Dr. Clark Ohnesorge, psychology, presented his research on the Organization of Bilingual Memory at a Shop Talk on November 8.  Through his research, he has explored the question of a "single lexicon vs dual-store models of bilinguality.  His results found that a single lexicon model holds up to his research, whereas a dual-storage model does not.  In a lexical decision task of French/English bilinguals, the participants were given a word that possibly had meaning in both languages (i.e. pain).  The context in which the word was seen was an independent variable, the context was either all French or mixed French and English.  From the Rejection Response for non-words and the affirmative responses to real words, he found that the dual storage model makes incorrect predictions.
by Nicki Shay

                       Nicki Shay is a senior psych major, Spanish minor, and planning to graduate in the spring.  She is a teaching assistant and departmental academic assistant in the department of psychology. 

Dr. Janine Wotton, psychology, and Dr. Mike Ferragamo, biology, presented "Simulating Temporal Jitter Discriminations Using Three Population Layers of Bat Auditory Neurons" at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Orlando.  The paper was was co-authored with Mark Sanderson from Brown University.
 

School Psychology Resources for Psychologists, Parents and Educators Research learning disabilities, ADHD, functional behavioral assessment, autism, adolescence, parenting, psychological assessment, special education, mental retardation, mental health, and more.
http://www.bcpl.net/~sandyste/school_psych.html

Welcome to Social Psychology Network, 
the largest social psychology database on the Internet. In these pages, you'll find more than 5,000 links related to psychology.
http://www.socialpsychology.org/

The Society for Industrial and Organizational 
Psychology
http://siop.org/

The Society for Computers in Psychology
is a non-profit organization of researchers interested in applications of computers in
psychology. Its primary purpose is to "increase 
and diffuse knowledge of the use of computers in psychological research."
http://www.scip.ws/main.html

PsychologyToday.com.
Featured columns on relationships, mental health education, and work related issues http://www.psychologytoday.com/
HTDocs/prod/PTOhome/home.asp

THE SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF 
TERRORISM: WHO BECOMES A TERRORIST 
AND WHY?
http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Sociology-Psychology
%20of%20Terrorism.htm

Jessica Rye is a senior psychology major planning to graduate in the spring.
 

"Participants" wanted

A Stanford Medical research group advertised for participants in a study of obsessive-compulsive disorder. They were looking for therapy clients who had been diagnosed with this disorder. The response was gratifying; they got 3,000 responses about three days after the ad came out. 
All from the same person.

Heather Hunt, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire presented a program about school psychology and, in particular, the school psychology program at the University of Wisconsin to interested psych students on Thursday, December 5th.

http://www.ssc.msu.edu/~mpa/meeting/meeting.html

Career Center Resources Contemplating grad school?  Check out these reference books in the Career Center:
Insider's Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology
Gourman Report on Graduate Programs (Princeton Review)
Perfect Personal Statements and Graduate School Essays (Arco)

Several printed resources are available for you to browse in the department's resource center (SSC 26). You will find information about graduate schools and career paths. Graduate School bulletins are also available.See Lee (SSC15) or email lsande@gustavus.edu for more information.

The APA Graduate Study in Psychology 2002 - and is available for checkout.

NEW:
"Get Psyched!  Successful Strategies for Getting Into Graduate School In Psychology"
is a new audio tape training series available for checkout in the department.    Dr. Greg Neimeyer, Professor of Psychology and Graduate Coordinator at the University of Florida has put together these six topics:
1) A Vital Overview
2) 10 Critical Things You need to Know
3) Distinguing Clinical and Counseling
4) Personal Statements, Resumes
5) Effective Interviewing
6) Expert Advice:  Questions and Answers

SCHIZOPHRENIA - Do You Hear What I Hear?

MULTIPLE PERSONALITY - We Three Queens Disoriented Are.

DEMENTIA - I Think I'll Be Home For Christmas.

NARCISSISTIC - Hark The Herald Angels Sing (About Me)

MANIA - Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town ...or Deck the Halls and Spare No Expense!

PARANOIA - Santa Claus is Coming To Get Me.

PERSONALITY DISORDER - You Better Watch Out, I'm Gonna Cry, I'm Gonna Pout, then MAYBE I'll tell you why.

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE - Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell,
Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell,
Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell...

PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE - On the First Day of Christmas My True Love Gave to Me (and then took it all away).

   What are you going to do when you graduate?  This is a question that I hear almost every day.  I am a senior with a double major in Psychology and Communication Studies.  When I heard about the psychology panel.  I decided this would be a good thing for me to attend. 
   The November 20th panel discussion began with all the panelists describing their jobs and what they did on a daily basis.  The panelists included Jennifer Gallus, occupational therapist for Fairview Hospitals; Kristin Prestegaard, Edina Chamber of Commerce; David Menk, Director of Institutional Research here at GAC;  Paul Reitman, Forensic Psychologist; and Sarah Moe, victims' advocate for Nicollet County Sexual Assault Services.
   They talked about what they liked about their jobs and what they did to get where they were today.  The panelists have diverse jobs and come from different backgrounds.  Some have had many job changes in their lives and others were just starting out in the job world.  I think that the panelists did a good job informing us about the different places a psychology degree can lead a person.  The discussion was then open to questions from the audience.  What I was most interested in was how much school they had after an undergraduate major in psychology.  Here I learned that they all had different opinions on what a person could and maybe should do after graduation. 
   Dr. Reitman, the forensic psychologist, took a year off after his undergrad education and traveled to Europe.  Jennifer Gallus, the occupational therapist, went directly from her undergraduate degree to getting a masters in occupational therapy.  Kristin Prestegaard worked and went to school at the same time and is preparing to present her thesis in the near future.  Finally, Sarah Moe has not gone on to more school since graduating last year but is thinking about graduate school in the future.  They all had good reasons for or against not going on to school directly or taking some time off. 
   They summed it up by saying it is really up to the individual and what they think they can handle in their life. This panel was helpful in giving me ideas about where to take my degree and gave me good reasons to think about graduate school in the future.  I also learned that there are many paths in life and if you do not find the one you are looking for you can always take a different path and you may end up liking that path even more than the first. 
by Jennifer Wood

Jennifer Wood is a senior psych and communications studies major planning to graduate in the spring.  She is a teaching assistant in the department of psychology.