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John Chancey of the OU MOVE Lab presented their study Examining the Effects of Single-Shot Mindfulness Intervention on Conceptual Change at AERA 2019. Congratulations! Examining the Effects of Single-Shot Mindfulness Intervention on Conceptual Change Abstract Our research explored whether a single-shot mindfulness intervention combined with refutation text would facilitate conceptual change. Study one addressed Genetically Modified Foods, while study two addressed human-induced climate change.  We used Dole and Sinatra’s (1998) Cognitive Reconstruction of Knowledge Model (CRKM) to Read more…

Congratulations to John Chancey, who passed their General Exams! After receiving feedback from the doctoral committee, John’s plan is to begin development of his dissertation proposal and begin data collection by Fall 2019.

Ben Heddy at APA chaired a session on the Evolution of Educational Psychology. The session also included Avi Kaplan, Jeff Greene, and Cynthia Hudley.

John Chancey, along with Ben Heddy, gave a poster presentation at the 2018 American Psychological Association Convention with their research, Mindfully Changing Minds: the influence of mindfulness on conceptual change. Abstract This research project is the first step in a program of research designed to explore the relationship between mindfulness and conceptual change. Using a pre- and posttest design, our research explored whether a mindfulness intervention combined with reading a refutation text could facilitate conceptual Read more…

LaVonya Bennett, along with Ben Heddy, presented at the 2018 American Psychological Association Convention with their research on police brutality and the role insidious trauma. They explored this phenomenon through critical race theory and an intersectionality theoretical frameworks.   Abstract Existing literature has explored the actions and perceptions of police (Chaney & Robertson, 2013; Aymer, 2016; Hall, Hall, & Perry, 2016, Staggers-Hakim, 2016), the effects of oppression (Comas-Diaz, 2000), and racial trauma (Carter, 2007; Comas-Diaz, Read more…