Associate Professor of Psychology

Director, MS Experimental Psychology Program
Director, CWU Avian Behavior Laboratory

Courses Typically Taught at CWU:

• PSY 301: Learning
• PSY 461: History and Systems of Psychology
• PSY 551: Applied Behavior Analysis
• PSY 553: Single Subject Design

Research Interests:

• Choice Behavior
• Animal Behavior
• Human Perception and Cognition
• General Experimental Psychology

Selected Publications:

Sun, L.,Williams, W. A. & Avalos, C. (2005) Human sweaty smell does not affect women's menstrual cycles, in R. T. Mason, M. LaMaster & D .Muller-Schwarze (Eds.) Chemical Signals in Vertebrates.

Parr, W. V., Hunt, M. & Williams W. A. (1999) Sample frequency and sample duration as sources of stimulus control in delayed matching to sample, Behavioral Processes, 46, 39-55.

Fantino, E. & Williams, W. A. (1998). Elección y forrageo óptimo (Choice and optimal foraging), in R. Ardila (Ed.) Manual de analisis experimental del comportamiento (Handbook of the experimental analysis of behavior), Editorial Biblioteca Nueva, Madrid, SPAIN.

Williams, W. A. & Fantino, E. J. (1996). Response-dependent prechoice effects on foraging-related choice, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 65, 619-641.

Williams, W. A. & Fantino, E. (1994). Delay-reduction and optimal-foraging: Variable-ratio search in a foraging analogue. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 61, 465-477.

Selected Presentations:

Sali, M. , Westling, S., Lybarger, J., Williams, W. A., Schaefle, S. & Britto, S (May 2009). Marital rape education and the perception of nonconsensual sexual behavior, Paper presented to the Western Psychological Association Conference, Portland, OR.

Redfield, J., Williams, W. A., Downs, A. & Montgomery, M. S. (April 2008). A web-based behavioral intervention for sleep problems, Paper presented to the Western Psychological Association Conference, Irvine, CA.

McKinstry, C. & Williams, WA. (April 2007). Cage and groups size effects on agonistic behaviors in group-housed laboratory pigeons (columba livia), Paper presented to the Western Psychological Association Conference, Vancouver, CANADA.

Buchanan, C., McKinstry, C. & Williams, WA. (April 2007). Infra-red leg band technology for observational research with pigeons, Paper presented to the Western Psychological Association Conference, Vancouver, CANADA.

Contact:

Office: 426 Psychology Building
Phone: (509)-963-3679
E-mail: williamw@cwu.edu