Major: Psychology

Minor: Philosophy

1^st Degree B.Soc.Sci 1996

2^nd Degree M.Soc.Sci 1998 (First Class Honours)

Masters Thesis: Phonological recoding: A microanalysis of how children learn to read novel words (Supervisor: Bernard Guerin, Ph.D.)

Duties:

a) Naturalistic observation of social interaction between young children.

b) Conducting experiments with first year students on various topics in social, cognitive, and perceptual psychology.

Supervisors: Bernard Guerin, Ph.D.; Robert Isler, Ph.D.

2. Tutor, Waikato University, Part-time position. 1996-1998

Duties:

Taking regular tutorial demonstration and discussion groups in experimental psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology and behavior analysis with first through third year students.

Supervisors: Mary Foster, Ph.D.; Bernard Guerin, Ph.D.; Robert Isler, Ph.D.; Jean Newman, Ph.D.; Bill Temple, Ph.D.

Palmer, D., & Guerin, B. (May, 1998). Phonological recoding: A componential analysis. Poster presented at the Association for Behavior analysis, Florida, Orlando.

Palmer, D. (August, 1997). How children learn to read words they have never seen before. Paper presented at the New Zealand Behavior analysis symposium, Dunedin.

Guerin, B., Palmer, D., & Brace, R. (May, 1997). Pre- and Post-training assessments: Differences and recommendations. Paper presented at the Association for Behavior analysis, Chicago.

Signal, T., & Palmer, D. (August, 1995). Concurrent FR PR schedules and the search for substitutability. Paper presented at the New Zealand Behavior analysis symposium, Christchurch.