Robin L. Kaplan, M.A Adobe Cir Irvine, CA (949)

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1 Robin L. Kaplan, M.A Adobe Cir Irvine, CA (949) Education: ABD M.A B.A Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine Concentration: Social Psychology; Minor: Psychology and Law Thesis: Effects of discrete positive emotions on memory: Contrasting arousal and goal relevance models Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine Thesis: Remembering the forest, not the trees: Positive emotion promotes a global bias in memory retrieval Experimental Psychology, University of California, San Diego Cum Laude with High Distinction Research Interests: The relationship between emotion and cognition, appraisal theories of emotion, emotion and false memory, affective forecasting, biases in predicted and remembered emotion Professional Memberships: American Psychological Association (APA), Student Member American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS, APA Division 41), Student Member American Psychological Society (APS), Student Member Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Student Member International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE), Advanced Student Member Experience: Research Associate, Laboratory Manager and Teaching Associate (9/2007 Present) University of California, Irvine, Cognition and Emotion Laboratory. Managed teams of researchers ranging from 4-10 people on complex research protocols, supervised work, provided training on protocols, delegated tasks as needed Taught and mentored others in research protocols, research design, and statistics Independently designed and executed laboratory experiments, extensively analyzed and critiqued experimental literature Made final decisions concerning experimental design and analysis and drew final conclusions based on results of independent data analysis Research Associate (6/2005 9/2006) University of California, San Diego, Attention and Perception Laboratory. Designed, executed, and analyzed original research studies using eye-tracking techniques

2 Research Assistant, (7/2004 9/2004) University of California, San Diego, Developmental Psychology Laboratory. Research Assistant, (9/2002 3/2003) University of California, Santa Cruz, Infant Development Laboratory. Publications: Journal Articles accepted or under review: Hughes, S., Lyddy, F., & Kaplan, R. (2013). The impact of language and response format on student endorsement of psychological misconceptions. Teaching of Psychology, 40(1), doi: / Levine, L. J., Kaplan, R. L., & Davis, E. L. (2013). How kids keep their cool: Young children s use of cognitive strategies to regulate emotion. In Hermans, D., Rimé, B., & Mesquita, B. (Eds.). Changing Emotions. Psychology Press. Kaplan, R. L., Van Damme, I., & Levine, L. J. (2012). Motivation matters: Differing effects of pre-goal and post-goal emotions on attention and memory. Frontiers in Emotion Science, 3, 404. doi: /fpsyg Levine, L. J., Lench, H. C., Kaplan, R. L., & Safer, M. A. (2012). Accuracy and artifact: Reexamining the intensity bias in affective forecasting. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103(4), doi: /a Hughes, S., Lyddy, F., Kaplan, R. L., Miller, H. L., Nichols, A. L., Gabriel, C., Dukes, K. & Lynch, A. J. (Manuscript invited for resubmission). Assessing the prevalence and persistence of student misconceptions about psychology. Teaching of psychology. Harris, C., Kaplan, R. L., & Pashler, H. (Manuscript invited for resubmission). Alarming events in the corner of your eye: Do they trigger early saccades? Perception and Psychophysics. Journal Articles in preparation Kaplan, R. L., Lench, H. L., Levine, L. J., & Safer, M. A. (in prep). Which way down memory lane? Opposite biases in memory for emotion and mood. Kaplan, R. L., Van Damme, I., Levine, L. J., & Loftus, E. F. (in prep). Emotional elaboration, goal relevance, and false memory. Kaplan, R. L., Tingen, I. W., Levine, L. J., & Loftus, E. F. (in prep). I remember she was happy! Positive emotion increases false memories. Kaplan, R. L., & Levine, L.J. (in prep). Remembering the forest, not the trees: positive emotion promotes a global bias in memory retrieval. Kaplan, R. L., & Levine, L. J. (in prep). Emotion and subjective memory confidence: Examining the role of specific emotions. Professional Presentations:

