in part because of habituation to the sensory properties of their reinforcers suggests a common theoretical explanation for the behaviors, as well as entirely new methods for controlling these behaviors in practice.

Selected Publications

McSweeney, F.K., & Swindell, S. (1999). General-process theories of motivation revisited: The role of habituation. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 437-457.

McSweeney, F.K., & Weatherly, J.N. (1998). Habituation to the reinforcer may contribute to multiple-schedule behavioral contrast. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 69, 199-221.

McSweeney, F.K., Hinson, J.M., & Cannon, C.B. (1996). Sensitization-habituation may occur during operant conditioning. Psychological Bulletin, 120, 256-271.

Professor
Director of Clinical Training, Former Department Chair

Ph.D. Clark University, 1989

Contact Information

Email: david.marcus@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 209
Phone: (509) 335-7750

Classes Taught:

• Psychology 348: Forensic and Legal Psychology
• Psychology 520: Empirical Approaches to Adult Psychotherapy
• Psychology 533: Adult Psychopathology

Research Interests

Currently, my primary research interests include: (a) psychopathy; (b) other “dark” personality traits such as sadism and spitefulness; and (c) the relative importance of common versus specific factors in psychotherapy.  Much of my research on psychopathy is focused on the measurement of psychopathic personality traits, including studies that have used Meehl’s taxometric method to examine whether psychopathy and related disorders (e.g., antisocial personality disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, conduct disorder) exist along a continuum or are discrete, qualitatively distinct conditions.  In other words, this research is interested in the question of whether there are “psychopaths” who are uniquely different from others or whether psychopathy is a dimensional construct.  I am also interested in the behavioral correlates of psychopathic personality traits, such as the association between psychopathy and risky sexual behavior. My other area of research uses meta-analytic methods to examine whether various psychological treatments yield similar outcomes (“Dodo bird effect”), whether adding specific components to treatments improves outcomes, and the role of therapist allegiance in psychological assessment and treatment.

Selected Publications (2013-present)

Psychopathy and externalizing behaviors

Fanning, J. R., Marcus, D. K., & Coccaro, E. F.  (in press).  Evidence for the taxonic latent structure for DSM-5 intermittent explosive disorder in adults.  Psychological Medicine.

Marcus, D. K., *Eichenbaum, A. E., *Anderson, A. E., *Zimmerman, J. A., *Nagel, M. G., Zeigler-Hill, V., Watts, A. L., Lilienfeld, S. O.  (2019).  Construction and preliminary validation of Triarchic Psychopathy Scales from the HEXACO-100.  Psychological Assessment, 31, 961-973.

*Eichenbaum, A. E., Marcus, D. K., & French, B. F.  (2019).  Item response theory analysis of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Revised.  Assessment, 26, 1046-1058.

Marcus, D. K., *Robinson, S. L., & *Eichenbaum, A. E. (2019).  Externalizing behavior and psychopathy: A social relations analysis. Journal of Personality Disorders, 33, 310-325.

*O’Connell, D. C., & Marcus, D. K.  (2019).  The association between psychopathy and sadism.  Aggression and Violent Behavior, 46, 109-115.

*Anderson, A. E., & Marcus, D. K. (2019).  A bifactor model of meanness, coldheartedness, callousness, and sadism.  Personality and Individual Differences, 137, 192-197.

*Preszler, J., Marcus, D. K., Edens, J. F., & McDermott, B. E.  (2018).  Network analysis of psychopathy in forensic inpatients.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127, 171-182.

Marcus, D. K., *Sawaqdeh, A., *O’Connell, D.,& Lilienfeld, S. O.  (2018).  Identifying careless responding bias with the Psychopathic Personality Inventory—Revised (PPI-R) validity scales.  Assessment, 25, 31-39.

*O’Connell, D., & Marcus, D. K. (2016). Psychopathic personality traits predict positive attitudes toward sexually predatory behaviors in college men and women Personality and Individual Differences, 94, 372-376.

Marcus, D. K., & *Norris, A. L.  (2014).  A new measure of attitudes toward sexually predatory tactics and its relation to the triarchic model of psychopathy.  Journal of Personality Disorders  28, 247-261.

