Convention
and Conference Papers and Activities
1.
Spilka, B. Personality
Traits Related to Talker Intelligibility and Listener Accuracy.
Presented at the Convention of the American Speech and Hearing
Association. November 1952, Detroit, Michigan.
2.
Spilka, B. Speaking
Intelligibility and the Mode of Speech Material Presentation to Talkers.
Presented at the Central States Speech Convention, April 1953, Chicago,
Illinois.
3.
Spilka, B., & Struening, E. L. A
Questionnaire Study of Personality and Ethnocentrism.
Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, May
1953, Chicago, Illinois.
4.
Spilka, B., Hanley, T. D., & Steer, M. D.
A Study of Relationships Existing Between Certain Aspects of Personality
and Some Vocal Effects of Delayed Speech Feedback Presented at the Convention of
the American Psychological Association, September 1953, Cleveland, Ohio.
5.
Spilka, B., Cloonan, T. F., & Forgays, D. C.
Group Effectiveness in Bomber Crews:
Analysis of In-Flight Procedures as a Criterion Source.
Presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association,
September 1953, Cleveland, Ohio.
6.
Spilka, B. Delayed Speech
Feedback and Personality. Presented at the Convention of the American Speech and
Hearing Association, November, 1953, New York, N.Y.
7.
Supervised and coordinated all exhibits and activities of the Special
Devices Center at the 1954 and 1955 Conventions of the Aero-Medical Society,
Hotel Statler, Washington, D.C.
8.
Spilka, B. Representative of
the Human Engineering Department, Special Devices Center, at the 1954 Acoustics-in-Air
Symposium, Hotel Statler, New York.
9.
Spilka, B. A comparison of
Religious Authoritarians and Equalitarians on Selected Attitudinal and
Personality Factors. Presented at
the Convention of the Kansas Psychological Association, Winfield, Kansas, April
1956.
10.
Spilka, B. Some Personality
Correlates of Interiorized and Institutionalized Religious Belief, Presented at
the Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association, May 1956, St. Louis,
Missouri.
11.
Spilka, B. Personality Correlates
of Religiosity With Home Restrictiveness Controlled. Presented at the joint convention of the Kansas and Missouri
Psychological Associations. Kansas
City, Missouri, April 1957.
12.
Spilka, B., & Kimble, G. Personality
Correlates of Q-L Differentials on the ACE, presented at the joint convention of
the Missouri‑Kansas Psychological Associations, April 1957.
13.
Spilka, B. A Study of Coacting
Group Influences on Individual Judgment, presented at the Convention of the
American Psychological Association, New York, August 1957.
14.
Siegel, S. M., & Spilka, B. The
Direction of Manifest Hostility: Its
Measurement and Meaning. Presented
at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, September 1957, New
York.
15.
Spilka, B. Grades--A Social
Necessity? What goes into a grade?
Invited address to the Evaluation Conference sponsored by the Colorado
State Board of Nursing, Colorado League of Nursing, Colorado Nursing
Association, November 1958, Denver, Colorado.
16.
Spilka, B. Speech, Audition, and
Personality. Presented at the
Convention of Western States Speech Association, November 1958, Salt Lake City,
Utah.
17.
Spilka, B. Invited address,
Attitudes of the Public Toward Plumbers. Colorado
Association of Plumbing Contractors, May 1959, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
18.
Spilka, B. Workshop speaker,
Interest and Personality Measurement. Colorado
Guidance Conference, March 1960, Denver, Colorado.
19.
Pulos, L., & Spilka, B. Perceptual
Selectivity, Memory, and Anti-Semitism. Presented
at the Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association, April 1960, St.
Louis, Missouri.
20.
Le Noue, D., Spilka, B., Van De Castle, R., & Prince, A. I.
Social Desirability and the Group Rorschach.
Presented at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Convention, May
1960, Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
21.
Swickard, D. L., & Spilka, B. Hostility
Expression Among Delinquents of Minority and Majority Groups.
Presented at the Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, May 1960, Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
22.
Spilka, B. Are we preparing women
for the space age; the social psychologists look at goals and values.
Presented at the Convention of the American Personnel and Guidance
Association, March 1961, Denver, Colorado.
23.
Milliken, R., Spilka, B. Mathematical-Verbal
Ability Differentials as a function of Situational Anxiety.
Presented at the Convention of the American Personnel and Guidance
Association, March 1961, Denver, Colorado.
24.
Spilka, B. Emotional Factors
Related to Visual Performance, Presented at the Convention of the American
Optometric Association, June 1961, Denver, Colorado.
25.
Coslett, S. B., & Spilka, B. Semantic
Generalization and Manifest Anxiety. American Psychological Association Convention, Sept. 1961,
New York, N.Y.
26.
Walb, M., & Spilka, B. The
Hysteria-Psychasthenia Dimension and Learning Under Stress.
American Psychological Association, Sept. 1961, New York, N.Y.
27.
Volle, F. O., & Spilka, B. Blood Pressure Variation as a Function of the
Direction of Hostility Expression, American Psychological Association
Convention, Sept. 1961, New York, N.Y.
28.
Spilka, B., & Langenderfer, L. The
Operational Complexity of Social Desirability Response Sets, American
Psychological Association, New York, N.Y., Sept. 1961.
29.
Smith, H. D., & Spilka, B. The Hysteria-Psychasthenia dimension in relation
to CFF under stress, Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, May 5,
1962, Chicago, Illinois.
