Anna Ingeborg Petursdottir, Ph.D.

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1 Anna Ingeborg Petursdottir, Ph.D. Department of Psychology; TCU Box ; Fort Worth, TX Phone: Education 2006 Ph.D. in Psychology, Western Michigan University 2004 M.A. in Psychology, Western Michigan University 1996 B. A. in Psychology, University of Iceland Academic Positions 2012 present: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 2014 present: Part-time Lecturer, Department of Psychology Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland : Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas : Visiting Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law and Social Science University of Akureyri, Akureyri, Iceland Research Support Completed TCU Research and Creative Activities Fund. Effects of an attention-enhancing strategy on children s word learning (PI), $2,445. Organization for Autism Research. Increasing variability of verbal initiations through the responses of conversation partners (PI), $22,449. TCU Research and Creative Activities Fund. Effects of reward reduction on children's activity preferences (PI). $2,199. TCU Research and Creative Activities Fund. A Comparison of Vocal and Visual Matching Responses Embedded in Prompt Sequences During Receptive Label Training (PI), $2,450. TCU Research and Creative Activities Fund. An Assessment of Self-Echoic Behavior (PI), $2,273. TCU Junior Faculty Summer Research Program. An Assessment of Self-Echoic Behavior, $8,000. TCU Research and Creative Activities Fund. Establishing Preferences for Speech Sounds among Children with Developmental Disabilities (PI), $3,886. Scholarly Activity Refereed Journal Articles Carp, C. L., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2015). Intraverbal naming and equivalence class formation in children. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 104, Petursdottir, A. I., & Aguilar, G. (2015). Order of stimulus presentation influences children s acquisition in receptive identification tasks. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, doi: /jaba.264. Carp, C. L., Peterson, S. P., Petursdottir, A. I., & Ingvarsson, E. T. (2015). Preliminary evaluation of an echoic response requirement following errors during auditory-visual conditional discrimination training. International Journal of Behavior Analysis & Autism Spectrum Disorders, 1, Gamba, J. Goyos, C., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2015). The functional independence of mands and tacts: Has it been demonstrated empirically? The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 31,

2 Petursdottir, A. I., Carp, C. L., Peterson, S. P., & Lepper, T. L. (2015). Emergence of visual-visual conditional discriminations following intraverbal training. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 103, Petursdottir, A. I., & Lepper, T. L. (2015). Inducing novel vocalizations by conditioning speech sounds as reinforcers. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 8, Petursdottir, A. I., Lepper, T. L., & Peterson, S. P. (2014). Effects of collateral response requirements and exemplar training on listener training outcomes in children. The Psychological Record, 64, Lepper, T. L., Petursdottir, A. I., & Esch, B. E. (2013). Effects of an operant discrimination training procedure on the vocalizations of nonverbal children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36, Carp, C. L., Peterson, S. P., Arkel, A. J., Petursdottir, A. I., & Ingvarsson, E. T. (2012). A further evaluation of picture prompts during auditory-visual conditional discrimination training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 45, Carp, C. L., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2012). Effects of two training conditions on the emergence of novel intraverbals: An extension of Pérez-González et al. (2008). The Psychological Record, 62, Peterson, S. P., Petursdottir, A. I., & Kirk, C. L. (2012). Early response distribution and outcomes of response restriction analyses. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 45, Petursdottir, A. I. (2012). Quantitative analysis and effective behavior. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 13, Petursdottir, A. I., Carp, C. L., Matthies, D. W., & Esch, B. E. (2011). Analyzing stimulus-stimulus pairing effects on preferences for speech sounds. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 27, Petursdottir, A. I., & Carr, J. E. (2011). A review of recommendations for sequencing receptive and expressive language instruction. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44, Esch, J. W., Esch, B. E., McCart, J. D., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2010). An assessment of self-echoic behavior in young children. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 26, Petursdottir, A. I., Esch, J. W., Sautter, R. A., & Stewart, K. K. (2010). Characteristics and hypothesized functions of challenging behavior in a community-based sample. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 45, Love, J. S., Carr, J. E., Almason, S. M., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2009). Early and intensive behavioral intervention for autism: A survey of clinical practices. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 3, Petursdottir, A. I., & Haflidadottir, R. D. (2009). A comparison of four strategies for teaching a small foreign-language vocabulary. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42, Petursdottir, A. I., Peterson, S. P., & Peters, A. C. (2009). A quarter century of The Analysis of Verbal Behavior: An analysis of impact. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 25, Shabani, B. D., Carr, J. E., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2009). A laboratory model for studying response-class hierarchies. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42, Miguel, C. F., Petursdottir, A. I., Carr, J. E., & Michael, J. (2008). The role of naming in stimulus categorization by preschool children. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 89, Petursdottir, A. I., Carr, J. E., Lechago, S. A., & Almason, S. M. (2008). An evaluation of intraverbal training and listener training for teaching categorization skills. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41, Petursdottir, A. I., Olafsdottir, A. R., & Aradottir, B. (2008). The effects of tact training and listener training on the emergence of bidirectional intraverbal relations. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41, Petursdottir, A. I., Carr, J. E., & Michael, J. (2005). Emergence of mands and tacts of novel objects among preschool children. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 21, Miguel, C. F., Petursdottir, A. I., & Carr, J. E. (2005). The effects of multiple-tact and receptive-discrimination training on the acquisition of intraverbal behavior. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 21, Shabani, B. D., Carr, J. E., Petursdottir, A. I., Esch, B. E., & Gillett, J. N. (2004). Scholarly productivity in behavior analysis: The most prolific authors and institutions from 1992 to The Behavior Analyst Today, 5, Book Chapters Petursdottir, A. I., & Devine, B. (in press). Verbal behavior. In H. L. Miller (Ed), Encyclopedia of Theory in Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Miguel, C. F., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2009). Naming and frames of coordination. In R. A. Rehfeldt, & Y. Barnes-Holmes (Eds.), Derived Relational Responding: Implications for Learners with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities (pp ). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger

