David Pick

Title: Department Chair and Professor

Department: Psychology

College: Humanities, Education and Social Sciences

Campus: Hammond

Building: Porter Hall Room: 213A

Phone: 219-989-2710

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EDUCATION:

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Ph.D. Experimental Psychology 1984
• Old Dominion University B.S. Psychology 1975

TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS:

• Elementary Psychology
• Sensory Perceptual Processing
• Human Memory

CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• Chair of the Faculty Senate (2013-2014)
• Psychonomics Society
• Animal Behavior Society

PUBLICATIONS:

• Pick, D.F., Kendra, B, Steciuch, C. (2015). The Familiarity heuristic in horses. Proceedings of the 3rd International Equine Science Meeting, Nuertingen, Germany.

• Pick, D.F., Specker, S., Vu, K.,-P.L., & Proctor, R.W. (2013). Effects of face and inanimate-object contexts on stimulus-response compatibility. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 21, 376-383.
• Pick, D.F. and Kruger, K.,(March, 2012). Heuristics and complex decisions in man and horses. Proceedings of the 2^nd International Equine Science Meeting, Regensburg, Germany.

• Proctor, R.W., Wang, D.-Y., and Pick, D.F.. (2009). Strategy changes as a function of payoffs for individual tasks in a multitasking environment, Behavior Research Methods, 41, 705-716.

• Wang, D.-Y., Proctor, R. W., & Pick, D. F. (2007).  Acquisition and transfer of attention allocation strategies in a multiple-task work environment.  Human Factors, 49, 995-1004.

• Wang, D.-Y., Pick, D. F., Proctor, R. W., & Yi.  Y.   (2007).  Effect of a side collision-avoidance signal on simulated driving with a navigation system.  Proceedings of the Fourth International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design, Stevenson, WA.

• Wang, D.-Y., Proctor, R. W., & Pick, D. F. (2007). Coding controlled and triggered cursor movements as action effects: Influences on the auditory Simon affect for wheel-rotation responses. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 33, 657-669.

• Wang, D.-Y. D., Pick, D. F., Proctor, R. W., Cho, Y. S., & Patel, D.  (2007).  Contribution of Sound to Perception of CVT Performance.  SAE 2006 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars – Mechanical Systems, Paper No. 2006-01-0814. Society of Automotive Engineers:  Warrendale, PA.
• Proctor, R. W., Vu, K.-P. L., & Pick, D. F. (2006). A deficit in effortful selection of cued responses for older adults. Journal of Motor Behavior, 38, 265-284.
• Proctor R.W., Pick, D.F., Vu, K.-P.L., & Anderson, R.E. (2005).  The enhanced Simon effect for older adults is reduced when the irrelevant location information is conveyed by an accessory stimulus. Acta Psychologica, 19, 21-40.
• Proctor, R. W., Vu, K.-P. L., & Pick, D. F.  (2005). Aging and response selection in spatial choice tasks.  Human Factors, 47, 250-270.
• Pick, D.F., Wang, D.-Y. D., Proctor, R.W., & Patel., D.  (2005). Dead pedal and the perception of continuously variable transmission performance.  Transmission and Driveline Symposium 2005.  Society of Automotive Engineers:  Warrendale, PA.
• Proctor, R. W., Wang, D.-Y. D., & Pick, D. F. (2004).  Stimulus-response compatibility with wheel-rotation responses: Will an incompatible response coding be used when a compatible coding is possible?  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11, 841-847.
• Wang, D.-Y., Proctor, R. W., & Pick, D. F. (2003). Stimulus-response compatibility effects for warning signals and steering responses.  Proceedings of the 2^ndInternational Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design. Park City, Utah
• Pick, D. F., Wang, D. -Y., & Proctor, R. W.  Evaluation of Sound Quality Measures for CVTs: Purdue Calumet Drive.  Ford Technical Report (July 7, 2003).
• Wang, D.-Y, D., Proctor, R. W., & Pick, D. F. (2003). The Simon effect with wheel-rotation responses. Journal of Motor Behavior, 35, 261-273.
• Pick, D. F., Wang, D. -Y., & Proctor, R. W.  Final Report: DPG CVT  Drive.  Ford Technical Report (February 17, 2003).
• Proctor, R. W., & Pick, D. F. (2003).  Display-control arrangement correspondence and logical recoding in the Hedge and Marsh reversal of the Simon effect.  Acta Psychologica, 112, 259-278.
• Pick, D. F., Wang, D. -Y., & Proctor, R. W.  Post-hoc analysis of CVT clinic summary data. Ford Technical Report (December 4, 2002).
• Wang, D. -Y., Pick, D. F., & Proctor, R. W.  (2001).  Performance on Cue Recognition and Evasive Action Skills as predictors of effective driving in college-age drivers. Proceedings of the 1st International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design.  Aspen, CO. pp. 98-102.
• Vu, K.-P. L., Proctor, R. W., & Pick, D. F. (2000). Vertical versus horizontal compatibility: Right-left prevalence with bimanual keypresses. Psychological Research, 64, 25-40.
• Proctor, R.W.  & Pick, D.F. (1999).  Deconstructing Marilyn:  Robust effects of face contexts on stimulus-response compatibility.  Memory & Cognition, 27, 986-995.
• Pick, D.F., & Proctor, R.W. (1999).  Age differences in the effects of irrelevant location information.  In M.W. Scerbo & M. Mouloua (Eds.), Automation Technology and Human Performance:  Current Research and Trends. Mahwah, N.J.:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Proctor, R.W., & Pick, D.F. (1998). Lateralized warning tones produce typical irrelevant-location effects on choice reactions.  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 5, 124-129.
• Proctor, R.W., Wang, D.Y., & Pick, D.F.  (1998).  Empirical evaluation of the SYNWORK1 multiple task work environment. Behavior Research Methods, Instrumentation, and Computers, 30, 287-305.
• Pick, D.F., Lovell, G.M., Brown, S., & Dail, D.  (1994).  Equine color perception revisited.  Journal of Applied Animal Behavior, 42, 61-65.
• Pick, D.F., & Pierce, K.A., (1993).  Theoretical parallels between the Wundt-Jastrow illusion and the Ponzo illusion.  Perceptual & Motor Skills, 76, 491-498.
• Pick, D.F., & Pierce, K.A., (1992).  The magic of the Wundt-Jastrow illusion.  The Psychology Teacher Network, 2, 9-11.
• Pick, D.F., Sweeney, J., & Clay, J.A.  (1991) The von Restorff effect in advertising.  Psychological Reports, 69, 923-926.
• Pick, D.F., Hoyle, P., & Baker, E.  (1991).  Possible determinants of spelling performance at a chalkboard.  Perceptual & Motor Skills, 72, 1287-1292.
• Pick, D.F., Hurford, D.P., Bair, R.C., & Goepfert, G.L.  (1990).  Butterfat content by volume as a possible predictor of taste preference for ice cream.  Perceptual & Motor Skills, 70, 639-642.
• Kirby, R.H., Pick, D.F., & Riddick, M.S.  (1976).  Discrimination between heavy water and deionized water using gustation v. olfaction in humans. Physiological Psychology, 4, 102-104.

Conference Presentations

• Pick, D.F., Smith, K., Miramontes, M. and Lynch, L. (July, 2016). Familiarity and two-choice behavior in the horse.  Presented at the 53rd Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society, Columbia, MO
• Pick, D.F. (January, 2011). Reducing Textbook Costs, Participant Idea Exchange Round Table discussion conducted at the 33^th Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL

Began at Purdue University Northwest: 1990