Behavioral Psychology

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Dr. W. David Stahlman

wdstahlm@umw.edu

(540) 654- 1560

Mercer 327

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:

A research paper titled "The Coelacanth Still Lives: Bringing Selection Back to the Fore in a Science of Behavior"

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