Marcus, D. K., *Fulton, J. J., & Edens, J. F.  (2013).  The two-factor model of psychopathic personality: Evidence from the Psychopathic Personality Inventory.  Personality Disorders:  Theory, Research, and Treatment, 4, 67-76.

Other Dark Personality Features

Marcus, D. K., *Preszler, J., & Zeigler-Hill, V.  (2018).  A network of dark personality traits: What lies at the heart of darkness?  Journal of Research in Personality, 73, 56-62.

Zeigler-Hill, V., & Marcus, D. K. (2016).  The Dark Side of Personality.  In V. Zeigler-Hill & D. K. Marcus (Eds.), Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Marcus, D. K., & Zeigler-Hill, V.  (2015).  A big tent of dark personality traits. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 9, 434-446.

*Grafeman, S. J., Barry, C. T., Marcus, D. K., & *Leachman, L. L.  (2015).  Interpersonal perception of narcissism in an at-risk adolescent sample: A social relations analysis.  Journal of Research on Adolescence, 25, 92-100.

Zeigler-Hill, V., Noser, A. E., Roof, C., Vonk, J., & Marcus, D. K.  (2015).  Spitefulness and moral values.  Personality and Individual Differences, 77, 86-90.

Marcus, D. K., Zeigler-Hill, V., Mercer, S., & *Norris, A. L.  (2014).  The psychology of spite and the measurement of spitefulness.  Psychological Assessment, 26, 563-574.

Psychotherapy Research

*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. 

*Lui, J. H. L., Marcus, D. K., & Barry, C. T. (2017).  Evidence-based apps? A review of mental health mobile applications in a psychotherapy context.  Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 48, 199-210.

Marcus, D. K., *Bell, E. C., & Mercer, S. H. (2015).  Adding components improves treatment outcomes: Reply to Flückiger et al. (2015)” Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 443-444.

Marcus, D. K., *O’Connell, D., *Norris, A. L., & *Sawaqdeh, A.  (2014).  Is the Dodo bird endangered in the 21st century?  A meta-analysis of treatment comparison studies.  Clinical Psychology Review, 34, 519-530.

Misc Taxometrics

Rufino, K. A., Marcus, D. K., Ellis, T. E., & Boccaccini, M. T.  (2018).  Further evidence that suicide risk is categorical:  A taxometric analysis of data from an inpatient sample.  Psychological Assessment, 30, 1541-1547.

*Norris, A. L.. Marcus, D. K., & Green, B. A.  (2015).  Homosexuality as a discrete class.  Psychological Science, 26, 1843-1853.

 Marcus, D. K., *Sawaqdeh, A., & Kwon, P.  (2014).  The latent structure of generalized anxiety disorder in midlife adults.  Psychiatry Research, 215, 366-371.

*Eichner, K. V., Kwon, P. & Marcus, D. K.  (2014).  Optimists or optimistic? A taxometric study of optimism. Psychological Assessment, 26, 1056-1061.

*Denotes student authors

Professor

Ph.D. Duke University, 1981

Contact Information

Email: hinson@wsu.edu
Website: Affective and Cognitive Influences of Decisions (ACID) Lab

Classes Taught

• Psychology 311: Elementary Statistics in Psychology
• Psychology 401: Historical Development of Psychology
• Psychology 504: History of Psychology

Research Interests

• Affective and non-affective factors in decision making
• Sleep deprivation effects on cognition

In general terms my research examines relations between hot (affective) and cold (rational) cognitive processes in decision making. I have previously studied how situational constraints (task demands) and individual constraints (personality traits or biological differences) affect hot and cold cognition and contribute to suboptimal decision making. More recent research examines cognitive control and memory processes involved in decision making. Our interdisciplinary research group has a research focus on how sleep deprivation affects cognitive control processes that are essential for decision making.

Selected Publications

Kurinec, C. A., Whitney, P., Hinson, J. M., Hansen, D. A., Van Dongen, H. P. A. (2021). Sleep deprivation impairs binding of information with its context. Sleep, Volume 44, Issue 8, August 2021, zsab113, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsab113.

