R Eric Landrum
Biographic Data
| ID | 5378415 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Eric Landrum |
| GIVEN NAMES | R Eric |
| FAMILY NAME | Landrum |
| SIGNATURE | LANDRUM R E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boise State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8735-0569 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Wilbert (“Bill”) James McKeachie (1921–2019)
Memorializes Wilbert ("Bill") James McKeachie (1921-2019). A past American Psychological Association president, Bill's influence was not limited to the psychology community but extended to teachers of all disciplines who cared deeply about how their students could learn most effectively. A noted educational researcher and organizational leader, Bill's research interests were focused in the areas of (a) student motivation (particularly test anxiet…
Measuring Dispositional Humility
Humility is a psychological construct that has not received much empirical attention until recently. This new emphasis on positive psychology and humility has been both conceptual and empirical. The present study had two objectives: to review the literature briefly to verify the importance of humility and its positive perception by others, and to begin to develop a preliminary measure of humility. Results indicated that humility is held in high r…
Faculty Perceptions of Undergraduate Students' Participation in Regional Psychology Conferences
College Students' Study Time
The association of total study time, number of events, time per event ratio, study strategies, and course grades across the semester were examined by linking students' study logs to course performance. There were 37 upper-division and 109 lower-division participants. Students earning As and Bs studied more frequently at the end of the semester but for shorter periods of time than students earning lower grades. Results are discussed in terms of pr…
Production of Negative Transfer in a Problem-Solving Task
72 students solved two problems using a source problem designed to inhibit performance on the target problem relative to baseline performance when the target problem was solved alone. Both source and target problems shared surface similarity but were structurally dissimilar. Negative transfer was found for three different source and target combinations. The decreased performance below baseline for three of the source-target programs provides a re…
Graduate Admissions Criteria in Psychology
Production of Negative Transfer in a Problem-Solving Task
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Satisfaction with College by Traditional and Nontraditional College Students
University students (N=433) were surveyed about their satisfaction with a number of campus services and opportunities. Comparisons between traditional (up to 24 years old) and nontraditional (25 years old and older) students indicated the latter valued learning and school opportunities more and appreciated the efforts of their professors in interacting with them and communicating information. A number of similarities were noted. University admini…
Caffeine Consumption Questionnaire
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Protecting human subjects
Scaling Issues in Faculty Evaluations
148 students were asked to evaluate particular survey questions with scales that varied in number of scale points, type of labeling, and labeling of anchors only vs all scale points. No significant difference was found between variations on 4-and 5-point scales, so these data were collapsed. Analysis indicated that students generated scale-point exemplars significantly better for 4-point scales (96.7%) than for 5-point (87.8%) and 10-point (79.3%…
Implicit Memory Effects When Using Pictures with Children and Adults
Pictorial stimuli were used to investigate implicit- and explicit-memory phenomena in 3 experiments. The general procedure involved the presentation of a series of pictures during a study phase, followed by an implicit-memory test and an explicit-memory test. In the implicit-memory test, participants were presented with picture fragments and were instructed to write down what the fragment looked like. In the explicit-memory test, participants wer…
Experiment Spot-Checks
R. Eric Landrum, Garvin Chastain, Experiment Spot-Checks: A Method for Assessing the Educational Value of Undergraduate Participation in Research, IRB: Ethics & Human Research, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Jul. - Aug., 1995), p. 4
Assessing Students' Library Skills and Knowledge
3 studies were conducted to develop a questionnaire on strategies of library research which showed demonstrable psychometric qualities such as validity and reliability, to aid in assessing the effectiveness of bibliographic instruction of psychology students. In Study 1, 31 undergraduate students were interviewed about their use of the library and the strategies they use when confronted with a paper-writing assignment. In Study 2, the qualitative…
More Evidence in Favor of Three-Option Multiple-Choice Tests
Students from two consecutive semesters were given multiple-choice tests over five units of an undergraduate course in psychology. During the first semester, students were given five 50-question 4-option multiple-choice tests, and during the second semester students were given five 50-question 3-option multiple-choice tests. One-hundred and forty-four (57.6%) of the questions were identical between semesters except for second semester test items …
Identifying Core Concepts in Introductory Psychology
