Clinical and Counseling Psychology at UW-Green Bay

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UW-Green Bay Clinical and Counseling Psychologists

ryanDr. Ryan Martin

Dr. Martin’s research interests include the study of healthy and unhealthy anger in a variety of contexts (e.g., assessment and treatment of anger problems, understanding how anger is expressed online). He manages the anger and violence blog, All the Rage, and hosts the podcast with the same name.  He teaches courses in Abnormal Psychology, Psychology of Emotion, Research Methods in Psychology, and a capstone course on anger and violence.

vespiaDr. Kris Vespia

Dr. Vespia’s research interests include mental health services on college campuses, multiculturalism (e.g., multicultural competence, the intersection of culture and mental health), career development, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. She enjoys working regularly with students in Research Assistantships, Independent Studies, Internships, and Honors Projects.”

 

Social Psychology at UW-Green Bay

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UW-Green Bay Social Psychologists

burnsDr. Kate Burns

Dr. Burns conducts research on stereotypes, emotion, and self-regulation. She is very interested in working with students on research.  She teaches Research Methods, Statistics, and Social Psychology.

 

senzakiDr. Sawa Senzaki

Dr. Senzaki’s research interests lie at the crossroads of cultural, developmental, and social psychology. Her recent project examines the process of cultural transmission from parents to their children in the U.S., Canada, and Japan. She is looking forward to working with students in research assistantships.

smithDr. Christine Smith

Dr. Smith does research on gender, stigma, and relationships, and lesbian and gay issues. Current research interests include partner preferences, weight stigma and body image, and well-being among stigmatized groups.  She teaches Research Methods, Social Psychology, and Psychology of Women.

Phrenology

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Franz Joseph Gall

In the early 1800’s, the German physician Franz Joseph Gall proposed that phrenology could reveal a person’s mental abilities and character traits. The process of phrenology was done by a phrenologist who would observe the bumps on the skull by using their fingertips and palms. They would often measure the overall head size as well. These all would relate these bumps to the 27 “brain organs” that were located under specific areas of the brain. These areas varied in function from being combative or destructive to religiosity.

Phrenology Map

Although looking back on this type of study of the brain
may seem preposterous, it did succeed in focusing
attention on the localization of function. That is the idea that various brain regions have particular functions. Gall was also one of the first to propose that the brain was the organ of the mind and the regions or bumps on the skull related to the personality and character of the individual.

Want to learn more about he history of phrenology? Check out these sites!