3 Kaplan, R. L., Van Damme, I., Levine, L. J., & Loftus, E. F. (2013, May). Motivation matters: Differential effects of pre- and postgoal emotional elaboration on susceptibility to false memory. Symposium submitted to the Association for Psychological Science Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C.). Kaplan, R. L., & Levine, L. J. (2012, January). Emotion and subjective memory confidence: Examining the role of specific emotions. Poster presented at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA). Kaplan, R. L., Levine, L. J., Safer, M. A., & Lench, H. L. (2011, May). Mispredicting and misremembering emotion: Recalculating why our mental GPS goes awry. Symposium presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C.). Kaplan, R. L., Tingen, I. W., Levine, L. J., & Loftus, E. F. (2011, January). I remember she was happy!: Positive emotion increases false memories. Poster presented at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting (San Antonio, TX). Hughes, S., Dukes, K, Gabriel, C., Gomez, H., Kaplan, R., Lynch, A., Lee Nichols, A., & Lyddy, F. (2011, January). Do Graduate Students Really Think Straight About Weird Things? Poster presented at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting (San Antonio, TX). Kaplan, R. L., Levine, L. J., Safer, M. A., & Lench, H. L. (2010, August). Beyond impact Bias: how context shapes judgments of emotional intensity. Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA). Kaplan, R. L., Levine, L. J., Safer, M. A., & Lench, H. L. (2010, January). Are predicted and remembered emotions over- or underestimated? Addressing the paradox between impact bias and empathy gap. Poster presented at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting (Las Vegas, NV). Levine, L.J., Davis, E.L, & Kaplan, R. L. (2009, February). Sad but true: Sadness reduces reconstructive memory retrieval errors. Poster presented at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting (Tampa, FL). Harris, C., Kaplan, R. L., & Pashler, H. (2008, March). Alarming Events in the Corner of Your Eye: Do they Trigger Early Saccades? Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting (Irvine, CA). Harris, C., Kaplan, R. L., & Pashler, H. (2006, June). Alarming Events in the Corner of Your Eye: Do they Trigger Early Saccades? Poster presented at the University of California, San Diego Honors Poster Session Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA). Harris, C., Kaplan, R. L., & Pashler, H. (2006, June). Alarming Events in the Corner of Your Eye: Do they Trigger Early Saccades? Paper presented at the annual University of California, San Diego Undergraduate Research Conference (San Diego, CA). Grants:

4 American Psychological-Law Society (AP-LS) Student Grant in Aid (September 30, 2011). Emotion and Subjective Memory Confidence: Examining the Role of Specific Emotions. This grant is awarded to support empirical graduate research that addresses psycholegal issues. American Psychological-Law Society (AP-LS) Student Grant in Aid (September 30, 2010). The Effects of Positive and Negative Emotional Elaboration on Susceptibility to False Memory. This grant is awarded to support empirical graduate research that addresses psycholegal issues. American Psychological-Law Society (AP-LS) Student Grant in Aid (January 31, 2010). The Effects of Positive and Negative Emotional Elaboration on Susceptibility to False Memory. This grant is awarded to support empirical graduate research that addresses psycholegal issues. Association for Psychological Science (APS) Student Caucus Grant (December, ). The Effects of Positive and Negative Emotional Elaboration on Susceptibility to False Memory. This grant is awarded by the APS student caucus to fund research that is currently in its initial stages of development. Three recipients are accepted yearly. Fellowships and Awards: University of California Irvine Department of Psychology and Social Behavior Dean s Dissertation Writing Fellowship (Spring 2013). University of California Irvine Department of Psychology and Social Behavior Summer Research Fellowship ( ). Social Ecology Outstanding Mentor Award. University of California, Irvine ( Academic Year). Social Ecology Outstanding Mentor Award. University of California, Irvine ( Academic Year). Association for Psychological Science (APS) Conference Travel Award (May, 2011). Social Ecology Outstanding Mentor Award. University of California, Irvine ( Academic Year). American Psychological Association (APA) International Conference Travel Award (September, 2009). University of California Irvine Department of Psychology and Social Behavior Summer Travel Stipend (June, 2009). Specialized Training: International Summer School in Affective Sciences (ISSAS; 8/2009 9/2009). Accepted into the first annual ISSAS program run by the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences at the University of Geneva. The program provided training for emotion researchers on the latest methodological techniques for studying emotion (e.g., FACS coding, scale construction/factor analysis, physiological and neurological measures of emotion, implicit measures of emotion, etc). The program also brought in experts from different backgrounds and perspectives to discuss various approaches to the study of emotion.