Two studies were conducted in an attempt to establish a core of concepts considered fundamental to introductory psychology courses. Six textbooks were analyzed for concepts that could be considered important to instructors. The six textbooks yielded 5,148 terms and after duplications were eliminated, 2,742 unique terms were organized in a chapter-by-chapter format. 45 psychology instructors rated three chapters each, creating a resource listing o…
Sensitivity of Implicit Memory to Input Processing and the Zeigarnik Effect
Implicit memory is evidenced when a subject benefits from a previous experience without making a conscious effort to recollect that prior experience. In the present study, I examined the sensitivity of implicit memory to two variables: type of input processing and the temporal placement of the implicit memory test. Results indicated that although implicit memory occurred in all conditions, its magnitude was sensitive to both variables. The result…
Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Graduate Admissions Criteria in Psychology
36 undergraduate psychology majors from the University of Wisconsin—Platteville completed a questionnaire by listing what they believed to be relevant criteria in the admissions process for graduate school. Students subsequently rank-ordered by importance each of the criteria they generated. Their list of criteria was similar to those of previous studies; however, the relative importance of the criteria differed substantially between the present …
Maier's (1931) Two-String Problem Revisited
Maier's (1931) Two-String Problem Revisited
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Maier's (1931) Two-String Problem Revisited
Transfer occurs when previous experiences facilitate problem solving, and often experimental subjects are explicitly informed of the connection between earlier source information and the target problem. Spontaneous transfer occurs when subjects are uninformed of the connection between events, yet benefit from the prior experience. Maier's two-string problem was used in four conditions: two conditions providing uninformed “hints” for target soluti…
Degree of Cognitive Impairment and the Dissociation of Implicit and Explicit Memory
One group of normal elderly adults and two groups of cognitively impaired elderly adults were compared on an implicit and an explicit memory task. Degree of impairment affected explicit memory; the mildly and moderately impaired elderly adults demonstrated significantly reduced recognition performance. Degree of impairment also affected implicit memory priming performance, particularly for low frequency items, as measured by a word completion tas…
Implicit Memory Effects When Using Pictures with Children and Adults
Pictorial stimuli were used to investigate implicit- and explicit-memory phenomena in 3 experiments. The general procedure involved the presentation of a series of pictures during a study phase, followed by an implicit-memory test and an explicit-memory test. In the implicit-memory test, participants were presented with picture fragments and were instructed to write down what the fragment looked like. In the explicit-memory test, participants wer…
Maier's (1931) Two-String Problem Revisited
Maier's (1931) Two-String Problem Revisited
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Maier's (1931) Two-String Problem Revisited
Transfer occurs when previous experiences facilitate problem solving, and often experimental subjects are explicitly informed of the connection between earlier source information and the target problem. Spontaneous transfer occurs when subjects are uninformed of the connection between events, yet benefit from the prior experience. Maier's two-string problem was used in four conditions: two conditions providing uninformed “hints” for target soluti…
Degree of Cognitive Impairment and the Dissociation of Implicit and Explicit Memory
One group of normal elderly adults and two groups of cognitively impaired elderly adults were compared on an implicit and an explicit memory task. Degree of impairment affected explicit memory; the mildly and moderately impaired elderly adults demonstrated significantly reduced recognition performance. Degree of impairment also affected implicit memory priming performance, particularly for low frequency items, as measured by a word completion tas…
Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Graduate Admissions Criteria in Psychology
36 undergraduate psychology majors from the University of Wisconsin—Platteville completed a questionnaire by listing what they believed to be relevant criteria in the admissions process for graduate school. Students subsequently rank-ordered by importance each of the criteria they generated. Their list of criteria was similar to those of previous studies; however, the relative importance of the criteria differed substantially between the present …
More Evidence in Favor of Three-Option Multiple-Choice Tests
Students from two consecutive semesters were given multiple-choice tests over five units of an undergraduate course in psychology. During the first semester, students were given five 50-question 4-option multiple-choice tests, and during the second semester students were given five 50-question 3-option multiple-choice tests. One-hundred and forty-four (57.6%) of the questions were identical between semesters except for second semester test items …
Identifying Core Concepts in Introductory Psychology
Two studies were conducted in an attempt to establish a core of concepts considered fundamental to introductory psychology courses. Six textbooks were analyzed for concepts that could be considered important to instructors. The six textbooks yielded 5,148 terms and after duplications were eliminated, 2,742 unique terms were organized in a chapter-by-chapter format. 45 psychology instructors rated three chapters each, creating a resource listing o…