3 Other Recent Publications Petursdottir, A. I. (2015). Influences on my early academic career [interview]. The Behavior Analyst, DOI /s Petursdottir, A. I. (2014). Editorial. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 30, Petursdottir, A. I. (2014). Update from the ABAI Publication Board, Inside Behavior Analysis, 6(3), 28. Petursdottir, A. I. (2013). Editorial: Verbal behavior and motivating operations. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 29, 1-2. Petursdottir, A. I. (2013). Updates from ABAI s affiliated chapters: Texas ABA, Inside Behavior Analysis, 5(2), Petursdottir, A. I. (2012). Editorial. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 28, 1-2. Petursdottir, A. I. (2012). Updates from ABAI s affiliated chapters: Texas ABA, Inside Behavior Analysis, 4(2), Invited Speaking Petursdottir, A. I. (2015, August). Update on research on verbal behavior and autism. National Autism Conference, State College, PA. Petursdottir, A. I. (2015, January). Using stimulus pairing procedures to induce new vocalizations. Annual Autism Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Las Vegas, NV. Petursdottir, A. I. (2014, October). Using stimulus pairing procedures to induce new vocalizations. Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy, Amherst, MA. Petursdottir, A. I. (2014, April). Áhrif áreitapörunar á myndun málhljóða hjá börnum með einhverfu [Effects of stimulus pairing procedures on speech sound production of children with autism.] Department of Psychology, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. Petursdottir, A. I. (2014, April). Áhrif áreitapörunar á myndun málhljóða hjá börnum með einhverfu [Effects of stimulus pairing procedures on speech sound production of children with autism.] Conference of the Icelandic Association for Behavior Analysis, Reykjavik, Iceland. Petursdottir, A. I. (2014, April). Kennsla boðskipta með aðferðum og hugtakakerfi atferlisgreiningar. [Teaching basic communication through the methods and concepts of behavior analysis.] Conference of the Icelandic Association for Behavior Analysis, Reykjavik, Iceland. Petursdottir, A. I. & Lepper, T. L. (2013, November). The role of conditioned reinforcement in interventions to establish early vocalizations. The Scott Center for Autism Treatment s 7 th Annual Autism Conference. Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL. Petursdottir, A. I. (2013, July). Teaching intraverbals: The difference between rote and meaningful. National Autism Conference, State College, PA. Petursdottir, A. I., Gamba, J. F., & Goyos, C. (2013, February). The mand and the tact: Functionally independent? Western Regional Conference of the California Association for Behavior Analysis, Garden Grove, CA. Petursdottir, A. I. (2012, October). The mand and the tact: Functionally independent? Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy, Amherst, MA. Petursdottir, A. I. (2012, January). Enhancing transfer-of-control procedures with differential observing responses. Sao Paulo School for Advanced Science: Advances in Research and Treatment of Autistic Behavior, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil. Petursdottir, A. I. (2011, March). Teaching early receptive and expressive labels: What comes first, and what else don t we know? Applied Behavior Analysis Student Organization at University of Houston Clear Lake, Houston, TX. Petursdottir, A. I. (2011, February). The future of research in behavior analysis. In S. Glenn (Chair), The future of behavior analysis. Invited panel discussion conducted at the annual conference of the Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Galveston, TX. Petursdottir, A. I. (2010, April). Teaching early receptive and expressive labels: What comes first, and what else don t we know? Emerald Coast Association for Behavior Analysis, Florida State University, Panama City, FL. Petursdottir, A. I., & Koelker, R. (2010, February). Establishing social stimuli as conditioned reinforcers. Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Galveston, TX. Petursdottir, A. I. (2008, March). On the functional independence and interdependence of verbal operants. Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Dallas, TX

