Contact Information:

Year

2007

Program

Social Psychology

Advisor

Dr. Keith Markman

Education

M.A. (Present) Social Psychology Ohio University B. A. (2005): Psychology Purdue University

Research Interests

My research splinters into two areas. My primary research area concerns intuition-based performance. Within this field I study how factors such as analytical mindsets, confidence, or affect alter one's ability to rely on intuition. My second area of research concerns police interrogations and false confessions. Specifically, I research how the ability of an observer to notice coercive techniques is moderated through different camera perspectives or perseverance effects.

Publications

Lassiter, D., Lindberg, M., Pinegar, S., & Ware, L. (2009). Understanding the False Confession Phenomenon. In S. Diamond (Ed.), Compelling Confessions: The Politics of Personal Disclosure. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.

Snyder, C. J., Lassiter, G. D., Lindberg, M. J., & Pinegar S. K. (2009). Videotaped interrogations and confessions: Does a dual camera approach yield unbiased and accurate evaluations? Behavioral Sciences and Law, 27, 1-16.

Wahl, S., Pinegar, S.K., Rowe, R., Oaks, H. Dodge, M., Dickman, E., & Anderson, K.B. (2003). Neither George Bush nor Saddam Husseim: for a Humanist world. American Sociological Association, 24, 2, 2.

Presentations

Lassiter, D.W., Snyder, C.J., Lindberg, M.J. & Pinegar, S.P. (2008, March). Does a Dual-Camera Approach Produce Unbiased and Accurate Evaluations of Videotaped Interrogations/ Confessions? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Jacksonville, FL.

Outten, H.R., Pinegar, S.K. & Schmitt M.T. (2007, May). History shaping present beliefs? Perceptions of U.S. history and social dominance orientation as predictors of hierarchy-legitimizing beliefs. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Northwest Cognition and Memory, Burnaby, BC.

Pinegar, S.K. & Markman, K. D. (2010). Does Analytical Thinking Worsen Intuition-Based Performance? Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Pinegar, S. K., Lassiter, G.D., & Markman, K. D. (2009, Feb). Implications of Analytical Mind-Set Activation for Intuition-Based Performance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Personality, Tampa, FL.

Pinegar, S. K., Markman, K. D., & Lassiter, G.D. (2010, Feb). Analytical Thinking Undermines Implicit Learning. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Personality, Las Vegas, NV.

Honors and Awards

Midwestern Psychological Association Graduate Student Paper Award (2010) – Memory, Cognitive, & Cognitive Development

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate-Level Courses Statistics for the Behavioral Scientist (Spring 2010)

High School-Level Courses English as a Foreign Language (2005-2006)

Beginner and Advance Classes for Sophomore Class English as a Foreign Language (2005-2006)

Beginner and Advance Classes for Junior Class