Faculty Articles

Faculty Scholarship (2006-present)

Elmeligy, K., Nadeau, N., & Byrne, T. (2020) Analysis of short lever-press durations
in rats responding under a fixed-duration schedule. The Psychological Record

Byrne, T. (2019). Control of response duration by delayed reinforcement: A systematic
replication. Behavioural Processes, 167. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2019.1039

Adams, K., & Byrne, T. (2019). Histamine alters environmental place preference in
planaria. Neuroscience Letters, 705, 202–205. doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2019.04.061

Byrne, T., & Sarno, B. (2018). Response duration is sensitive to both immediate and
delayed reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 111(1),
94–115. doi:10.1002/jeab.491

Peck, S., & Byrne, T. (2018). Free-operant discounting: Initial results from an adjusting-
duration procedure. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice.
doi:10.1037/bar0000146

Phu, W., & Byrne, T. (2018). Testimonials on the web: evidence of violations of the ethical and professional compliance code for behavior analysts. Behavior Analysis Research and Practice

Manning, T., Peck, S., & Byrne, T. (2018). Effects of naloxone and caffeine on responding under a progressive-duration Schedule of food delivery. The Psychological Record, 68(1), 39–48. doi:10.1007/s40732-018-0265-4

Valois, M., Peck, S., & Byrne, T. (2017). A comparison of resetting and nonresetting contingencies in progressive-duration schedules. Behavioural Processes. 142, 119-125.

Byrne, T., & Poling, A. (2017). Behavioral effects of delayed timeouts. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 107, 208-217.

Peck, S., & Byrne, T. (2016). Demand in rats responding under duration-based schedules of reinforcement, Behavioral Processes, 128, 47-52.

Gulotta, K., & Byrne, T. (2015). A progressive-duration schedule. Behavioural Processes, 121, 93-97.

McNamara, A.A., Johnson, L.E., Tate, C., Chiang, T, & Byrne, T. (2015) Acquisition of
operant behavior in rats; A retractable-lever procedure. Behavioral Processes, 111, 37-41

Byrne, T., & Poling, A. (In press).  Behavioral effects of delayed timeouts. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Claffey, S. T. (2011, March). Clickers in the classroom: The influence on overall course ratings. Poster presented at Eastern Psychological Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Sandstrom, M. J. & Bartini, M. (2010). Do perceptions of discrepancy between self and group norms contribute to peer harassment at school? Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 32, 217-225.

Claffey, S. T., & Manning, K. R. (2010). Equity but not equality: Commentary on Lachance-Grzela and Bouchard. Sex Roles, 63, 781-785.

Wood, B. T., Worthington, E. L., Jr., Exline, J., Yali, A., Aten, J. D., & McMinn, M. R. (2010). Development, Refinement, and Psychometric Properties of the Attitudes toward God Scale (ATGS-9). Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 2, 3, 148-167.

Wood, B. T., Mcleod, B. D., & Weisz, J. R. (2010). The association between interventions and the quality of the child alliance in usual clinical care. Manuscript in preparation for publication.

Wood, B. T. (2010). A phenomenological investigation of client perceptions of their relationships to co-leaders in process groups. Manuscript in preparation for publication.

Claffey, S. T., & Mickelson, K. D. (2009).  Spousal support and distress: The role of perceived fairness for working mothers. Sex Roles, 60, 819-832.

Jay, T.B. (2009). The utility and ubiquity of taboo words. Perspectives in Psychological Science, 4, 153-161.

Jay, T.B. (2009). Do offensive words harm people? Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 15, 81-101.

Wood, B. T. (2009). Teaching Psychology of Religion: A perspective from a counseling psychology graduate student with a master of theological studies. Psychology of Religion Newsletter, 34, 3, 4-5.

Warren, Z., Etcoff, N., Wood, B. T., Taylor, C., & Marci, C. D., (2009). Preservation of differences in social versus non-social positive affect in children exposed to war. Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 234-242.  

Bartini, M. (2008). An empirical comparison of traditional and web-enhanced classrooms. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 35, 3-11.

Claffey, S. T., & Mickelson, K. D. (2008, July).  Division of household labor and distress: The role of perceived fairness and spillover for working mothers.  Poster presented at the International Association for Relationship Research, Providence, Rhode Island.

Jay, T. B. (2008). The big "A." Esquire, July, p 76, 78.

Jay, T. B., & Janschewitz, K. (2008). The pragmatics of swearing. Journal of Politeness Research: Language, Behavior, Culture, 4(2), 267-288.

Jay, T. B., Caldwell-Harris, C., & King, K. (2008). Recalling taboo and nontaboo words. American Journal of Psychology, 121 83-103.

Janschewitz, K., & Jay, T. B. (2008). Slang. Chicago companion to the child

Claffey, S. T., & Mickelson, K. D. (2007, July).  Division of Household Labor and Distress: The Role of Perceived Fairness for Working Mothers. Poster presented at the International Association of Relationship Research, Boston, Massachusetts.

Mickelson, K. D., & Claffey, S. T. (2007). Mechanisms in the relation between urbanicity and gender on distress. In A. J. Lauber (Ed.), Gender Identity, Psychology, and Lifestyle (pp. 159-194). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Jay, T. B. (2007). Profanity. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences.

Jay, T. B. & Janschewitz, K. (2007). Filling the emotion gap in linguistic theory: Commentary on Potts' expressive dimension. Theoretical Linguistics, 33, 215-221.

Worthington, E. L., Jr., Ripley, J. S., Davis, D., & Wood, B. T. (2007). Forgiveness. In D. Leeming & K. Madden (Eds.), The encyclopedia of psychology and religion. New York: Blanton-Peale Institute, in press.

Bartini, M. (2006). Gender role flexibility in early adolescence: Developmental change in attitudes, self-perceptions, and behaviors. Sex Roles, 55(3-4), 233-245.

Mickelson, K. D., Claffey, S. T., & Williams, S. L. (2006). The moderating role of gender and gender role attitudes on the link between spousal support and well-being. Sex Roles, 55, 73-82.

Jay, T. B., King, K., & Duncan, T. (2006) Memories of punishment for cursing. Sex Roles,  32, 123-133.