4 Petursdottir, A. I. (2007, December). On the functional independence and interdependence of verbal operants. University of North Texas Behavior Analysis Student and Alumni Association, Denton, TX. Recent Conference Presentations Goodwyn, L, Sidener, T., Kisamore, A. N., Reeve, K. F., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2015, May). Differential effectiveness of tactbefore-receptive and receptive-before-tact training in children with autism. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, San Antonio, TX. Lepper, T. L., Devine, B., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2015, May). An application of a lag contingency to reduce perseveration on circumscribed interests. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, San Antonio, TX. Petursdottir, A. I., & Aguilar, G. (2015, May). Order of stimulus presentation influences children s acquisition of auditory-visual conditional discriminations. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, San Antonio, TX. Devine, B., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2015, February). The effects of a differential observing response on the acquisition of tacts. Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Houston, TX. Lepper, T. L., Devine, B., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2015, January). An application of a lag contingency to reduce perseveration on circumscribed interests during sustained conversation. Annual Autism Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Las Vegas, NV. Devine, B., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2014, October). The effects of a differential observing response on the acquisition of tacts. Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy, Amherst, MA. Carp, C. L., Zeno, E., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2014, May). An unexpected effect of adding echoic response requirements to picture prompts during auditory-visual conditional discrimination training. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL. Lepper, T. L., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2014, May). Effects of response-contingent pairing, response-independent pairing, and differential reinforcement on vocalizations of nonverbal children with autism. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL. Lepper, T. L., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2014, February). Effects of response-contingent pairing, response-independent pairing, and differential reinforcement on vocalizations of nonverbal children with autism. Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, San Antonio, TX. Ingvarsson, E. T., Anderson, J., Macias, H., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2013, May). Listener training and the emergence of novel intraverbal responses in children with autism. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Minneapolis, MN. Lepper, T. L., Petursdottir, A. I., & Ingvarsson, E. T. (2013, May). Increasing variability of verbal initiations through progressive lag schedules. In N. Miller (Chair), Reinforcement and variability among special populations. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Minneapolis, MN. Petursdottir, A. I., Gamba, J. F., & Goyos, C. (2013, May). The role of motivating operations in research on mand-tact independence. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Minneapolis, MN. Carp, C. L., Verploeg, T., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2012, May). Effects of visual equivalence class formation on the emergence of novel intraverbals in children. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Seattle, WA. Lepper, T. L., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2012, May). A comparison of discrimination training and stimulus-stimulus pairing for increasing vocalizations of children with autism. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Seattle, WA. Carp, C. L., Petursdottir, A. I., & Verploeg, T. (2012, February). Effects of visual-visual equivalence class formation on the emergence of novel intraverbals. Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Austin, TX. Lepper, T. L., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2012, February). A comparison of discrimination training and stimulus-stimulus pairing: Increasing vocalizations of children with autism. Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Austin, TX. Carp, C. L., Petursdottir, A. I., & Verploeg, T. (2012, January). Effects of visual-visual match-to-sample training on intraverbal responding. Sao Paulo School for Advanced Science: Advances in Research and Treatment of Autistic Behavior, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil. Lepper, T. L., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2012, January). A comparison of discrimination training and stimulus-stimulus pairing: Increasing vocalizations of children with autism. Sao Paulo School for Advanced Science: Advances in Research and Treatment of Autistic Behavior, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil

5 Carp, C. L., Lepper, T. L., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2011, May). A procedure for establishing intraverbal control over vocal responses of preschoolers. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Denver, CO. Carp, C. L., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2011, May). Effects of three prompting conditions on typically developing children s acquisition of auditory-visual conditional discriminations and tact emergence. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Denver, CO. Lepper, T. L., Petursdottir, A. I., Peterson, S. P., & Carp, C. L. (2011, May). Effects of echoic response requirements during listener training on the emergence of tacts and intraverbals. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Denver, CO. Peterson, S. P., Petursdottir, A. I., & Kirk, C. L. (2011, May). Socially mediated and automatic reinforcement contingencies in the overjustification effect. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Denver, CO. Carp, C. L., Peterson, S. P., Petursdottir, A. I., & Ingvarsson, E. T. (2011, February). Effects of an identity-matching prompt on the acquisition of auditory-visual discriminations and tact emergence in children with autism. Annual Conference of the Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Galveston, TX. Gamba, J., Goyos, C., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2011 February). Verbal behavior, rule construction, and rule following repertoires in children with intellectual disabilities: Preliminary results. Annual Conference of the Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Galveston, TX. Lepper, T. L., Petursdottir, A. I., Peterson, S. P., & Carp, C. L. (2011, February). Effects of echoic response requirements during listener training on the emergence of tacts and intraverbals. Annual Conference of the Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Galveston, TX. Teaching Experience Courses Taught Applied Behavior Analysis, Texas Christian University Fundamentals of Learning, Texas Christian University Experimental Psychology: Learning, Texas Christian University Psychology of Human Learning, Texas Christian University Behavioral Research, Texas Christian University Behavior Disorders of Childhood, Texas Christian University Teaching Psychology, Texas Christian University Problem Identification and Assessment, Reykjavik University Testing and Assessment, University of Akureyri Social Psychology, University of Akureyri Behavior Analysis and Modification, University of Akureyri Behavioral Research Methods, Western Michigan University Guest Lecturer Autism II; University of North Texas Verbal Behavior, University of North Texas Thesis and Dissertation Committees Dissertation Amanda Caldwell, Charlotte Carp (Chair), Kristina Dandy, Alan Daniel, Jonas Gamba, Amanda Glueck, Amanda Howard, Dinko Kranjac, Sarah Lechago, Tracy Lepper (Chair), Brooks McKenzie, Jacob Norris, Leonardo Ortega, Erin Razuri, Chad Ruprecht, Joshua Wolf - 5 -