Whitney, P., Hinson, J. M., & Nusbaum, A. T. (2019) A dynamic attentional control framework for understanding sleep deprivation effects on cognition. In: Hans P.A. Van Dongen, Paul Whitney, John M. Hinson, Kimberly A. Honn, and Michael W. L. Chee, editors: Sleep Deprivation and Cognition, Vol 246, Oxford: Elsevier Science; p. 111-126. doi:10.1016/bs.pbr.2019.03.015

Hinson, J. M., Whitney, P., Wilson, C. G., & Nusbaum, A. T. (2019). Working memory loads differentially influence frame-induced bias and normative choice in risky decision making. PLOS ONE, Mar 28;14(3):e0214571. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214571. eCollection 2019.

Honn, K. A., Hinson, J. M., Whitney, P., & Van Dongen, H. P. A. (2018). Cognitive flexibility: a distinct element of performance impairment due to sleep deprivation. Accident Analysis & Prevention, Mar 14. pii: S0001-4575(18)30070-8. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2018.02.013. [Epub ahead of print]

Satterfield, B. C., Hinson, J. M., Whitney, P., Schmidt, M. A., Wisor, J. P., & Van Dongen, H. P. A. (2018). Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) genotype affects cognitive control during total sleep deprivation, Cortex, 99, 179-186. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2017.11.012. [Epub ahead of print]

Whitney, P. Hinson, J. M., Satterfield, B. C, Grant^, D. A., Honn, K. A., & Van Dongen, H. P. A. (2017). Sleep deprivation diminishes attentional control effectiveness and impairs flexible adaptation to changing conditions, Scientific Reports, 7, 16020. 10.1038/s41598-017-16165-z Epub 2017 Nov 22.

Wilson, C. G., Nusbaum, A. T., Whitney, P., and Hinson, J. M. (2017). Age differences in cognitive flexibility when overcoming a pre-existing bias through feedback. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, Nov 21: 1-9. doi/full/10.1080/13803395.2017.1398311. [Epub ahead of print]

Whitney, P.M., Hinson, J. M., Jackson, M., & Van Dongen, H. P. A. (2015). Feedback blunting: Total sleep deprivation impairs decision making that requires updating based on feedback. Sleep, 38, 745-754. doi: 10.5665/sleep.4668.

Professor
Department Chair, Former Director of Clinical Training

Ph.D. University of Cincinnati, 1997

Contact Information

Email: gartstma@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 233E
Phone: (509) 335-4651
Website: Infant Temperament Lab

Curriculum Vita

Classes Taught

• Psychology 333: Abnormal Psychology
• Psychology 361: Principals of Developmental Psychology
• Psychology 440: Introduction to Clinical Psychology
• Psychology 464: Behavior Disorders of Children and Adolescents
• Psychology 530: Ethics & Professional Issues
• Psychology 538: Clinical Supervision
• Psychology 542: Evidence-Based Therapy for Children and Adolescents

Research Interests

• Child Temperament
• Developmental Psychopathology
• Biological Underpinnings of Temperament
• Cross-cultural Differences

Selected Publications

Gartstein, M.A., Seamon, E., Mattera, J.A., Bosquet Enlow M., Wright, R.J., Perez-Edgar, K., Buss, K.A., LoBue, V., Bell, M.A., Goodman, S.H., Spieker, S., Bridgett, D.J., Salisbury, A.L., Gunnar, M.R., Milner, S.B., Muzik, M., Stifter, C.A., Planalp, E.M., Mehr, S.A., Spelke, S.E., Lukowski, A.F., Groh, A.M., Lickenbrock, D.M., Santelli, R., DuRocher Schudlich, T., Anzman-Frasca, S., Thrasher, C., Diaz, A., Dayton, C., Moding, K.J., & Jordan, E.M. (2022). Using machine learning to understand age and gender classification based on infant temperament. PLoS ONE, 17, e0266026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266026

Gartstein, M.A., *Warwick, H., & *Campagna, A.X. (2021). Electroencephalogram (EEG) frontal asymmetry changes during emotion-eliciting tasks and parent-child interaction dynamics. Social Development, 30, 496–514.

