Thomas Spalding, PhD
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Arts - Psychology Dept
- spalding@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-7778
- Address
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P-581 Bio Science - Psychology Wing
11355 - Saskatchewan DriveEdmonton ABT6G 2E9
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Concepts Conceptual Combination Compound Words and Morphology
Research
My research interests are broad, but all relate to the issue of how people combine information in the course of learning, comprehension, and inference. This overarching interest has led to research on psychology and philosophy of concepts, conceptual combination, memory, psycholinguistics of compound word processing, mathematical modelling and statistics, analytic reading, and expository writing.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=_oNMOioAAAAJ&scilu
Courses
PSYCH 400 - Honors Seminar II
A continuation of PSYCH 300, with an emphasis on the development of professional skills. Topics include the new information technologies, the publication process, ethical issues, and the application of research findings to real-world problems. Prerequisite: PSYCH 300. Restricted to, and required of, fourth-year students in the Arts Honors Psychology program. [Faculty of Arts]
PSYCH 409 - Honors Seminar II
A continuation of PSYCH 309, with an emphasis on the development of professional skills. Topics include the new information technologies, the publication process, ethical issues, and the application of research findings to real-world problems. Prerequisite: PSYCH 309 and a committed Thesis Supervisor and approval of the Psychology Honors Advisor. Restricted to, and required of, fourth-year students in the Science Honors Psychology program. [Faculty of Science]
PSYCH 413 - Design and Analysis of Experiments in Psychology
Provides the background necessary to design and analyze data in any area of experimental psychology and prepares students to conduct original research. Topics include sampling distributions and hypothesis testing; issues in and analysis of between-subjects, within-subjects, and mixed designs; trend analysis; planned and post hoc comparisons; fixed and random effects factors; and efficiency and power of various experimental designs. Prerequisite: STAT 141 or 151 or 161 or SCI 151 and any 300-level PSYCH. [Faculty of Science]