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 2007
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
Bishops behaving badly: Ethical considerations regarding the clergy abuse crisis in the Roman Catholic Church, Thomas G. Plante
Conclusion: What do we know and where do we need to go?, Thomas G. Plante
Introduction to Sin against the Innocents: Sexual Abuse by Priests and the Role of the Catholic Church, Thomas G. Plante
Moral friends can help each other create a more humans, just, and ethical world, Thomas G. Plante
Pretty much everything you wanted to know about psychotherapy, and then some. Review of Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy, Thomas G. Plante
Priests are not the only abusers: Report should be wake-up call for all of society, Thomas G. Plante
Sexual abuse by Catholic priests – Next steps, Thomas G. Plante
The association between strength of religious faith and coping with American terrorism regarding the events of September 11, 2001, Thomas G. Plante and Erika L. Canchola
The sexual abuse crisis in the Roman Catholic Church: What psychologists and counselors should know, Thomas G. Plante and Courtney Daniels
Predictors of participation in premarital prevention programs: The health belief model and social norms, Kieran T. Sullivan, Lauri A. Pasch, Tara Cornelius, and Ellen Cirigliano
Submissions from 2003
Examining ethnic faultlines in groups: a multimethod study of demographic alignment, leadership profiles, coalition formation, intersubgroup conflict and group outcomes, Katerina Bezrukova and Karen A. Jehn
The role of group values in the relationship between group faultlines and performance, Katerina Bezrukova and Karen A. Jehn
Influence of a Sleeping Verses Waking Retention Interval on Spatial Visual Auditory Memory Performance, Meghan Frey, Mariah Graca, Holly Hem, Cynthia Hoffman, and Tracey L. Kahan
Clergy sexual abuse and the Catholic Church: What do we know and where do we need to go?, Thomas G. Plante
Psychological consultation with the Roman Catholic Church: Integrating who we are with what we do, Thomas G. Plante
“Won’t you be my neighbor?” Mr. Rogers as an ethical model, Thomas G. Plante