*Desmarais, E. E., *Brown, K, *Campbell, K., French, B., Putnam, S., Casalin, S., Linhares, B., Lecannelier, F., Wang, Z., Raikkonen, K., Heinonen, K., Tuovinen, S., Montirosso, R., Provenzi, L., Park, H., Han, S., Lee, E., Huitron, B., de Weerth, C., Beijers, R., Majdandžić, M., Benga, O., Slobodskaya, H., Kozlova, E., Gonzalez-Salinas, C., Acar, I., Ahmetoglu, E., Gartstein, M. A. (2021). Links between television exposure and toddler dysregulation: Does culture matter? Infant Behavior and Development, 63, e101557.

Gartstein, M.A., Hancock, G.R., *Potapova, N.V., Calkins, S.D., & Bell, M.A. (2020). Modeling development of frontal electroencephalogram (EEG) asymmetry: Sex differences and links with temperament. Developmental Science, 23, e12891.

*Iverson, S.L., *Desmarais, E.E., *Neumann, A.A., & Gartstein, M.A. (2020). Brief temperament guidance program for parents of infants: A pilot evaluation. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 33, 38-48.

Kozlova, E.A., Slobodskaya, H.R., & Gartstein, M.A. (2020). Early temperament as a predictor of child mental health. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 18, 1493-1506.

*Neumann, A.A., *Desmarais, E.E., *Iverson, S.L., & Gartstein, M.A. (2020). Ecological contributions to maternal-infant functioning: Differences between rural and urban family contexts. Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22313

Sánchez-Pérez, N., Putnam, S.P., Gartstein, M.A. & González-Salinas, C. (2020). ADHD and ODD symptoms in toddlers: Common and specific associations with temperament dimensions. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 51, 310-320.

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

*Erickson, N.L., Hancock, G.R., Oberlander, T.F., Brain, U., Grunau, R.E., & Gartstein, M.A. (2019). Prenatal SSRI antidepressant use and maternal internalizing symptoms during pregnancy and postpartum: Exploring effects on infant temperament trajectories for boys and girls. Journal of Affective Disorders, 258, 179–194.

Gartstein, M.A. (2019). Frontal electroencephalogram (EEG) asymmetry: Exploring contributors to the Still Face procedure response. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 44, 193–204.

Gartstein, M.A. & Hancock, G.R. (2019). Temperamental growth in infancy: demographic, maternal symptom, and stress contributions to over-arching and fine-grained dimensions. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 65, 121-157.

Gartstein, M.A. & Skinner, M.K. (2018). Prenatal influences on temperament development: The role of environmental epigenetics. Development and Psychopathology, 30, 1269-1303.

Gartstein, M.A., Seamon, E., Lengua, L.J., & Thompson, S.F. (2018). Community Crime Exposure and Risk for Obesity in Preschool Children: Moderation by the Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal (HPA)-Axis. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 43, 353–365.

Gartstein, M.A., Hancock, G.R., & Iverson*, S.L. (2018). Positive affectivity and fear trajectories in infancy: Contributions of mother-child interaction factors. Child Development, 89, 1519-1534

*Desmarais, E., Majdandzic, M., Gartstein, M.A. *Bridgett, D.J., French, B. (2017). Cross-cultural differences in temperament: Comparing paternal ratings of US and Dutch infants. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, doi: 10.1080/17405629.2017.1356713

*Erickson, N. L., Gartstein, M. A. & Beauchaine, T. P. (2017) Infant predictors of toddler effortful control: A multi-method developmentally sensitive approach. Infant and Child Development, 26, e1971. doi: 10.1002/icd.1971.

Gartstein, M.A., Hookenson, K.V., Brain, U., Devlin, A.M., Grunau, R.E., & Oberlander, T.F. (2016). Sculpting infant soothability: The role of prenatal SSRI antidepressant exposure and neonatal SLC6A4 methylation status. Developmental Psychobiology, 58, 745-758.

Gartstein, M.A., Putnam, S.P., & *Kliewer, R. (2016). Do infant temperament characteristics predict core academic abilities in preschool-aged children? Learning and Individual Differences, 45, 299–306.

*LowKapalu, C. & Gartstein, M.A. (2016). Boys with Fragile X Syndrome: Investigating temperament in early childhood. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 60, 891-900.

Bornstein, M.H., Putnick, D.L., Gartstein, M.A., Hahn, C., Kwak, K., Auestad, N., & O’Connor, D.L. (2015). Infant Temperament across the First Years of Postnatal Life: Stability by Age, Gender, Birth Order, Term Status, and SES. Child Development, 86, 844–863.

