FALL 2005 Schedule of Events
| DATE: |
EVENT: |
DETAILS: |
Sept. 8
Thursday
11:00 AM - 1 PM
Neuroscience Lab Suite
RMSC224E |
Social & Academic
Welcome Back Luncheon |
"I Know What You Did Last Summer"
Well, you may not know what your fellow psychology majors did last summer
but you WILL know all about it after we share our experiences working in
psychology based jobs, internships, and research laboratories.
If
you worked in a job or had a summer experience that is related to your
psychology major or future occupational goals, then
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM
YOU. This will be an informal sharing after we eat, so just come
prepared to share what you did this summer! We will also welcome our
newest faculty member, Dr. Kara Bopp, and learn about her background and plans
here at Wofford.
Join us for lunch and find out how your fellow students spent their
summer beefing up their psychology resumes! You just might get a
good idea for your next summer job!! |
Sept. 13
Tuesday
8 PM
RMSC 213E |
Social
Movie Night
 |
"As Good As It Gets"
Jack Nicholson is hilariously funny as a compulsive-obsessive, homophobic
romance novelist who is compelled by circumstances to get to know his gay
neighbor (Greg Kinnear) and the waitress who puts up with Nicholson's abuse over
breakfast every morning. Every other week, the Psychology Kingdom hosts a
movie night showing a film with references to the psychology discipline.
Munchies and drinks are provided.
Contact Mo Roberts to suggest a movie. |
Sept. 27
Tuesday
8 PM
RMSC 213E |
Social
Movie Night
 |
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
A new and rebellious patient is brought to a small mental institution where his
antics endear the other patients to him and incur the wrath of the stern and
repressive nurse who runs their ward. Every other week, the Psychology Kingdom hosts a movie night showing a
film with references to the psychology discipline. Munchies and drinks are
provided. Contact Mo Roberts to
suggest a movie. |
Oct. 1
Saturday
8 AM meet to leave in the Psychology Suite |
Social & Academic
University of South Carolina
Grad. School EXPO day |
"Exposition on Graduate Studies in Cognitive Science, Developmental
Psychology, and Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience"
Dr. Reid is organizing an overnight field trip to Columbia to attend the USC
graduate school EXPO for the Cognitive, Developmental, and Behavioral
Neuroscience programs. The EXPO consists of presentations, lab tours, and
even a mock graduate school admissions meeting (see the flyer below for full
details on the schedule)! The group of students that attended this
function last year said that it was a great experience, providing extremely
valuable information about graduate school.
The department will pay for the expenses (travel, registration, hotel, and
food). The expo is from 10 AM to 4 PM but for those who wish to stay
in Columbia overnight, Dr. Reid will be organizing hotel rooms, dinner, and
party for that Saturday night. So, in addition to being a great academic
experience, this will also be a fun social adventure as well!
We need to know SOON who wants to go (either for the day
or overnight) so that we can arrange for carpools, registration, hotel rooms,
and meals. DON'T MISS OUT on this great opportunity to learn
about graduate programs!!! CONTACT DR. REID
ASAP TO
PARTICIPATE!
CLICK HERE FOR A
FLYER WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
Oct. 11
Tuesday
8 PM
RMSC 213E |
Social
Movie Night
 |
"The Matrix"
In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo discovers that all life on Earth
may be nothing more than an elaborate sensory illusion created by a malevolent
cyber-intelligence, for the purpose of placating us while our life essence is
"farmed" to fuel the Matrix's campaign of domination in the "real" world. He
joins like-minded Rebel warriors Morpheus and Trinity in their struggle to
overthrow the Matrix. Every other week, the Psychology Kingdom hosts a movie
night showing a film with references to the psychology discipline.
Munchies and drinks are provided.
Contact Mo Roberts to suggest a movie. |
Oct. 13
Thursday
11 AM
RMSC 201E |
Academic
Graduate School & Career
Opportunities:
Marriage & Family Therapy |
Danielle McCormack (Class of 2003)
