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ANNUAL REPORT OF PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Reporting Period: September 1972 to September 1973.
I. Faculty Honors: |

Dr. T. E. Long was made president-elect of the North Carolina Psychological ees
Association--to serve as president for the term 1974-75.

Dr. T. E. Long was appointed by the Governor of North Carolina to the North
Carolina Board of Examiners of Practicing Psychologists.

Dr. Dennis Roberts was on a panel at a workshop at the North Carolina
Advancement School in Winston-Salem. The workshop focused on the characteristics,
causes, and treatment of underachievement in learning.

pu ies Hazel Stapleton was the principal speaker at the annual meeting of the
f Virginia Medical Records Association at Natural Bridge, Virginia.

Dr. C. H. Moore presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Southeastern
A Netra a Association in New Orleans. He spoke on Induced Anxiety.
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7 Dr. C. C. Mitchell was a member of a symposium presented at the annual meeting
BY of the Southeastern Psychological Association in New Orleans.

Dr. C. C. Mitchell was elected Chairman of the Association of Eastern North
Carolina Psychologists. : a

Capea Oe. T. E. Long was a member of a symposium presented at the annual meeting
of the Southeastern Psychological Association in New Orleans.

Dr. W. F. Grossnickle moderated a symposium at the annual meeting of the
Southeastern Psychological Association in New Orleans.

Dr. W. F. Grossnickle was appointed to the Faculty Assembly of the Greater
University of North Carolina.

Dr. W. F. Grossnickle conducted a Psi Chi Workshop for students and faculty
advisors at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association
in New Orleans.

Dr. W. F. Grossnickle was principal speaker at a meeting of the supervisors
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Mrs. Myree Hayes was appointed chairman of the Pitt County Mental Health Board.

Mrs. Myree Hayes was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of the
Learning Institute of North Carolina.

Dr. Betty Jane Corwin was appointed by the State Department of Public
Instruction to formulate requirements for competency based certification
for school psychologists.

II. Publications:
Dr. Larry W. Means:
Woodruff, M. L., Means, . W., and Isaacson, R. L. Deficient go, no-go

brightness discrimination following hippocampal lesions. Physiological
Psychology. | !

Means, L. W., Huntley, D. H., Anderson, H. P., and Harrell, T. H.
Disruption of acquisition and retention of a visual-tactile discrimination
task in rats with dorsomedial thalamic lesions. Behavioral Biology.

Walker, D. W. and Means, L. W. The effect of an interpolated task during
the intertrial interval on single alternation performance in rats with
hippocampal lesions. Behavioral Biology.

Dr. Rosina Lao:

Internal-External Control and Competent and Innovative Behavior Among
Negro College Students. Published in Psychology and Social Issues,
Hamsher and Sigall, editors. |

III. Student Honors:

James William East, a psychology major, was admitted to the World Campus
Afloat--Chapman College for a study voyage to ports in Africa and Asia.

David T. House, III was named to Who's Who.

Patricia Clarke and Ronald Howard were honored by the local chapter of
Phi Beta Kappa.

Ronald M. Howard graduate summa cum laude.
Jane L. Rayford Beaman graduated magna cum laude.
Monty G. Grubb graduated magna cum laude.

Karen Bumgardner was appointed to serve as Affiliate Representative to
the North Carolina Psychological Association.

Katherine Green, a graduate student, was a participant in a symposium
at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association.
The symposium centered around the six-month internship, an integral
part of the graduate program in clinical and school psychology at East
Carolina University. 2

Ronald Howard and Mary Margaret Kelly were awarded Psi Chi Scholarships.

IV.

Grants:

-Dr. Larry W. Means was awarded $990 to support research to discover

amphetimine drugs can restore memory when the brain's retention cells
have been damaged or destroyed. The grant was from the North Carolina
United Community Services.

Miscellaneous:
Dr. Clinton R. Prewett resigned as chairman of the Department, a post
he had held for 16 years. | |

The Psychology Department's graduate program in clinical psychology was
recently recognized and described in a book "The Revolution in Professional
Training: A Review of Innovative Programs for the Training of Professional
Psychologists." This was published by the National Council on Graduate
Education in Psychology.