APA 2005

Division 34 APA Convention Program
Washington, DC

Symposium: Environmental Psychology from a Pragmatist Perspective

Thursday August 18, 2005; 10:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Washington Convention Center, Meeting Room 155, Session 1110
CoChairs: Harry Heft, Ph.D. & Susan Saegert, Ph.D.

Theoretical Windows into the Development of Responsible Environmental Behavior - Louise Chawla, Ph.D.; Social Affordances: Connecting Social Capital and Ecological Psychology -
Nicole Schaefer-McDaniel, MA; Being There Together: Implications of Pragmatism for Environmental Psychological Research – Susan Saegert, Ph.D.; Environmental Preference and the Spectator Approach to Perceiving – Harry Heft, Ph.D.

Symposium: Remaking a Native-Place in a Colonized World – Identity and Symbolism

Thursday August 18, 2005; 2:00 PM – 3:50 PM
Washington Convention Center, Meeting Room 149B, Session 1267
CoChairs: Joseph B. Juhasz, Ph.D. & Lynn Paxson, MA

Making a Native Place in the Heart of the Capital – Joseph B. Juhasz, Ph.D. & Lynn Paxson, MA; Spirit of Place in the Design of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian – Theodore S. Jojola, Ph.D.; Discussants: Ruben O. Martinez, Ph.D. & Theodore R. Sarbin, Ph.D.

Discussion: Human Beings’ Emotional, Therapeutic, and Spiritual Relationship with Nature

Thursday August 18, 2005; 7:00 PM – 7:50 PM
Washington Convention Center, Meeting Room 155, Session 1347
Chair: Alane S. Brown, Ph.D.

Paper Session: Environment, Risk, Aging and Behavior

Friday Aug. 19, 2005; 2:00 PM – 3:50 PM
Washington Convention Center, Meeting Room 155, Session 2255
Chair: Jan L. Hitchcock, Ph.D.

Individual Variations in Environmental-Risk Perceptions – Jan. L. Hitchcock, Ph.D.; Wilderness Purism and Visitor Behavior in a Wilderness Area – Alane S. Brown, Ph.D.; Using Injunctive and Descriptive Normative Messages to Evoke Desirable Action – Patricia L. Winter, Ph.D.; Inviting Optimistic Attributions about Loneliness in Later-Life With Pervasive Computing – Margaret E. Morris, Ph.D.; Discussant: John R. Aiello, Ph.D.

Invited Address: Population and Islam: The View from Iran

Friday Aug. 19, 2005; 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM
Washington Convention Center, Meeting Room 208, Session 2321
Invited Address: Henry P. David, Ph.D.

Chair & Discussant: Lawrence Severy, Ph.D.

Symposium: Psychologists in Zoos: Effective Collaborative Research Programs

Saturday Aug. 20, 2005; 9:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Washington Convention Center, Meeting Room 154B, Session 3082
CoChairs: Susan D. Clayton, Ph.D. & Ethel Tobach, Ph.D.

Using Zoo Programs to Train Comparative and Other Psychologists – Ethel Tobach, Ph.D.; Fostering Care: Can Cross-Cultural Research Lead to a Truly Effective Conservation Education Curriculum? – Sarah M. Bexell, MA; Effects of Animal Exhibits on Zoo Visitor Responses to Animals and Their Needs - Susan D. Clayton, Ph.D.; Adult Memories of Childhood Zoo Outings – Carla A. Bluhm, Ph.D.

Invited Address: Couple Contraception and STI Prevention Decision Making: United States and India

Saturday Aug. 20, 2005; 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Washington Convention Center, Meeting Room 149B, Session 3146
Invited Address: Lawrence Severy, Ph.D.
Chair and Discussant: Henry P. David, Ph.D.

Executive Committee Meeting: Division 34

Saturday Aug. 20, 2005; 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM
Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, Meeting Room 7, Session 3224
Chair: Gregory Wilmoth, Ph.D.

Presidential Address: An Information Model of Privacy Applied to Reproductive Behaviors

Saturday Aug. 20, 2005; 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM
President: Gregory Wilmoth, Ph.D.
Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, Meeting Room 5, Session 3245

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Business Meeting: Division 34

Saturday Aug. 20, 2005;3:00 PM – 3:50 PM
Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, Meeting Room 5, Session 3281
Chair: Gregory Wilmoth, Ph.D.

Symposium: Teaching the Psychology of Environmental Problems: Context, Curriculum, and Course

Sunday Aug. 21, 2005; 9:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Washington Convention Center, Meeting Room 148, Session 4065
Chair: Deborah D. Winter, Ph.D.

Environmental Psychology in Rocky Mountain National Park: An Undergraduate Course – Donna K. McMillan, Ph.D.; Educational Expeditions: Using Field Experiences in an Ecopsychology Course – Britain A. Scott, Ph.D.; Ecological Psychology at Willamette University – Susan M. Koger, Ph.D.; Teaching the Psychology of Environmental Problems - Deborah D. Winter, Ph.D.
Ecopsychology as Social Transformation Taught in a Distance Learning Format – Linda Riebel, Ph.D.

Paper Session: Environmental Issues and Mental Health

Sunday Aug. 21, 2005; 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Washington Convention Center, Meeting Room 148, Session 4114
Chair: Gregory Wilmoth, Ph.D.

Severe Weather Phobia – Aaron Less, BS, John S. Westefeld, Ph.D., Tim Ansley, Ph.D., & Hyun Sook Yi, BS; Culture, Quality of Life, and Depression in a Native American Population – Gayle S. Morse, Ph.D., Marilyn Stern, Ph.D., Richard F. Haase, Ph.D., Azara L Santiago-Rivera, Ph.D., David O. Carpenter, MD, Alice Tarbell, BS, & R.H. Redowl, Ph.D.; The Sky is Falling: Reminders of Death Affect Environmental Attitudes – Jason M. Glushakow, BS, Florette Cohen, MA & John R. Aiello