Danielle McCormack received her BS degree in psychology from Wofford College in
2003. She was actively involved in the department Conducting research with Dr.
Pittman and Dr. Reid and serving as a laboratory TA. Danielle was the 2002
recipient of the James E. Seegars psychology scholarship as well as the 2003
James E. Seegars Psychology Major Award. After graduation, Danielle worked as a
Mental Health Technician at the Carolina Center for Behavioral Health in Greer,
SC. Her job responsibilities included supervising and leading groups with
adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. After spending a year at Carolina
Center, Danielle began the Educational Specialist degree program in Marriage
and Family Counseling/Therapy at the University of South Carolina in
Columbia. Following the completion of classes such as Introduction to
Counseling, Family Guidance, and Advance Family Guidance, Danielle has recently
began a practica class where a team of students conduct family therapy with real
clients under live supervision. She is also currently enrolled in a Counseling
Through Play class where she conducts play therapy sessions with a child from a
Children’s Home.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM AT USC-Columbia:
The Educational Specialist degree program in Marriage and Family
Counseling/Therapy is designed to meet state requirements for licensure as a
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (L.M.F.T.). Program graduates work
in hospitals, counseling centers, community mental health centers, children's
homes, and some, with licensure, have opened private practices. The academic and
clinical strengths of this program ensure that graduates are license-able in all
states.
LINK TO THE PROGRAM WEBSITE
Each semester, the Psychology Kingdom
selects speakers to bring to campus to share their experiences of graduate
school and career opportunities in fields related to the psychology discipline.
Contact
Dr. Pittman to suggest a specific career or graduate school
opportunity that you would like to learn more about. |
Oct. 15
Saturday
11:30 - 1 PM
Parking Lot E across Cummings Street from the |
Social
Tailgate Party at the VMI Football Game
 |
Buffett Buffet - Parrot Head Tailgate Party!
|
Oct. 24
Monday
Time: 2 PM
RMSC 318E |
Academic
Invited Guest Speaker:
Denise Martz, Ph.D.
Sponsored by the
Wofford College Cultural Affairs Committee
 |
Body Image: Personal, Social and Political.
ABOUT THE TALK: Most research in this field has focused on
individual differences in perceptions, affect, and behaviors associated with
body image and how these are linked to eating disorders. Additionally, we’ve
known that the media’s reflection of American values has powerful effects on the
body image in both females and males. However, only recently have researchers
began to study the social psychology of body image—how one’s body image
influences our self-presentation in social circles, as well as how our friends
influence this personal body image perception. This presentation will feature
how “fat talk” has been studied in ethnographic research and several
experimental studies on our lab. Women’s bodies and how they self-present them
is a personal, cultural, and political phenomenon.
ABOUT THE GUEST:
Dr. Martz is a professor of psychology at
Appalachian State University. She received her BS, MS, and PhD degrees
from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Dr. Martz
teaching interests include Health Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Behavioral
Medicine, and Practica. Her research interests are in eating disorders and
body image, physician-based health promotion, and the treatment of worry.
Visit Dr.
Martz's Web Site |
Oct. 25
Tuesday
8 PM
RMSC 213E |
Social
Movie Night
 |
CHANGE IN MOVIE SHOWING!
"Memento"
Leonard Shelby is a man on a mission - to find and kill the man
who raped and murdered his wife. He's also a man with a problem - the savage
attack also gave him brain damage, and he now suffers from a rare and
untreatable form of memory loss. He knows who he is and recalls everything up to
the incident, but now he can no longer create new memories, meaning he can't
remember people he's met, places he's been or things he's done even fifteen
minutes ago. He's instinctually learned a system to help him - scribbled notes
and photos in his pockets, tattoos all over his body for the really important
clues he discovers - as he struggles through his frustrating handicap to find
vengeance, always unsure of who to trust.
"Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind" will be shown in
the spring semester.
Every other week, the Psychology Kingdom hosts a movie night showing a
film with references to the psychology discipline. Munchies and drinks are
provided. Contact Mo Roberts to
suggest a movie. |
Oct. 26
Wednesday
5-7 PM |
Service
Wofford College Halloween Carnival |
Halloween Carnival Booth: Face Painting
Boo! It's time to help make Halloween special for the boys &
girls of Spartanburg. We will be painting ghosts, jack-o-lanterns, and
"Boo!" on the checks of excited and over-sugared children! Contact
Meaghan Crawley to suggest booth
ideas or volunteer to help! |
Nov. 3
Thursday
6 PM Dinner
7:30 PM Bowling |
Social
Dinner & Bowling |
Student-Organized Social Event
Come join us for dinner and an evening of bowling! Meet for dinner at
Monterrey's Mexican restaurant (149 Fernwood Dr., Spartanburg) at 6 PM.
Individuals responsible for buying their own meals. After dinner at
approximately 7:30 PM, we will head to
STAR LANES bowling (2595 E Main St, Spartanburg) to have some laughs (mainly
at the professors' attempts to bowl) and fun. The psychology kingdom will
paid for the shoe rentals (wear shoes) and bowling fees. Beer is on you.
