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Developmental Psychology

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2002

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Full-Text Articles in Psychology

Single Men's Use Of Sexual Aggression: A Meta-Analysis & Implications For Intervention, F. Christopher, Tiffani Kisler, S. Burch Oct 2002

Single Men's Use Of Sexual Aggression: A Meta-Analysis & Implications For Intervention, F. Christopher, Tiffani Kisler, S. Burch

Tiffani S. Kisler

No abstract provided.

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7. Expert Testimony On The Suggestibility Of Children: Does It Fit?, Thomas D. Lyon Oct 2002

7. Expert Testimony On The Suggestibility Of Children: Does It Fit?, Thomas D. Lyon

Thomas D. Lyon

State v. Sloan (1995 [Mo. Ct. App.]) was a criminal case of child sexual abuse. AD., the 6-year-old alleged victim, was dropped off on Friday by her mother at her grandmother's house, where the child's aunt Evelyn and the defendant also resided. Two days later, on Sunday, the child's aunt Anita phoned the child's mother and told her that something was wrong. AD. then told her mother that the defendant had sexually assaulted her the day before. The mother called the child abuse hot line. On Thursday, 5 days after the alleged abuse, a social worker and a police detective …

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Therapeutic Progress: Evaluating Differences In Client Gender, K. Greving, Tiffani Kisler, L. Dumka, M. Lunka Sep 2002

Therapeutic Progress: Evaluating Differences In Client Gender, K. Greving, Tiffani Kisler, L. Dumka, M. Lunka

Tiffani S. Kisler

No abstract provided.

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6. Child Witnesses And The Oath., Thomas D. Lyon Aug 2002

6. Child Witnesses And The Oath., Thomas D. Lyon

Thomas D. Lyon

Despite the liberalization of competency requirements for child witnesses in many countries (Spencer & Flin, 1993; Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act, 1999, s. 53 [Engl.]), a substantial number of courts in the United States and other countries require that every witness take the oath or make some sort of affirmation that s/he will tell the truth (Federal Rules of Evidence 602,2001;Shrimpton, Oates, & Hayes, 1996).In order to guarantee that an oath or affirmation is understood by child witnesses, courts routinely inquire into children's understanding of the difference between the truth and lies and their obligation to tell the truth …

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Understanding Sexuality In Close Relationships, F. Christopher, Tiffani Kisler Jun 2002

Understanding Sexuality In Close Relationships, F. Christopher, Tiffani Kisler

Tiffani S. Kisler

No abstract provided.

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5. Scientific Support For Expert Testimony On Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation., Thomas D. Lyon May 2002

5. Scientific Support For Expert Testimony On Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation., Thomas D. Lyon

Thomas D. Lyon

Roland Summit's article on child sexual abuse accommodation (CSAA)(Summit, 1983) describes sexually abused children's secrecy, helplessness, entrapment, delayed disclosure, and retraction. The paper is both admired and maligned. On the one hand, it has been hailed as one of the most influential papers ever written on child abuse (Oates & Donnelly, 1997). On the other hand, testimony on accommodation is often dismissed as dangerous pseudoscience" by both commentators and the courts (Summit, 1992).

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Evaluation Of The Psychology Place: A Web-Based Instructional Tool For Psychology Courses., Steffen Wilson, Amy Harris Apr 2002

Evaluation Of The Psychology Place: A Web-Based Instructional Tool For Psychology Courses., Steffen Wilson, Amy Harris

Steffen Wilson

This study examined the effectiveness of the commercial Web site, The Psychology Place (http://psychologyplace.com) in helping students learn course material in an introductory psychology course. This site consists of linked pages that contain tutorials, readings, and links to relevant sites. All participants in this study attended conventional course lecture. In addition, half of the participants completed assignments from this Web site. Students who completed assignments from The Psychology Place and attended lecture demonstrated better understanding and retention of course material than students who had only attended lecture. This finding is noteworthy for instructors because incorporating this site into a course …

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4. Interviewing Children In And Out Of Court: Current Research And Practice Implications., Karen J. Saywitz, Gail S. Goodman, Thomas D. Lyon Jan 2002

4. Interviewing Children In And Out Of Court: Current Research And Practice Implications., Karen J. Saywitz, Gail S. Goodman, Thomas D. Lyon

Thomas D. Lyon

What do we know about children's abilities to provide eyewitness testimony? Until recently, scientific data wee surprisingly sparse.  However, beginning in the mid-1980s, the study of child victims/witnesses grew at an astounding rate; now it is a worldwide endeavor. When Melton (1981) published one of the first modern reviews of psychological research on children's testimony, only one contemporary empirical study directly dressing children's eyewitness memory was cited. Today, entire books and journal issues are devoted to research on this topic (e.g., Ceci & Bruck, 1995; Dent & Flin, 1992; Goodman, 1984; Goodman & Bottoms, 1993; Perry & Wrightsman, 1991; Poole …

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Family Systems Theory And Systemic Therapies, Tiffani Kisler Dec 2001

Family Systems Theory And Systemic Therapies, Tiffani Kisler

Tiffani S. Kisler

No abstract provided.

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3. Coming To Grips With Children’S Suggestibility., Karen J. Saywitz, Thomas D. Lyon Dec 2001

3. Coming To Grips With Children’S Suggestibility., Karen J. Saywitz, Thomas D. Lyon

Thomas D. Lyon

When children are asked to describe what they have seen, heard, or experienced,they bring their limitations along with their capabilities to the task. Adults who rely on children's answers must come to grips with theimperfections and inadequacies, as well as the merits and utility, of children'sreports. Some research findings appear to condemn children's re...ports, others champion their competencies. One way to understand thisinconsistency is to align the studies along a continuum.

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5. Support Persons And The Child Witness., Thomas D. Lyon Dec 2001

5. Support Persons And The Child Witness., Thomas D. Lyon

Thomas D. Lyon

American trial courts often rule on motions that children testify in court accompanied by a support· person. Unfortunately, the potential impact of providing a child witness with a support person has not been thoroughly researched.

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6. Applying Suggestibility Research To The Real World: The Case Of Repeated Questions., Thomas D. Lyon Dec 2001

6. Applying Suggestibility Research To The Real World: The Case Of Repeated Questions., Thomas D. Lyon

Thomas D. Lyon

One can discern two parallel trends in the law and the psychology of child witnesses. In the law, appellate courts are beginning to stem the once powerful movement to increase the acceptance of children’s testimony and the admissibility of children’s out-of-court statements. In psychology, experimental psychologists are amassing evidence of the potential unreliability of children’s memory reports. The trends intersect when courts assess the reliability of children’s statements in order to evaluate the competency of child witnesses, to decide whether to admit expert testimony about the suggestibility of children, and to decide whether to admit children’s hearsay.

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Planning And Assessing A Short-Term Study Abroad Program For Undergraduate Students Of Marketing And Business, Ronald Paugh, Amy Kruse, Oscar T. Mcknight Dec 2001

Planning And Assessing A Short-Term Study Abroad Program For Undergraduate Students Of Marketing And Business, Ronald Paugh, Amy Kruse, Oscar T. Mcknight

Oscar T McKnight Ph.D.

Faced with intense global competition, marketing practitioners are requiring business schools to equip students with the requisite international skills and competencies. The authors describe a short-term study abroad program rooted in an experimental learning context using outcomes-based education as a method of assessment for continuous improvement initiatives

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