Gartstein, M.A., Putnick, D.L., Kwak, K., Hahn, C., Bornstein, M.H. (2015). Stability of Temperament in South Korean Infants from 6 to 12 to 18 Months: Moderation by Age, Sex, and Birth Order. Infant Behavior and Development, 40, 103-107.

Gartstein, M.A., Bell, M.A., & Calkins, S.D. (2014). EEG Asymmetry at 10 Months of Age: Are Temperament Trait Predictors Different for Boys and Girls? Developmental Psychobiology, 56, 1327–1340.

Gartstein, M.A., Seamon, D.E., & Dishion, T.J. (2014). The Geospatial Ecology of Adolescent Problem Behavior and Alcohol Use: Proximal Effects of Peers and Parent Monitoring. Journal of Community Psychology, 42, 299–315.

Gartstein, M.A., *Bridgett, D.J., *Young, B.N., Panksepp, J., & Power, T. (2013). Origins of Effortful Control: Infant and Parent Contributions. Infancy, 18(2), 149-183.

Gartstein, M.A., *Bridgett, D.J., Rothbart, M.K., *Robertson, C., *Iddins, E., *Ramsay, K., & *Schlect, S. (2010). A Latent Growth Examination of Fear Development in Infancy: Contributions of Maternal Depression and the Risk for Toddler Anxiety. Developmental Psychology, 46, 651-668.

* indicates student or former student co-author

Professor of Psychology

Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1993

Contact Information

Email: lfournier@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 214
Phone: (509) 335-4415
Fax: (509) 335-4050
Website: Attention, Perception & Performance Lab

Classes Taught

• Psychology 198: Honors Introductory Psychology
• Psychology 312: Research Methods
• Psychology 384: Sensation and Perception
• Psychology 401: History of Psychology
• Psychology 592: Cognitive Psychology

Research Interests

• Visual attention
• Memory
• Perception
• Action

Our lab is presently investigating: 1) feature binding and how perception-based actions (both internally and externally guided action) are represented; 2) the role of attention, memory, and the different brain hemispheres in the formation of action plans; and 3) the phenomenon of precrastination (the opposite of procrastination) and the role of cognitive effort, as well as tradeoffs between cognitive and physical effort, in decision-making, and the effects of cannabis use on cognitive performance and brain activity.  Our lab currently utilizes behavioral (reaction time and accuracy) as well as EEG measures.

For more detailed explanation of these research interests and present ongoing projects, please visit the Attention, Perception & Performance Lab.

Selected Publications

* Indicates graduate student, ** indicates undergraduate student

Fournier, L.R. & *Richardson, B.  (2022).  Partial repetition between action plans delays responses to ideomotor compatible stimuli, Psychological Research, 86, 627-641. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-021-01491-9  (shareable paper at link:  https://rdcu.be/cg7nz )

*Raghunath, N., Fournier, L.R., & Kogan, C. (2021).  Precrastination and individual differences in working memory, Psychological Research, 85, 1970-1985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01373-6

*Richardson, B., Pfister, R., & Fournier, L.R. (2020).  Free-Choice and forced-choice actions:  Shared representations and conservation of cognitive effort.  Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 82, 2516–2530. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-020-01986-4

Fournier, L.R., *Hansen, D.A., *Stubblefield, A.M., & Van Dongen, H.P.A. (2020; 2018 online). Action plan interrupted:  Resolution of proactive interference while coordinating execution of multiple action plans during sleep deprivation.  Psychological Research, 84, 454-467. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-018-1054-z

Rosenbaum, D.A., Fournier, L.R., Levy-Tzedek, S., McBride, Rosenthal, R., *Saurberger, K., *VonderHaar, R.L., Wasserman, E.A., Zentall, T.R. (2019, online). Sooner rather than later: Precrastination rather than procrastination. Current Directions in Psychological Science, https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721419833652

Fournier, L.R., *Stubblefield, A.M., Dyre, B.P., & Rosenbaum, D.A. (2019). Starting or finishing sooner? Sequencing preferences in object transfer tasks. Psychological Research, 83(8), 1674-1684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-018-1022-7

Fournier, L.R., **Coder, E., Kogan, C., *Nisha Raghunath, N., *Taddese, E., & Rosenbaum, D.A. (2019) Which task will we choose first? Precrastination and cognitive load in task ordering. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 81(2), 489-503. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-018-1633-5

*Behmer Jr., L.P., & Fournier, L.R. (2016). Mirror neuron activation as a function of explicit learning: Changes in mu-event related power after learning novel responses to ideomotor compatible, partially compatible, and non-compatible stimuli.  European Journal of Neuroscience, 44, 2774-2785.

