Laura L . Finken, PhD

Associate Professor

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Contact

College of Arts and Sciences
Psychology
HLSB - Hixson Lied Science Building - 311

Laura L . Finken, PhD

Associate Professor

Research Focus

Decision Making, Adolescent Risk Taking, and the Social, Personality, and Cognitive Factors related to Sexual Orientation Prejudice

Department

Psychological Science

Position

Associate Professor

Books

  • Handbook of the Teaching of Psychology
    Finken Laura L, Teaching Human Sexuality [Book Chapter] 2006
  • The handbook of the teaching of psychology
    Finken Laura L., Teaching controversial psychology topics: Teaching human sexuality [Book Chapter] 2006
  • The development of judgment and decision making in children and adolescents
    Finken Laura L., The role of consultants in adolescents' decision making: A focus on abortion decisions [Book Chapter] 2005

Publications

  • The International journal for the psychology of religion
    Budesheim Thomas, etal How Religiousness Increases and Decreases Prejudice: The Mediating Roles of Religious Fundamentalism and Religious Ethnocentrism, p. 1 - 15 2024
  • Teaching of Psychology
    Khanna Maya M., etal Short- and Long-Term Effects of Cumulative Finals on Student Learning
    40:3, p. 175 - 182 2013
  • International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
    Leak Gary K., etal The relationship between the constructs of religiousness and prejudice
    21:1, p. 43 - 62 2011
  • The prevention researcher
    Finken Laura, 'What Should I Do?' How Consultants Impact Adolescents' Risky Decisions
    16:2, p. 12 - 16 2009
  • Teaching of Psychology
    Finken Laura L., The complexity of student responses to in-class debates in a human sexuality course
    30:3, p. 263 - 265 2003
  • Teaching of Psychology
    Finken Laura L., etal A comparison of progressive and two-draft writing assignments in introductory psychology courses
    30:3, p. 246 - 248 2003
  • Journal of Quantitative Criminology
    Osgood D. W., etal Analyzing multiple-item measures of crime and deviance II: Tobit regression analysis of transformed scores
    18:4, p. 319 - 347 2002
  • Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality
    Finken Laura L., The impact of a human sexuality course on anti-gay prejudice: The challenge of reaching male students
    14:1, p. 37 - 46 2002
  • American educational research journal
    Jacobs Janis E., etal The Career Plans of Science-Talented Rural Adolescent Girls
    35:4, p. 681 - 704 1998
  • Journal of adolescent research
    Finken Laura, etal Consultant choice across decision contexts: Are abortion decisions different?
    11:2, p. 235 - 260 1996
  • Educational gerontology
    Finken Laura L., etal AGE DIFFERENCES IN LEARNING AND THE QUESTION OF PREEXPERIMENTAL INTERFERENCE
    22:7, p. 683 - 692 1996
  • Sex roles
    Finken Laura, etal Parental self-esteem and behavior problems in children: Similarities between mothers and fathers
    28:9-10, p. 569 - 582 1993
  • Contemporary psychology
    Thompson Ross A, etal Charting the Waters of Ethical Responsibility to Children
    37:4, p. 293 - 294 1992