Workshop:

Annual Introductory Psychology Forum: What Have I Gotten Myself Into? Teaching Tips for New Intro Teachers • Robert Hendersen, Sandra Goss Lucas, and William Buskist

Workshop:

Teaching Writing Across the (Psychology) Curriculum • Dana Dunn

Workshop:

Catalyze Your Teaching with Pedagogical Research: The Nuts, Bolts, and Ethics of SoTL • Regan Gurung, Marilla Svinicki, and Stephen Behnke

Workshop:

Annual STP Workshop: Best Practices in Using Student Response Systems • Sarah Grison and Robert Bartsch

Concurrent Sessions:

• Cyber Bullying: Conducting the Research and Mentoring the Research Team* • Robin Kowalski
• Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and More: A Beginner's Guide to Incorporating High Impact (and Low Cost) Technology into Psychology Classes* • Robert Feldman
• Should You Write a Psychology Textbook? Almost Everything You Need to Know* • Michael Spiegler
• Components of the Social Brain* • Todd Heatherton
  

Welcoming Remarks

Doug Bernstein, Michael Brannick, and Alan Kraut

Featured Address:

Making Sense of Other's Actions: Psychological Reasoning in Infancy • Renée Baillargeon

Reception for Participants and Their Companions

Complimentary wine, soft drinks, and hot and cold hors d'oeuvres

Annual Dance: The NITOP Hop!

Join your companions and colleagues for an evening of relaxation at the NITOP Dance, beginning at 8:30 pm on Saturday, 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 complimentary snacks.

Concurrent Sessions:

• Debunking Psychology Misconceptions in Introductory Courses: Challenges and Rewards* • Scott Lilienfeld
• Born Elsewhere: Immigration and the College Culture* • Kathleen Stassen Berger
• Should You Write a Psychology Textbook? Almost Everything You Need to Know** • Michael Spiegler
• Cyber Bullying: Conducting the Research and Mentoring the Research Team** • Robin Kowalski
  

Concurrent Sessions:

• Textbooks in Transition: Controversies and Practical Realities* • Wayne Weiten
• Assessing General Education Outcomes in Introductory Psychology* • Susann Doyle-Portillo
• What Research Tells Us about Using Technology in the Classroom - and What to Do about It in Intro Psych!* • Noland White
• Teaching by Doing: Making Research Methods Active and Engaging* • Dana Dunn
  

Concurrent Sessions:

• Our Brothers' and Sisters' Keepers: An Instructor's Guide to Helping, Altruism, and Prosocial Actions* • Louis Penner
• "Dr. King, When Do We Get to Psychology?" Getting Students Excited about the Science of Introductory Psychology* • Laura King
• Teaching Psychology and Ethics: An Overview of APA's Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct* • Stephen Behnke
• Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and More: A Beginner's Guide to Incorporating High Impact (and Low Cost) Technology into Psychology Classes** • Robert Feldman
  

General Session:

From the Shipping Department: On Delivering Psychological Science to Students and the General Public • David Myers

Evening General Session:

Blueprint for the Future: An Update from the National Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology • William Buskist, Dana Dunn, David Daniel, Linh Littleford, Regan Gurung, Bob Hendersen, and Robin Hailstorks

Social Hour

Concurrent Sessions:

• Debunking Psychology Misconceptions in Introductory Courses: Challenges and Rewards** • Scott Lilienfeld
• When Children's Play Is Not Child's Play: Naturalistic Observation in Child Development* • Dana Gross
• Born Elsewhere: Immigration and the College Culture** • Kathleen Stassen Berger
• Our Brothers' and Sisters' Keepers: An Instructor's Guide to Helping, Altruism, and Prosocial Actions** • Louis Penner

Concurrent Sessions:

• Teaching Multiculturalism without Promoting Stereotypes: Heterogeneity within Cultural Groups* • Andy Pomerantz
• Assessing General Education Outcomes in Introductory Psychology** • Susann Doyle-Portillo
• The Benefits of Using Excel-Based Homework That Grades Itself* • Geoffrey Turner
• Teaching Psychology and Ethics: An Overview of APA's Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct** • Stephen Behnke

Concurrent Sessions:

• Textbooks in Transition: Controversies and Practical Realities** • Wayne Weiten
• CYA: Designing and Assessing Applied Learning Experiences to Minimize Risk Exposure* • Kelly Henry and James Bargar
• Fostering a Mastery Goal Orientation in the Classroom* • Marilla Svinicki
• What Research Tells Us about Using Technology in the Classroom—and What to Do about It in Intro Psych!** • Noland White
  

General Session:

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Sleep, but Were Too Tired to Ask • James Maas

Concurrent Sessions:

• Teaching Multiculturalism without Promoting Stereotypes: Heterogeneity within Cultural Groups** • Andy Pomerantz
• CYA: Designing and Assessing Applied Learning Experiences to Minimize Risk Exposure** • Kelly Henry and James Bargar
• Fostering a Mastery Goal Orientation in the Classroom** • Marilla Svinicki
• Components of the Social Brain** • Todd Heatherton
  

Concurrent Sessions:

• The Benefits of Using Excel-Based Homework That Grades Itself** • Geoffrey Turner
• Teaching by Doing: Making Research Methods Active and Engaging** • Dana Dunn
• "Dr. King, When Do We Get to Psychology?" Getting Students Excited about the Science of Introductory Psychology** • Laura King
• When Children's Play Is Not Child's Play: Naturalistic Observation in Child Development** • Dana Gross
  

Closing Session:

When Helping Hurts: Teaching as Co-Dependency • David Daniel