Reisberg, D., Simons, D.J., & Fournier, L.R.  (2016).  Are we there yet?  Introduction to the forum on when and whether psychological research is ready for use in the justice system.  Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 5, 233-235.

Fournier, L.R., *Wiediger, M.D., & *Taddese, E.F. (2015). Action plans can interact to hinder or facilitate reach performance. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 77, 2755-2767. DOI: 10.3758/s13414-015-0959-5.

Fournier, L.R., *Behmer Jr., L.P., & *Stubblefield, A.M. (2014). Interference due to shared features between action plans is influenced by working memory span. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 21, 1524-1529. DOI:10.3758/s13423-014-0627-0.

Pfister, R., Janczyk, M., Gressmann, M., Fournier, L.R., & Kunde, W. (2014). Good vibrations? Vibrotactile self- stimulation reveals anticipation of body-related action effects in motor control. Experimental Brain Research, 232, 847-854. DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3796-6.

*Behmer, L.P. Jr., Fournier, L.R. (2014). Working memory modulates neural efficiency over motor components during a novel action planning task: An EEG study. Behavioural Brain Research, 260, 1-7. DOI:10.1016/j.bbr.2013.11.031.

Fournier, L.R., *Gallimore, J.M., **Feiszli, K. & Logan, G.D. (2014). On the importance of being first: Serial order effects in the interaction between action plans and ongoing actions. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 21, 163-169. DOI: 10.3758/s13423-013-0486-0.

Associate Professor, Career Track

Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies
Director, Online Psychology Degree Program

Ph.D. Washington State University, 2012

Contact Information

Email: ldaffin@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 207
Phone: (509) 335-2802

Classes Taught

• Psychology 105: Introductory Psychology
• Psychology 201: Degrees and Careers
• Psychology 210: Psychology as a Science
• Psychology 301: Seminar in Psychology
• Psychology 328: Self Control
• Psychology 401: Historical Development of Psychology
• Psychology 470: Motivation
• Psychology 491: Principles of Learning
• Psychology 510: Introduction to Online Education

Research Interests

As the director of the online psychology degree, I split my time between teaching and administrative duties for the Department of Psychology. At the undergraduate level I teach on average one course in the classroom and 2-3 courses online each semester. At the graduate level, I teach a course focused on best practices for teaching online and all instructors new to teaching online are asked to take this course, including both graduate students and adjuncts. I assist the department chair with administrative tasks related to the online psychology degree program, including the curriculum taught in each class, program assessment, and the development of new courses. Our online program includes several professional experiences for online students to help them be more attractive to graduate programs and future employers. These experiences include: Grading TA (PSYCH 497-01), Instructional TA (PSYCH 497-02), Psychology Tutor (PSYCH 497-03), Research Assistant (PSYCH 498), and Independent Study in the form of hypothesis testing, literature review, and team problem solving options (PSYCH 499). I am also engaged in a line of educational psychology research looking at student performance on proctored vs. non-proctored exams in online courses and the utility and perception of Open Education Resources (OER).

Selected Publications

2021 (in press) Invited book chapter, co-authored with Jennifer Coleman of Western New Mexico University, on how to conduct undergraduate research in the behavioral sciences and with online students. In Undergraduate Research in Online, Virtual and Hybrid Courses:  Proactive practices for distant students. Book is expected to be published in 2021 but has been accepted by the publisher.

McRaney, K., Bridley, A., & Daffin, L.W. (2021). The Psychology of Gender, 2nd edition. OER; Published under WSU and Pressbooks. Subject to peer review. Frist published 2020.

Daffin, L.W. (2021). Principles of Learning and Behavior, 2nd edition. OER; Published under WSU and Pressbooks. Subject to peer review. First published 2019.