Sensitivity of Implicit Memory to Input Processing and the Zeigarnik Effect
Implicit memory is evidenced when a subject benefits from a previous experience without making a conscious effort to recollect that prior experience. In the present study, I examined the sensitivity of implicit memory to two variables: type of input processing and the temporal placement of the implicit memory test. Results indicated that although implicit memory occurred in all conditions, its magnitude was sensitive to both variables. The result…
Assessing Students' Library Skills and Knowledge
3 studies were conducted to develop a questionnaire on strategies of library research which showed demonstrable psychometric qualities such as validity and reliability, to aid in assessing the effectiveness of bibliographic instruction of psychology students. In Study 1, 31 undergraduate students were interviewed about their use of the library and the strategies they use when confronted with a paper-writing assignment. In Study 2, the qualitative…
Experiment Spot-Checks
R. Eric Landrum, Garvin Chastain, Experiment Spot-Checks: A Method for Assessing the Educational Value of Undergraduate Participation in Research, IRB: Ethics & Human Research, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Jul. - Aug., 1995), p. 4
Implicit Memory Effects When Using Pictures with Children and Adults
Pictorial stimuli were used to investigate implicit- and explicit-memory phenomena in 3 experiments. The general procedure involved the presentation of a series of pictures during a study phase, followed by an implicit-memory test and an explicit-memory test. In the implicit-memory test, participants were presented with picture fragments and were instructed to write down what the fragment looked like. In the explicit-memory test, participants wer…
Protecting human subjects
Scaling Issues in Faculty Evaluations
148 students were asked to evaluate particular survey questions with scales that varied in number of scale points, type of labeling, and labeling of anchors only vs all scale points. No significant difference was found between variations on 4-and 5-point scales, so these data were collapsed. Analysis indicated that students generated scale-point exemplars significantly better for 4-point scales (96.7%) than for 5-point (87.8%) and 10-point (79.3%…
Satisfaction with College by Traditional and Nontraditional College Students
University students (N=433) were surveyed about their satisfaction with a number of campus services and opportunities. Comparisons between traditional (up to 24 years old) and nontraditional (25 years old and older) students indicated the latter valued learning and school opportunities more and appreciated the efforts of their professors in interacting with them and communicating information. A number of similarities were noted. University admini…
Caffeine Consumption Questionnaire
ammonsscientific.com is your first and best source for all of the information you’re looking for. From general topics to more of what you would expect to find here, ammonsscientific.com has it all. We hope you find what you are searching for
Production of Negative Transfer in a Problem-Solving Task
72 students solved two problems using a source problem designed to inhibit performance on the target problem relative to baseline performance when the target problem was solved alone. Both source and target problems shared surface similarity but were structurally dissimilar. Negative transfer was found for three different source and target combinations. The decreased performance below baseline for three of the source-target programs provides a re…
Graduate Admissions Criteria in Psychology
Production of Negative Transfer in a Problem-Solving Task
ammonsscientific.com is your first and best source for all of the information you’re looking for. From general topics to more of what you would expect to find here, ammonsscientific.com has it all. We hope you find what you are searching for
College Students' Study Time
The association of total study time, number of events, time per event ratio, study strategies, and course grades across the semester were examined by linking students' study logs to course performance. There were 37 upper-division and 109 lower-division participants. Students earning As and Bs studied more frequently at the end of the semester but for shorter periods of time than students earning lower grades. Results are discussed in terms of pr…
Faculty Perceptions of Undergraduate Students' Participation in Regional Psychology Conferences
Measuring Dispositional Humility
Humility is a psychological construct that has not received much empirical attention until recently. This new emphasis on positive psychology and humility has been both conceptual and empirical. The present study had two objectives: to review the literature briefly to verify the importance of humility and its positive perception by others, and to begin to develop a preliminary measure of humility. Results indicated that humility is held in high r…
Wilbert (“Bill”) James McKeachie (1921–2019)
Memorializes Wilbert ("Bill") James McKeachie (1921-2019). A past American Psychological Association president, Bill's influence was not limited to the psychology community but extended to teachers of all disciplines who cared deeply about how their students could learn most effectively. A noted educational researcher and organizational leader, Bill's research interests were focused in the areas of (a) student motivation (particularly test anxiet…
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