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| Faculty members of the psychology department
have varied backgrounds and interests which are complementary
but diversified to insure a balanced and comprehensive undergraduate
program. Aquinas employs no graduate teaching assistants and
all courses and labs are conducted by experienced professional
faculty. |
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| Dr. Straw's doctoral degree is in General
Theoretical and Developmental Psychology. She has done research
in various areas, primarily involving adjustment issues in adulthood,
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- family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease victims,
- normal changes in cognitive functions of adults,
- hospice care,
- adjustment to widowhood,
- identity development in medical professionals, and
- orientation and mobility for blind older adults.
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| She also has worked with children with developmental
disabilities, and was involved in the creation of the School
of Education's program in Learning Disabilities and the Conductive
Education program. Currently, Dr. Straw is the Chair of the
Psychology Department, and teaches four courses in Developmental
Psychology, as well as Psychology of Personality, and History
& Systems of Psychology. She is the advisor for the Aquinas Chapter of Psi Chi, the national honor society. |
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| Dr.
Bruce Frayman earned his Masters and Doctorate in Psychology
from University of Notre Dame, and is now in his thirtieth year
on the faculty at Aquinas. He applies his expertise in Experimental
Psychology in teaching the department's laboratory-based courses,
including Introduction to Research & Design, Learning &
Memory, Sensation & Perception, and Psychological Tests
& Measurement. Dr. Frayman also supervises the Senior Research
Projects of Psychology Majors. His own research interests include
face recognition, recognition memory, and direct procedures
for scaling attitudes and opinions.
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