Daffin, L.W. & Lane, C. (2021). Essentials of Social Psychology, 2nd edition. OER; Published under WSU and Pressbooks. Subject to peer review. First published 2019.

Daffin, L.W. (2021). Motivation, 2nd edition. OER; Published under WSU and Pressbooks. Subject to peer review. First published 2018.

Daffin, L.W. (2020). Principles of Behavior Analysis and Modification, 3rd edition. OER; Published under WSU and Pressbooks. Subject to peer review. First published 2018.

Bridley, A. & Daffin, L.W. (2020). Abnormal Psychology, 2^nd edition. OER; Published under WSU and Pressbooks. Subject to peer review. First published 2018.

Daffin, L.W. & Jones, A. (2018). Comparing Student Performance on Proctored and Non-Proctored Exams: Determining if a Culture of Cheating Exists in Online Classes. Online Learning (ISSN: ISSN 2472-5730). https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/about.

Swindell, S., Daffin, L.W., & Fournier, L.R. (2014). Training tomorrow’s teachers: Graduate training in university instruction in the department of psychology at Washington State University. In J. Busler, B. Beins, & W. Buskist (Eds.), Preparing the new psychology professoriate: Helping graduate students become competent teachers (pp. 76-81).

Daffin Jr., L.W. (2013). Fundamentals of psychology: Exploring behavior and cognitive processes. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.

Devan, B.D., Pistell, P.J., Daffin, L.W., Nelson, C.M., Duffy, K.B., Bowker, J.L., Bharati, I.S., Sierra-Mercado, D., Spangler, E.L., & Ingram, D.K. (2007). Sildenafil citrate attenuates a complex maze impairment induced by intracerebroventricular infusion of the NOS inhibitor N^ω-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester. European Journal of Psychopharmacology, 563(1-3), 134-140.

Pistell, P.J., Daffin, L.W., Nelson, C.M., Duffy, K.A., Bowker, J.L., Spangler, E.L., Ingram, D.K., & Devan, B.D. (2007). Combined administration of sub-threshold doses of the nitric oxide inhibitor, nitro-L-arginine, and muscarinic receptor antagonist scopolamine, impairs complex maze learning in rats. Behavioural Pharmacology, 18(8), 801-805.

Costa PT, Jr., Samuels J, Bagby M, Daffin L & Norton H. (2005).     The Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD): A Review. In: Maj M, Akiskal H, (Eds): Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry, Wiley & Sons, West Sussex, UK, Chapter 6.

Devan, B.D., Duffy, K.B., Bowker, J.L., Bharati, I.S., , Nelson, C.M., Daffin Jr., L.W., Spangler, E.L., & Ingram, D.K.     (2005). Phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibition and cognitive enhancement. Drugs of the Future, 30(7), 725-736.

Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of British Columbia, 2008

Contact Information

Email: carrie.cuttler@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 211
Phone: (509) 335-0681
Office Hours: By Appointment
Website: The Health & Cognition (THC) Lab

Vita

Classes Taught

• Psychology 311: Elementary Statistics in Psychology
• Psychology 312: Experimental Methods in Psychology
• Psychology 333: Abnormal Psychology
• Psychology 361: Fundamentals of Developmental Psychology
• Psychology 490: Cognition and Memory
• Psychology 511: Experimental Design, T-Tests, and Analysis of Variance
• Psychology 512: Non-Experimental Design, Correlation, and Regression

Research Interests

Research in Dr. Cuttler’s Health and Cognition Lab focuses on elucidating the potentially beneficial and detrimental effects of chronic cannabis use and acute cannabis intoxication. Our current and recent work focuses on examining links between cannabis use and mental health (e.g., depression, anxiety, OCD), physical health (e.g., pain, sleep), stress, and cognition (e.g., memory, decision-making, executive functioning, creativity, attention). Further, we are interested in examining effects of cannabis with different concentrations of THC and CBD as well as effects of cannabis concentrates to better understand their influence on mental health, physical health, and cognition.

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

Selected Publications

Cuttler, C., LaFrance, E. M., & Stueber, A. (2021). Acute effects of high potency cannabis flower and cannabis concentrates on everyday life memory and decision making. Scientific Reports, 11, 13784. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-93198-5

Glodosky, N., Cuttler, C., & McLaughlin, R. M. (2021). A review of the effects of acute and chronic cannabinoid exposure on the stress response. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 63, 100945.