Questions? Contact
Erin Higgenbotham. See you
there! |
Nov. 8
Tuesday
8 PM
RMSC 213E |
Social
Movie Night
 |
"Minority Report"
Based on the short story by Philip K. Dick, MINORITY REPORT is set in a 2054
Washington D.C. judicial system in which killers are arrested and convicted
before they commit murder using a psychic technology. Tom Cruise is the head of
this Precrime unit and is himself accused of the future murder of a man he
hasn't even met. Every other week, the Psychology Kingdom hosts a movie night showing a
film with references to the psychology discipline. Munchies and drinks are
provided. Contact Mo Roberts to
suggest a movie. |
Nov. 15
Tuesday
11 AM
Olin Theater |
Academic
Invited Guest Speaker:
Alan Spector, Ph.D.
 |
A Neurobehavioral Analysis of Taste Function: Lessons from Rats and
Mice.
ABOUT THE TALK: Everything an animal eats must first pass the
scrutiny of the taste receptors. Thus, taste plays an irrefutable role in
survival. It is also likely that chemosensory systems are complicit in many of
the abnormalities associated with eating and drinking. Rodents have been used as
animal models to understand how the brain encodes and processes taste signals.
However, the neurobiological findings generated in such experiments must
ultimately be linked to the taste-related behavior of the animal. This talk will
focus on ways in which taste sensations in nonverbal animals can be inferred
through the application of properly designed psychophysical tasks. Some examples
of the effects of neural manipulations on taste perception in rodent models will
be discussed.
ABOUT THE GUEST:
Dr. Spector is a professor of psychology at the University of Florida and
assistant director of the University of Florida Center for Smell and Taste.
Dr. Spector received his BS degree from Penn State and his MS and PhD degrees
from the Florida State University. Dr. Spector studies the sense of taste.
Generally, he is interested in how the mammalian nervous system organizes and
processes taste information. Specifically, some of the questions Dr. Spector is
currently pursuing include: 1) how are the relevant features of a chemical
stimulus coded by the nervous system, 2) what portions of the circuitry are
necessary for the maintenance of particular gustatory functions, and 3) how does
taste input interact with other feeding-related signals, both external and
internal, to influence ingestive behavior? Although his interests fall directly
under the rubric of sensory systems, by virtue of the properties of the problem,
Dr. Spector's research is also solidly linked to learning and memory processes,
but in the context of taste function.
Visit Dr.
Spector's Web Site |
Nov. 15
Tuesday
Following the
11 AM talk
Holcomb Room |
Academic
Invited Guest Speaker:
Alan Spector, Ph.D. |
Luncheon with Dr. Alan Spector
During his visit, Dr. Spector will have lunch with an invited group of
students. If you are particularly interested
in his area of research, e-mail
Dr. Pittman to be considered for selection. |
Nov. 29
Tuesday
8 PM
RMSC 213E |
Social
Movie Night
 |
"A Beautiful Mind"
From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash, Jr.
experiences it all. A mathematical genius, he made an astonishing discovery
early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the
handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey
of self-discovery once he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. After many years of
struggle, he eventually triumphed over this tragedy, and finally, late in life,
received the Nobel Prize. Every other week, the Psychology Kingdom hosts a
movie night showing a film with references to the psychology discipline.
Munchies and drinks are provided.
Contact Mo Roberts to suggest a movie. |
Dec. 2
Friday
5:15-8 PM
Location: Upstairs lounge at HUB CITY GRILL
|
Social
Holiday Party |
4th Annual
Psychology
Holiday
Party
We made it to the end of the semester! Bring your joyful spirit and join
us to celebrate the close of the semester and the impending holidays!
Starting at 5:15, we will provide free food and a cash bar in the upstairs
lounge at the Hub City Grill on the corner of Main and Magnolia Streets. |
Dec. 9
Friday
3-5 PM
Olin Theater |
Academic
Student Research Presentations |
Student Science Research Colloquium
Students conducted science research will present their projects to the
campus community. Come support your senior psychology majors who
conducted their senior research thesis this semester and learn about the
different options you have available for conducting your senior research
thesis.
CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF THE
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
|
Dec. 12
Monday |
Honor Member Designation |
Fall Psychology Kingdom Honor members notified.
The designation of "Honor Member of the Psychology Kingdom" is determined
by participation in both academic (at least 3) and social / service (at least 2) events sponsored by the Psychology Kingdom. The
psychology faculty will announce the designations via e-mail. You
may pick up your certificate from Katie Sheorn in the main psychology office.
|
