DEPT. OF PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Education

M.S., Psychology
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
May 1999

B.A., Psychology
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
May 1996

Professional Experience

2004-present
Assistant Professor
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK

2004
Adjunct Instructor
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK

2001
Adjunct Instructor
Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX

1999-2000
Adjunct Instructor
University of North Texas, Denton, TX

Professional Memberships

• Member, Association for Psychological Science
• Member, Southwestern Psychological Association
• Member, Southwestern Comparative Psychological Association
• Program Chair, Southwestern Comparative Psychological Association Conference (2007)

Grants

• 2007 - Research Grant, Rogers State University Organized Research Grants Program, $3500.

Courses Taught

• Physiological Psychology (PSY 4023)
• Senior Capstone Experience (SBS 4513)
• Behavioral Statistics (PSY 2083, SBS 3063)
• Psychology in Cinema (SP3950)
• Developmental Psychology (PSY 3033)
• Cognitive Psychology (SP 3950)
• Introduction to Psychology (PSY 1113)
• Human Sexuality (PSY 2933)
• Research Methods I (SBS 3013)
• Research Methods II (SBS 3023)
• Learning and Memory (AT 3950)
• Theories of Learning and Cognition (University of North Texas)
• General Psychology (Texas Christian University, Tarrant County College)

Research

Learning and Memory

• The role of attention in Pavlovian conditioning.
• The role of emotion in conditioning: frustration and surprise
• Lemur cognition, comparative psychology

Publications

Boughner, R. L., & Papini, M. R. (2008). The relationship between latent inhibition and the partial reinforcement extinction effect. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, & Behavior, 89, 432-443.

Boughner, R. L., & Papini, M. R. (2006). Survival of the partial reinforcement extinction effect after contextual shifts. Learning and Motivation, 37, 304-323.

Boughner, R. L., & Papini, M. R. (2006). Appetitive latent inhibition in rats: Preexposure performance does not predict conditioned performance. Behavioural Processes, 72, 42-51.

Boughner, R. L., Thomas, B. L., & Papini, M. R. (2004). Effects of nonreinforced preexposure to the context on autoshaping in rats: Methodological implications for demonstrations of latent inhibition. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 17, 168-184.

Boughner, R. L., & Papini, M. R. (2003). Appetitive latent inhibition in rats: Now you see it (sign tracking), now you don't (goal tracking). Learning & Behavior, 31, 387-392.

Stout, S. C., Boughner R. L., & Papini, M. R. (2003). Reexamining the frustration effect in rats: Aftereffects of surprising reinforcement and nonreinforcement. Learning and Motivation, 34, 437-456.

Stout, S. C., Muzio, R. N., Boughner R. L., & Papini, M. R. (2002). Aftereffects of surprising nonreward: Experiments with pigeons (Columba Livia). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 28, 242-256.

Papini, M. R., Ludvigson, H. W., Huneycutt, D., & Boughner, R. L. (2001). Apparent incentive contrast effects in autoshaping with rats. Learning and Motivation, 32, 434-456.

Posters and Presentations

Boughner, S., Stroup, J., Hendrickson, S., Stephens, J., & Boughner, R. L. (2008). Assessment of anemia work-up in patients over 50 admitted to an acute care facility. Oklahoma State University College of Health Sciences Research Day, Tulsa, OK.

Brewer, S. T., Boughner, R. L., & Bue, R. M. (2008). The Effect of Threat on Inattentional Blindness II. Oral presentation at the Southwest Psychological Association in Kansas City, Mo.

Kramer, D. A., Brewer, S. T., Mitchell, D., Nichols, D. W., Berglund, D., & Boughner, R. L. (2008) Power and Attractiveness. Poster presented at the Southwest Psychological Association in Kansas City,  MO.

Brewer, S. T., Blanck, A. L., Mai, T. T., Garrison, S. D., Loghry, S. R., Kramer, D. A., Garvey, A. C., & Boughner, R. L. (2007). The Effect of Threat in Inattentional Blindness. Paper presented at the Southwest Psychological Association in Fort Worth, TX.

Brewer, S. T., Hughes, L. B., Blanck, A. L., Garrison, S. G., & Boughner, R. L. (2006). The Serial Position Effect in Television Advertising. Oral presentation at the Southwest Psychological Association in Austin, TX.

Boughner, R. L., & Papini, M. R. (2005). The Relationship between Latent Inhibition and the PREE. Oral presentation at the Southwestern Comparative Psychological Association, Memphis, TN.

Boughner, R. L., & Papini, M. R. (2003). Context specificity under partial reinforcement conditioning. Oral presentation at the Southwestern Comparative Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Boughner, R. L., Thomas, B. L., & Papini, M. R. (2001). Signal- and context- preexposure effects in autoshaping with rats. 13th Congress of the Spanish Society of Comparative Psychology: International Meeting. San Sebastián, Spain.

Boughner, R. L., Stout, S. C., & Papini, M. R. (2001). Analysis of the frustration effect in pigeons. Oral presentation at the Southwestern Comparative Psychological Association, Houston, TX.

Boughner, R. L., & Papini, M. R. (2001). The role of response form in latent inhibition in rats. Winner of the paper competition at the Southwestern Comparative Psychological Association, Houston, TX.

Stout, S. C., Papini, M.R., & Boughner, R. L. (2001). Different sources of the frustration effect in rats and pigeons: Evolutionary implications. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Comparative Cognition. 

Boughner, R. L., Ludvigson, H. W., & Papini, M. R. (2000). Latent inhibition of the CS and context in autoshaping of rats. Paper presented in the paper competition of the Southwestern Comparative Psychological Association, Dallas, TX.

Boughner, R. L., Ludvigson, H. W., and Papini, M. R. (1999) Enhancement of performance following an upward shift in magnitude of reinforcement in US preexposure. Oral presentation at the Southwestern Comparative Psychological Association, Albuquerque, NM.

Boughner, R. L., Ludvigson, H. W., and Papini, M. R. (1998) Analysis and data regarding apparent contrast effects from stimulus preexposure in autoshaping with rats. Oral presentation at the Southwestern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Administrative and Service Experience

• Director of the Dept. of Psychology, Sociology, and Criminal Justice research subject pool (2007-current)
• Faculty sponsor: Psychology club (2004-current)
• RSU Institutional review board (2006-current)
• Academic Integrity committee (2004)
• Research committee (2004-current) chair (2007-current)
• Faculty hiring committee, SBS 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• SBS speaker series committee (2005-current)
• Research Methods committee (2004 – current)
• Capstone committee (2006-current)