Scott C. Bates, Ph.D. is an associate professor who earned a B.S. from Whitman College, an M.S. from Western Washington University and a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Colorado State University. I conduct research in three primary areas: * Environmental Psychology: I am particularly interested in environmental perception and restorative environments. A currently funded NASA project involves the design and assessment of the non-nutritive benefits to having and/or tending plants in isolated environments such as those found in space travel. * Higher Education Teaching & Learning: Understanding college-level learning, and optimizing college-level teaching, is another of my research interests. I have several studies ongoing, including a funded study of online learning aids for the introductory psychology course. I am also interested in the nature and structure of the introductory psychology course. * Problem Behavior Prevention: Much of my research background is in survey research related to problem behavior prevention. Recent projects in this area have involved the design and assessment of a personalized, web-based, social-norms intervention among college students, an exploration of social-influences on college-student alcohol use. I teach primarily in the undergraduate program: General Psychology (PSY 1010), Scientific Thinking & Methods in Psychology (PSY 3500), and Orientation to Psychology as a Major and Career (PSY 2950). I also teach Social Psychology at the graduate level (PSY 3510). I have accumulated an excellent record of teaching accomplishment--including college and national awards for excellence in teaching. I run an active research lab that includes undergraduate and graduate students. I currently supervise six graduate students. Their projects range from social influences on alcohol involvement, to evaluation os sex-education in high-schools, to an analysis of the processes of worry and rumination, to an assessment of the underlying processes in the perception of school safety.
Articles
Referent Group Proximity, Social Norms, and Context: Alcohol Use in a Low-Use Environment (with J. M. Cox), Referent Group Proximity, Social Norms, and Context: Alcohol Use in a Low-Use Environment (2011)
Testing Crew Response to Varied Higher Plant presentations in the Mars 500 Mission Simulation (with J. M. Marquit, V. I. Gushin, V. N. Sychev, M. A. Levinskikh, I. G. Podolsky, C. Marchant, and G. E. Bingham), Testing Crew Responses to Varied Higher Plant presentations in the Mars 500 Mission Simulation (2011)
Assessing
Potential Non-Nutritive Benefits of Growing and Tending Plants During MARS 500 Day Simulations (with V. I. Gushin, A. G. Vinokhodova, V. N. Sychev, and G. E. Bingham), Acta
Astronautica (2010)
Examination of the Relationship Between
Perfectionism and Religiosity as Mediated by Psychological Inflexibility (with J. M. Crosby and M. P. Twohig), Current Psychology (2010)
Motivational Pedagogy: Encouraging Your Students to
Explore Your Motives, Psychology Teacher Network Newsletter (2010)
Books
Presentations
Countermeasures: Non-Nutritive Benefits of Growing and Tending Plants During the 500-Day Chamber Simulation (with V. I. Gushin, A. G. Vinokhodova, B. Bogoev, V. N. Sychev, and G. E. Bingham), Contermeasures: Non-Nutritive Benefits of Growing and Tending Plants During the 500-Day Chamber Simulation (2010)
Examination of the Relationship Between Perfectionism and Reliosity as Mediated by Psychological Inflexibility (with J. M. Crosby and M. P. Twohig), Examination of the Relationship Between Perfectionism and Reliosity as Mediated by Psychological Inflexibility (2010)
Future and Current Space Missions: Including and Expanding All Aspects of Human Life On-Board and in Other Worlds (with I. L. Schlact, A. Ono, R. Peldszus, M. Masali, M. Rotting, B. Foing, A. Westernberg, C. Stoker, and F. L. Strickerl), Future and Current Space Missions: Including and Expanding All Aspects of Human Life On-Board and In Other Worlds (2010)
Selected Barriers and Incentives for Participation in a University Wellness Program (with T. J. Ball, E. M. Heath, P. J. Waite, and J. Fargo), Selected Barriers and Incentives for Participation in a University Wellness Program (2010)
SI Dosage: Impact on Exam Performance in Introductory Courses (with W. B. DeHart), SI Dosage: Impact on Exam Performance in Introductory Courses (2010)
Contributions to Books
Enormous Flywheel: Teaching Psychological Science, The Teaching of Psychology in
Autobiography: Perspectives from Psychology’s Exemplary Teachers (2010)