Faculty Profile:
Dr. Carol DeVolder

   

Professor of Psychology

Education
A.B., Psychology (1988), Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
M.A., Human Experimental Psychology (1990), University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Ph.D., Human Experimental Psychology (1993), University of Iowa, Iowa city, IA

e-mail: DeVolderCarolL@ambrose.sau.edu

Personal Home Page*

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Curriculum Vita
 
Research Interests:
  • Memory and cognition following traumatic brain injury
  • Directed forgetting (instructed ignoring)
  • Prospective memory
  • Behavioral neuroscience

 
Professional Associations
  • American Psychological Association
  • Society for the Teaching of Psychology
  • American Psychological Society
  • Midwestern Psychological Association
  • Psi Chi--The National Honor Society in Psychology
  • Phi Beta Kappa--The National Honor Society
  • Phi Theta Kappa--The National Honor Society
  • Beta Beta Beta--The National Honor Society in Biology
  • Sigma Xi--The Scientific Research Society

 
Courses Taught (click appropriate course to view syllabus--some links are non-functional because of pending changes to the syllabus.
Course  
Introduction to Psychology
Advanced Experimental Design and Analysis  
Behavioral Neuroscience  
Behavioral Pharmacology  
Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology  
Psychology of Sensation and Perception
Personal Adjustment
 

Spot the fake smile

Facial expressions

Demonstrating deindividuation

  

  
Neuroanatomy & Physiology
  Topics in General Psychology  
  Behavioral Pharmacology  
   
 Visit my "Fun Sites" page for some great psychology-related "wow, I didn't know that" links.  
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