January 3, 2008, Thursday
7:30 am Continental Breakfast
7:30 am–5 pm Registration
8–10 am

Workshop:

Annual STP Workshop: But I Really Tried! Designing Your Classes So That Students Can See the Link between Their Effort and Their Outcomes • Tracy Zinn
8–10 am

Workshop:

Departmental Strategies for Coping with More Students and Majors • Lee McCann and Barry Perlman
9 am–noon

Workshop:

Taking It to the Streets: How to Give Psychology Away and Become a Local Media Hero • Bill Altman, Ken Bordens, Jill Shultz, and Rhea Farberman
10–11:30 am

Workshop:

Annual Introductory Psychology Forum: Drawing Students into a Psychology Frame of Mind: Challenging Beliefs and Broadening Perspectives • Bob Hendersen, Sandra Goss Lucas, and Bill Buskist
1–2:15 pm Participant Idea Exchange I
2:30– 3:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions:

  • The Two Revolutions in Psychology: How Technology Will Change What We Teach, and How* • Art Kohn
  • Why Innocents Confess* • Saul Kassin
  • Active Learning Strategies: Get Students Engaged!* • Ellen Pastorino
  • Recent Advances in Biopsychology* • Joel Shenker
 Abstracts of all presentations by invited speakers will be included with the registration materials in order to assist you in your selection of sessions and to provide valuable information about sessions you are unable to attend. Also, you are invited to record any sessions, with the permission of the speaker.
3:45–5:15 pm Book and Software Displays and Poster Session I
5:30 pm

Welcoming Remarks

Doug Bernstein, Emanuel Donchin, and Alan Kraut
6 pm

Featured Address:

Thinking about Risks: Sex, Drugs, and International Terrorism • Baruch Fischhoff

7:15– 8:30 pm

Reception for Participants and Their Companions

Complimentary wine, soft drinks, and hors d'oeuvres
8:30pm– 11:30pm

Annual Dance: The NITOP Hop!

Join your companions and colleagues for an evening of relaxation at the 16th Annual NITOP Dance, beginning at 8:30 pm on Thursday, following the featured address and the reception for participants and their companions. The Bob Floyd Show Company will entertain with a wide variety of music. Join in the dancing or simply enjoy the show! Admission is free to all participants and their companions and families; there will be a cash bar and snacks will be provided.

January 4, 2008, Friday
7:30–8:30 am Buffet Breakfast
8:30–9:30 am

Concurrent Sessions:

  • Using Visual Displays to Teach Critical Thinking: From Lies to Insights* • Susan Nolan and Tom Heinzen
  • Not Just Another Course: Making Abnormal Psychology Matter to Your Students* • James Hansell
  • New Developments in Behavior Genetics for Introductory and Developmental Psychology* • Benjamin Lahey
  • Why You Need a Brain to Teach Psychology* • Erika Rosenberg
9:45–10:45 am

Concurrent Sessions:

  • How to Teach beyond Nature and Nurture* • Greg Feist
  • Teaching the Psychology of Terrorism* • Linda Woolf
  • Creating Critical Consumers of Information in the Introductory Psychology Classroom* • Laura Namy
  • Experts Make Mistakes: The Impact of Top-Down Processes on Fingerprint Identification* • Itiel Dror
10:45–11:15 am Coffee Break
11:15–12:15 pm

Concurrent Sessions:

  • Classroom Demonstrations for Promoting Active Learning and Critical Thinking* • Doug Bernstein
  • Recent Advances in Developmental Psychology: Inside the Adolescent Brain* • Larry Steinberg
  • How Technology Can Drive Inquiry: Web 2.0 and Its Applications* • John Mitterer
  • Applying Perception Research in the Detection of Threat Items in X-Ray Images* • Nick Donnelly
12:15 pm Buffet Lunch
1:45–3 pm

General Session:

Culture and the Teaching of Psychology • David Matsumoto
3:15–4:30 pm Participant Idea Exchange II
4:30–6 pm Book and Software Displays and Poster Session II
7:30–8:30 pm

Evening General Session:

Why William James Never Revised His Introductory Psychology Textbook: A History of the Teaching of Psychology • Ludy Benjamin
8:30–10 pm

30/20 Anniversary Party Hosted by The Tradewinds

Participants are invited to a reception celebrating the 30th Anniversary of NITOP and the 20th consecutive NITOP at The TradeWinds. The reception will be sponsored by The TradeWinds as a thank-you to NITOP for their partnership in hosting the last 20 conferences at The TradeWinds Island Grand Hotel.

January 5, 2008, Saturday
7:30–8:30 am Buffet Breakfast
8:30–9:30 am

Concurrent Sessions:

  • Active Learning Strategies: Get Students Engaged!** • Ellen Pastorino
  • The Value of Psychology 101 in a Liberal Arts Education* • Peter Gray
  • Not Just Another Course: Making Abnormal Psychology Matter to Your Students** • James Hansell
  • How to Teach beyond Nature and Nurture** • Greg Feist
9:45–10:45 am

Concurrent Sessions:

  • Recent Advances in Biopsychology** • Joel Shenker
  • Introductory Psychology as a Tapestry: Stronger with Multicultural Threads* • Vivian Hamilton
  • Recent Advances in Developmental Psychology: Inside the Adolescent Brain** • Larry Steinberg
  • Experts Make Mistakes: The Impact of Top-Down Processes on Fingerprint Identification** • Itiel Dror
10:45–11:15 am Coffee Break
11:15 am–12:15 pm

Concurrent Sessions:

  • Why Innocents Confess** • Saul Kassin
  • How Technology Can Drive Inquiry: Web 2.0 and Its Applications** • John Mitterer
  • Creating Critical Consumers of Information in the Introductory Psychology Classroom** • Laura Namy
  • Why You Need a Brain to Teach Psychology** • Erika Rosenberg
12:15 pm Buffet Lunch
1:45–3 pm

General Session:

From Selfish Genes to Social Brains • John Cacioppo

3:15–4:30 pm Participant Idea Exchange III
4:30–6 pm Book and Software Displays and Poster Session III
6–8 pm Software Displays / Ad Hoc Group Meetings

January 6, 2008, Sunday
7:30–8:30 am Buffet Breakfast
8:30–9:30 am

Concurrent Sessions:

  • Using Visual Displays to Teach Critical Thinking: From Lies to Insights** • Susan Nolan and Tom Heinzen
  • Classroom Demonstrations for Promoting Active Learning and Critical Thinking** • Doug Bernstein
  • The Two Revolutions in Psychology: How Technology Will Change What We Teach, and How** • Art Kohn
  • The Value of Psychology 101 in a Liberal Arts Education** • Peter Gray
9:35–10:35 am

Concurrent Sessions:

  • New Developments in Behavior Genetics for Introductory and Developmental Psychology** • Benjamin Lahey
  • Applying Perception Research in the Detection of Threat Items in X-Ray Images** • Nick Donnelly
  • Introductory Psychology as a Tapestry: Stronger with Multicultural Threads** • Vivian Hamilton
  • Teaching the Psychology of Terrorism** • Linda Woolf
10:45 am Closing Remarks and Announcement of Awards • Doug Bernstein
11 am–Noon

Closing Session:

Applying the Science of Learning in the Classroom • Diane Halpern

* Session to be repeated
** Repeat of an earlier session