Psychology is the scientific study of behavior, cognition and emotion. The Santa Clara psychology department believesactions, thoughts and feelings are best understood as the result of psychological, neurological, developmental, social and cultural influences. The composition of the faculty reflects this broad approach, with members who specialize in clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, educational psychology, health psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, learning, neuropsychology, and social psychology.
The psychology department places a strong emphasis on empirical methods of inquiry. All faculty members have active research programs, and we encourage undergraduates to get involved. Each year a large number of our majors present papers at professional conferences, and many students co-author articles in professional journals. Permanent laboratories maintained by the department include a health psychology lab, an animal lab, and a sleep lab.
Submissions from 2008
The Spirituality and Health Institute (SHI) at Santa Clara University: Building productive collaborations on a shoestring budget, Thomas G. Plante
What do the spiritual and religious traditions offer the practicing psychologist?, Thomas G. Plante
What might spirituality and religion offer the contemporary practicing psychologist?, Thomas G. Plante
Cultivating mindfulness:Effects on well-being?, Shauna L. Shapiro, Doug Oman, Carl E. Thoresen, Thomas G. Plante, and Tim Flinders
Prospective study of religious coping among patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation, Allen C. Sherman, Thomas G. Plante, Stephanie Simonton, Umaira Latif, and Elias J. Anaissie
Incorporating religious practice in marital interventions: To pray or not to pray?, Kieran T. Sullivan and Benjamin R. Karney
Faculty attitudes and behaviors concerning student cheating, Rebecca Volpe, Laura Davidson, and Matthew C. Bell
Submissions from 2007
Sleep Quality and the Sleep Electroencephalogram in Women with Severe Premenstrual Syndrome, Fiona C. Baker, Tracey L. Kahan, John Trinder, and Ian M. Colrain
Signal effects on resistance to change in a multiple schedule, Matthew C. Bell, Katharine M. Seip, and Kathleen S. Fitzsimmons
Rediscovering the sense of calling: Promoting greater health, joy, and purpose in life, D. E. Dreher and Thomas G. Plante
Evidence for universality in phenomenological emotion response system coherence, David Matsumoto, John B. Nezlek, and Birgit Koopmann-Holm
The impact of college student immersion service learning trips on coping with stress and vocational identity, Brad A. Mills, Richard B. Bersamina, and Thomas G. Plante
Learning from spiritual models and meditation: A randomized evaluation of a college course, Doug Oman, Shauna L. Shapiro, Carl E. Thoresen, Tim Flinders, Joseph D. Driskill, and Thomas G. Plante
Are people getting crazier?, Thomas G. Plante
Ethical considerations for psychologists screening applicants for the priesthood in the Catholic Church: Implications of the Vatican instruction on homosexuality, Thomas G. Plante
Homosexual applicants to the priesthood: How many and are they psychologically healthy?, Thomas G. Plante
Integrating spirituality and psychotherapy: Ethical issues and principles to consider, Thomas G. Plante
Is psychotherapy a science or a religion? Review of Psychotherapy as religion: The Civil Divine in America by William M. Epstein, Thomas G. Plante
Pathology in and outside the church. Perversion of Power: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church by Mary Gail Frawley-O’Dea, Thomas G. Plante
Spirituality, religion and health: Ethical issues to consider, Thomas G. Plante
Does exercise environment enhance the psychological benefits of exercise for women?, Thomas G. Plante, Carissa Gores, Carrie Brecht, Jessica Carrow, Anne Imbs, and Eleanor Willemsen
Are successful applicants to the Roman Catholic deaconate psychologically healthy?, Thomas G. Plante and Kathleen Lackey
Stop and smell the roses: an activity for teaching the central limit theorem, Erin Schoenfelder, Ryan Olson, Matthew C. Bell, and Karalyn Tom
The influence of lifelong learning on mood, Patricia M. Simone and Amie L. Haas
Increasing retention of women engineering students, Kieran T. Sullivan and Ruth Davis
Predicting the Use of Campus Counseling Services for Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino/Hispanic, and White Students: Problem Severity, Gender, and Generational Status, Kieran T. Sullivan, Lucila Ramos-Sánchez, and Stephanie D. McIver
Submissions from 2006
Homosexual candidates, the seminary and the priesthood, Frank Barry and Thomas G. Plante
Homosexual candidates, the seminary and the priesthood, Frank Barry and Thomas G. Plante
Memory and Perseveration on a Win-Stay, Lose-Shift Task in Rats Exposed Neonatally to Alcohol, Matthew C. Bell and Edward P. Riley
Conflict, learning, and frustration: a dynamic model of conflict over time, Matthew A. Cronin and Katerina Bezrukova
Conclusion: How might we prevent abnormal behavior from occurring and developing?, Thomas G. Plante
Pedophile priests: What do we know about Catholic clergy who sexually victimize minors?, Thomas G. Plante
The psychological assessment of applicants for priesthood and religious life, Thomas G. Plante
Psychological benefits of exercise paired with virtual reality: Outdoor exercise energizes while indoor virtual exercise relaxes, Thomas G. Plante, Cara Cage, Sara Clements, and Allison Stover
Knowing what a novel word is not: Two-year-olds ‘listen through’ ambiguous adjectives in fluent speech, Kirsten Read and Anne Fernald
Influence of attended repetition trials on negative priming in younger and older adults, Patricia M. Simone, Karen Ahrens, Karin Foerde, and Michael J. Spinetta
Cognitive benefits of participation in lifelong learning institutes, Patricia M. Simone and Melinda Scuilli
Invitation to the Table Conversation: A Few Diverse Perspectives on Integration, Natalia Yangarber-Hicks, Charles Behensky, Sally Schwer, Kelly Schimmel Flanagan, Nicholas J.S. Gibson, Mitchell W. Hicks, Cynthia Neal Kimball, Jenny H. Pak, Thomas G. Plante, and Steven L. Porter
Submissions from 2005
Do faultlines hurt or help? exploring distance, identity, task conflict, and individual performance in diverse groups, Katerina Bezrukova, Karen A. Jehn, Elaine Zanutto, and Sherry M.B. Thatcher
Faultlines, faults, and feelings: the effects of subgroup formation and appraisals on emotions in groups, Katerina Bezrukova, Ira Roseman, and John Phebus
Where neurocognition meets the master: Attention and metacognition in Zen, Tracey L. Kahan and Patricia M. Simone
I believe in ethics. This I Believe, Thomas G. Plante
On gay men in the priesthood: Scapegoating gays won't end clergy sex abuse, Thomas G. Plante
Psychological patterns among Roman Catholic clergy accused of sexual misconduct, Thomas G. Plante and Arianna Aldridge
Are successful applicants to the priesthood psychologically healthy?, Thomas G. Plante, Arianna Aldridge, and Christina Louie
Submissions from 2004
Agree or not agree? The role of cognitive and affective processes in group disagreements, Matthew A. Cronin, Katerina Bezrukova, Laurie R. Weingart, and Catherine Tinsley
After the earthquake: Five reasons for hope after the sexual abuse scandal, Thomas G. Plante
Another aftershock: What have we learned from the John Jay College Report?, Thomas G. Plante
Answering the earthquake, Thomas G. Plante
