Behavioral Psychology
Dr. W. David Stahlman
Classes Taught:
- Fundamentals of Learning & Motivation
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Research Methods for Psychology
- First-Year Seminar: Working on Democracy
- First-Year Seminar: Perspectives on Freedom & Determinism
- Research Seminar in Learning or Cognition
- Independent Research
Research Interests:
- Behavioral variability, problem-solving, and creativity in animal models (e.g., rats).
- How contingencies of phylogeny, ontogeny, and sociogeny produce adaptive organismal behavior.
Favorite Paper Published:
Stahlman, W. D., & Leising, K. J. (2018). The coelacanth still lives: Bringing selection back to the fore in a science of behavior. American Psychologist, 73(7), 918-929. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/amp0000261
Favorite Hobby:
Home brewing