Psychology faculty
Terry C. ChiAssistant Professor of Psychology Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
M.A., University of California, Berkeley
B.A., University of Texas 712-707-7329
terry.chi@nwciowa.edu
VPH 305
ProfileSince earning his doctorate from the University of California-Berkeley, Terry Chi has served on the research staff at the University of Southern California, held a research fellowship at Vanderbilt University, and taught at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. His research is in the areas of emotion recognition, the influence of parenting histories, eating disorders, and personality profiles and risk-taking. He also has a strong record of involving students in collaborative research. Articles by Dr. Chi have appeared in peer-reviewed publications that include the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, the Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, and the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. He has also presented papers at the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Research in Child Development, and the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy.
Courses- Psychology Seminar
Psychology Seminar A study of a selected topic.Prerequisites: PSY111 and four additional credits in psychology.(2 or 4 credits, alternate years, consult department) - General Psychology
General Psychology This course is an overview of the field of psychology and includes topics such as biological bases of behavior, learning and memory, motivation and emotion, human development, personality, intelligence, abnormal behavior and therapy. The course emphasizes methodologies including observation, correlational and experimental as they are used in the study of psychology. A major purpose is to have the student struggle with the question, "What is psychology?" Finally, this course provides students with the necessary background in psychology to move on to other more advanced topics in the field.(4 credits) - Research Design and Introductory Statistics
Research Design and Introductory Statistics This course acquaints the student with basic empirical research techniques in the behavioral sciences including political science, psychology, social work and sociology. The course aims to enable the student to function as a conductor and a consumer of behavioral science research. Techniques include: observation, questionnaire and survey, interview, single-subject designs, qualitative research, and experimental and quasi-experimental methodologies. Topics include: descriptive and basic inferential statistics, sampling methods and research ethics. Prerequisites: PSY111, SOC101, PSC101, or PSC105, and fulfillment of the general education math requirement. (4 credits) - Psychology of Personality
Psychology of Personality Includes theories about the dynamics and structure of personality and current research on personality. The course emphasizes psychoanalytic, trait, humanistic and behavioral views of personality.Prerequisites: PSY111, 221, or both PSY224 and 225.(4 credits) - Psychopathology
Psychopathology A study of the disordered personality including theories of causation, diagnosis and characteristics of disorders. The system found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV of the American Psychiatric Association will be followed. Prerequisite: 4 credits of psychology courses. (4 credits) - Introduction to Clinical Psychology
Introduction to Clinical Psychology This course provides a first exposure to the theory and practice of clinical psychology. A major emphasis will be a review of the various theories of psychotherapy. The way in which these theories are applied within professional psychology constitutes a secondary, but strong, emphasis.Prerequisites: PSY111 and eight additional credits in psychology.(4 credits, alternate years, consult department)
Publications and presentations- Wells, K.C., Chi, T.C., Hinshaw, S.P., Epstein, J.N., Pfiffner, L., Nebel-Schwalm, M., Owens, E., & MTA Cooperative Group. (2006). Changes in objectively measured parenting behaviors in the multimodal treatment study of children with ADHD. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 649-657.
- Mikami, A.Y., Chi, T.C., & Hinshaw, S.P. (2004). Behavior ratings and observations of externalizing symptoms: The role of child popularity with adults. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 26, 151-163.
- Chi, T.C. & Hinshaw, S.P. (2002). Mother-child relationships of children with ADHD: The role of maternal depressive symptoms and depression-related distortions. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 30, 387-400.
- Medved, D., Burmeister, J., & Chi, T.C. (2010). Depression and Anxiety as Mediators of the Self-Objectification to Disordered Eating Link. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. 2010, Chicago, IL.
- Gallerani, C., Garber, J., Ciesla, J., & Chi, T.C. (2006). The Predictive Relation between Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence. 2006, San Francisco, CA.
- Chi, T.C. & Cole, D.A. (2005). Modeling the longitudinal covariation between anxiety and depression in children: A synthesis of autoregressive and latent trajectory methods. Paper accepted for presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. April 2005, Atlanta, GA.
- Chi, T.C., Hinshaw, S.P., Arnold, L.E., Hoza, B., Hechtman, L., & Wells, K. (2004). Beyond the depression-distortion hypothesis: Parenting stress incrementally predicts rating bias. Paper accepted for the annual meeting of Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, November 2004, New Orleans, LA.
Professional experience- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
- Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University's Developmental Psychopathology Training Program
- Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University's Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development
- Research Staff, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California
Memberships- Association for Psychological Science
- American Scientific Affiliation
Honors- American Psychological Association Division 53 Junior Faculty Mentoring Award, 2006
- University of California-Berkeley Institute of Human Development Dissertation Award, 2002
- University of California-Berkeley Center for Working Families Dissertation Research Stipend, 2002
- University of California-Berkeley Graduate Fellowship, 1995-1997
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