Stueber, A, & Cuttler, C. (2021). Self-reported effects of cannabis on ADHD symptoms, ADHD medication side effects, and ADHD-related executive dysfunction. Journal of Attention Disorders. doi: 10.1177/10870547211050949

Cuttler, C., LaFrance, E. M., & Craft, R. M. (2020). A large-scale naturalistic examination of the acute effects of cannabis on pain. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. doi:10.1089/can.2020.0068

Cuttler, C., Spradlin, A., Cleveland, M., & Craft, R. M. (2020). Short- and long-term effects of cannabis on headache and migraine. The Journal of Pain, 21(5-6), 722-730. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2019.11.001

Glodosky N. C., Cuttler, C., Freels, T. G., Wright, H. R., Rojas, M. J., Baglot, S. L., Hill, M. N., & McLaughlin, R. J. (2020). Cannabis vapor self-administration elicits sex- and dose-specific alterations in stress reactivity in rats. Neurobiology of Stress, 13, 100260. doi: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2020.100260

LaFrance, E. M., Glodosky, N., Bonn-Miller, M. & Cuttler, C. (2020). Short and long-term effects of cannabis on symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Journal of Affective Disorder, 274, 298-304. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.132

LaFrance, E. M., Stueber, A., *Glodosky, N. C., Mauzay, D., & Cuttler, C. (2020). Overbaked: Assessing and predicting adverse reactions to cannabis. Journal of Cannabis Research, 2, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s42238-019-0013-x

Petrucci, A., LaFrance, E. M., & Cuttler, C. (2020). A comprehensive examination of the links between cannabis use and motivation. Substance Use & Misuse, 55, 1155-1164. doi: 10.10826084.2020.1729203

Spradlin, A., Marcus, D. K., & Cuttler, C. (2020). The latent structure of cannabis misuse: A taxometric analysis. Psychological Assessment, 32(8), 803-808. doi: 10.1037/pas0000828

Professor Emerita

Retired: no longer mentoring students

Ph.D. University of North Carolina, 1991

Contact Information

Email: craft@wsu.edu
Website: Psychopharmacology Lab

Classes Taught

• Psychology 265: Biopsychological Effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs
• Psychology 372: Biological Basis of Behavior
• Psychology 577: Behavioral Pharmacology

Research Interests

• Psychopharmacology
• Drug Abuse and Dependence
• Sex Differences in Drug Effects
• Hormonal Modulation of Pain, Analgesia and Mood

My research is currently focused on sex differences in the effects of psychoactive drugs – primarily opioids (e.g., morphine, codeine) and cannabinoids (e.g., THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana). Opioids are widely used therapeutically and cannabinoids have broad therapeutic potential; additionally, both classes of drugs are abused by millions of people in the U.S., including many women. However, as with most commonly used medications, the myriad effects of opioids and cannabinoids have been well-characterized only in males. Yet recent data from a number of laboratories indicate that opioids and cannabinoids may not affect males and females exactly the same way, producing differential analgesic, reinforcing (rewarding), subjective and other effects in each sex. Sex differences in drug effects are often attributable to the different gonadal hormone milieu in males vs. females, during development or adulthood. Thus, our primary research goal is to determine how endocrinological and neurobiological differences between males and females may explain their differential sensitivity to psychoactive drugs. Ultimately this research will inform us about whether we need to adjust the way we use drugs medicinally in men vs. women, and whether there is any biological explanation for differential drug abuse in men vs. women.

Selected Publications

Cooper ZD, Craft RM (2018).  Sex-dependent effects of cannabis and cannabinoids: A translational perspective. Neuropsychopharmacology 43, 34-51.

Britch SC, Goodman AG, Wiley JL, Pondelick AM, Craft RM (2020).  Antinociceptive and immune effects of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol or cannabidiol in male versus female rats with persistent inflammatory pain. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 373, 416-428.

Craft RM, Hewitt KA, Britch SC (2021).  Antinociception produced by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in female vs male rats. Behavioural Pharmacology 32, 153-169.