6 Thesis Ivan Annicchiarico, Meghan Berny, Casey Call, Charlotte Carp (Chair), Bailey Devine (Chair), Jared Coon, Amanda Glueck, Lauren Goodwyn, Anuradha Kumar, Tracy Lepper (Chair), James Mellor (Chair), Leonardo Ortega, Sean Peterson (Chair), Erin Razuri, Chad Ruprecht, Adrian Rus, Patricia Santos, Joshua Wolf Competitive Awards of Graduate Mentees Bailey Devine. Student research grant. ABAI Speech Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis SIG Bailey Devine. Student research grant. ABAI Verbal Behavior SIG Tracy L. Lepper. Best psychology graduate student poster, Michael & Sally McCracken Student Research Symposium, College of Science and Engineering, Texas Christian University Tracy L. Lepper. James L. Kopp Memorial Scholarship, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis Tracy L. Lepper. Thesis grant, Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis Tracy L. Lepper. Student research grant, ABAI Speech Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis SIG Sean P. Peterson. Student poster award, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis Charlotte L. Carp. Thesis grant, Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis Charlotte L. Carp. Student scholarship, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis Editorial Activities Current Appointments: Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Board of Editors, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Board of Editors, Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice Board of Editors, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior Board of Editors, European Journal of Behavior Analysis Board of Editors, International Journal of Behavior Analysis and Autism Spectrum Disorders Past Appointments: Editor-in-Chief, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior ( ) Associate Editor, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior ( ) Board of Editors, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Board of Editors, The Behavior Analyst Board of Editors, Behavior Analysis in Practice Board of Editors, Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis Ad Hoc Reviewer Atferli [Behavior, Journal of the Icelandic Association for Behavior Analysis] Education and Treatment of Children Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin Journal of Early and Intensive Behavioral Interventions The Psychological Record Research in Developmental Disabilities Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Sálfræðiritið [The Icelandic Journal of Psychology] Service University Service Current: TCU Institutional Review Board, Chair - 6 -

7 TCU Health Professions Advisory Committee Past: TCU Faculty Senate and Academic Excellence Committee TCU Institutional Review Board, Member TCU Graduate Council TCU Search Committee for Dean of College of Science and Engineering TCU College of Science & Engineering Dean s Teaching Award Review Committee TCU Dept. of Psychology, Interim Chair (February-July 2015) TCU Dept. of Psychology Course Schedule Coordinator TCU Dept. of Psychology Graduate Admissions Committee TCU Dept. of Psychology Faculty Search Committees (x5) TCU Dept. of Psychology Ad Hoc Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum TCU Dept. of Psychology Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Program Self-Assessment Service to Professional Organizations Current: Publication Board Coordinator, Association for Behavior Analysis International Past: President, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis Past President, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis Executive Council Member, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis Conference Program Chair, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Convention Program Committee, Association for Behavior Analysis International Reviewer for Applied Dissertation Award, Division 25 of the American Psychological Association Coordinator of Student Research Grant Competition, ABAI Verbal Behavior SIG Reviewer for Student Research Grant Competition, ABAI Verbal Behavior SIG Reviewer of English-Icelandic glossary of terms, Icelandic Association for Behavior Analysis Co-Webmaster, Icelandic Association for Behavior Analysis Community Service Research Review Committee, Trumpet Behavioral Health Services Quality Assurance Review Team, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (x2) Science Fair Judge, St. Rita School, Fort Worth Current Memberships in Professional Organizations Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) ABAI Verbal Behavior SIG Association of Professional Behavior Analysts Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research Texas Association for Behavior Analysis - 7 -