5 University of California, San Diego, Honors Program (1/2005 9/2006). Teaching Experience: Instructor, Introduction to Psychology (4-quarter units) (Summer 2013) University of California, Irvine Graduate Teaching Assistant (9/2007 Present) University of California, Irvine Courses Introductory Statistics The Social Animal (Social Psychology) Naturalistic Field Research Personality Psychology Clinical Psychology Psychology Fundamentals (Introduction to Psychology) Social Relationships Infant Development Human Sexuality Guest Lectures and Workshops Memory Distortion. (April 2013). Lecture presented in the course Psychology Fundamentals, University of California, Irvine. Introduction to SPSS. (January 2013). Prepared and presented a workshop on how to conduct statistical analyses, such as correlations, t-tests, ANOVAs, and regressions using statistical software to an audience of honors undergraduate students. Memory Failures. (April 2012). Lecture presented in the course Psychology Fundamentals, University of California, Irvine. Attraction. (February 2009). Lecture presented in the course The Social Animal, University of California, Irvine. Biological approaches to personality. (August 2008). Lecture presented in the course Personality, University of California, Irvine. Teaching of Psychology (Spring 2011; Spring 2012). Enrolled in Teaching of Psychology course which was designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to teach a college-level psychology course. Students read and discussed theory and research concerning the teaching of psychology. Gained practical experience during the academic term by leading a discussion section for an undergraduate psychology course. Skills students will be expected to acquire include planning lectures and discussion sections, involving students in discussion, the effective use of technology in the classroom, and classroom management. Teaching Assistant Professional Development Program: Attended two day seminar on teaching skills and teaching in higher education settings

6 Professional Service and Experience: California Community College Internship Program (8/2012 3/2013). Internship at Santa Ana College, will assist in classroom for Statistics course; hold lectures, office hours, review sessions, work in administrative office for college Mentor, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (9/2010 6/2011). Supervised and assisted with students in the design, analyze, and write up research study for honors program at the University of California, Irvine. Graduate Recruitment Officer, University of CA, Irvine (2/2011 4/2011). In charge of the recruitment of new students into the psychology program. Planned meetings, presentations, and events for incoming students. Graduate Student Committee Member-at-Large (3/1/2010 3/1/2011). Developed, organize, and implement programs for students at a large, 3000 person conference. Also responsible for editing and writing articles for the conference newsletter. Mentor for the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior. Assigned to mentor newer student in the doctoral program and provide guidance on issues pertaining to progressing toward the doctoral degree. Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Graduate Student Committee Member-at-Large. Elected by SPSP student members to help develop, organize, and implement programs for students at the annual SPSP conference (e.g., organizing preconferences, poster sessions, and mentoring lunches). Also responsible for editing and writing articles for the SPSP newsletter The Forum. Invited Reviewer: Current Directions in Psychological Science. Association for Psychological Science (APS) Student Research Award Professional Skills: Seven years of experience in research design (including experimental, survey, online, diary, experimental, interview, eye-tracking, and behavioral methodologies) Statistical and data analysis (SPSS, STATA, Excel), experience with HTML and C++ Proficient in MS/Mac platforms, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop Extensive experience as a critical thinker, synthesizing and integrating material quickly and under tight deadlines Writing high quality research reports, protocols and grants that have attained funding Developing presentations and communicating complex information to diverse audiences in understandable formats Teaching and mentoring others in research protocols, research design, and statistics Planning and coordinating professional events such as conferences, talks, and recruitment events