30.
Gill, L. J., & Spilka, B. Some
nonintellectual correlates of academic achievement among Mexican-American
secondary school students, Midwestern Psychological Association, May 5, 1962,
Chicago, IL.
31.
Spilka, B. Leadership:
Theory and Reality, Mountain‑Plains Library Association, Denver,
Colorado, September 14, 1962.
32.
Spilka, B., & Yamamoto, J. Political identification, religious beliefs and
values, presented at the Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Cody, Wyoming, May 5, 1963.
33.
Loomis, R. J., & Spilka, B. Social
desirability and conformity in the test situation, presented at the Convention
of the American Psychological Association, August 29, 1963, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
34.
Spilka, B., & Reynolds, J. F. A
factorial study of selected religious beliefs and prejudice.
Presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association,
August 28, 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
35.
Sutherland, B. V., & Spilka, B. Social
desirability, item response time, and item significance, presented at the
Convention of the American Psychological Association, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, Sept. 2, 1963.
36.
Langenderfer, L., Spilka, B., & Horn, J. L. Social desirabilities among, social Desirabilities.
Presented at the Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, May 8, 1964, Salt Lake City, Utah.
37.
Spilka, B., Armatas, P., & Nussbaum, J.
The Concept of God: A Factor-Analytic
Approach. Presented at the
Convention of the Religious Research Association, Cleveland, Ohio, June 19,
1964.
38.
Struening, E. L., & Spilka, B. The
Dimensions of Social Desirability as Measured by the Edwards and Marlowe-Crowne
Scales. Presented at the American
Psychological Association Convention, Los Angeles, September 4, 1964.
39.
Program Chairman, 1965 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Denver, Colorado, May 12-15, 1965.
40.
Spilka, B., & Bryde, J. F. Alienation
and Achievement Among Oglala Sioux Secondary Students.
Presented at the 1965 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Denver, Colorado, May 13, 1965.
41.
Bryde, J. F., Elkind, D., Spilka, B., & Van Doorninck, W.
A Perceptual Study of Sioux Children.
Presented at the 1965 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Denver, Colorado, May 13, 1965.
42.
Gill, L. J., & Spilka, B. Social
Desirability, Achievement, and Underachievement. Presented at the 1965 Convention of the Colorado-Wyoming Academy of
Science, Denver, Colorado, May 1, 1965.
43.
Long, D. G., Elkind, D., & Spilka, B. A
Study of the Meaning of Prayer: Its
Conceptual Development in Children. Presented
at the 1965 Convention of the Religious Research Association, Chicago, Ill.,
June 18, 1965.
44.
Swickard, D. L., & Spilka, B. Some
Relationships Among Current Social and Religious Orientation, Recalled Form of
Home Environment, and Recommended Child Rearing Procedures.
Presented at the 1965 Convention of the American Psychological
Association, Chicago, Ill., September 4, 1965.
45.
Spilka, B., Hill, T., & Thorp, D. W. Alcoholism
and Alienation: Some Dimensional
Relationships and Specifications. Presented
at the 1966 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association,
Albuquerque, May 13, 1966.
46.
Allen, R. O., & Spilka, B. Committed
and Consensual Religion: A Specification of Religion‑Prejudice
Relationships. Presented at the
1966 Convention of the Religious Research Association, St. Louis, June, 17,
1966.
47.
Spilka, B. The Myth of the
Organized University. Presented at
the 1966 Convention of the National Association of Student Personnel
Administrators. Seattle, June 27,
1966.
48.
Spilka, B. The Social Dimensions of
Mental Illness, Invited Talk, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill.,
October 27, 1966.
49.
Gill, L. J., & Spilka, B. Educational
Achievement and Social Desirability Among Spanish‑American High School
Students, Presented at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Salt Lake
City, Utah, May 12, 1967.
50.
Spilka, B. Problems in Research on
Indian Education, Presented at the National Research Conference on American
Indian Education, Pennsylvania State University, May 15, 1967.
51.
Spilka, B., & Pellegrini, R. J. Death
and Cultural Values, Presented at the Annual Convention of the American
Psychological Association, Washington, D. C., September 4, 1967.
52.
Spilka, B. Religion and
Anti‑Semitism (or How to Research with the Good Eye Closed).
Presented at the 1967 Convention of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, New York, December 27, 1967.
53.
Spilka, B. Definition as a Process
of Perceptual Differentiation, Discussant Views.
Presented at a Conference, "Measuring the Religious Variable."
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, April 5, 1968.
54.
Lyness, J. L., Spilka, B., & Cirillo, L.
Color Mood Associations as a Function of Physiognomic Properties.
Presented at the 1968 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Denver, May 9, 1968.
55.
Embree, R. A., Spilka, B., & Horn, J. L.
Special Leading and Natural Leading:
An Interpretive Investigation of Motivation for the Christian Ministry.
Presented at the 1968 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Denver, May 10, 1968.
56.
Freeman, G. W., Spilka, B., & Mason, R. C.
Delinquency and the Outward Bound Program: An Empirical Evaluation of a Radical Approach to Delinquency
Control. Presented at the 1968
Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, May 10,
1968.
57.
Spilka, B., & Pellegrini, R. J. Religion,
American Values and Death Perspectives. Presented at the 1968 Convention of the
Religious Research Association, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, June 21,
1968.
58.
Spilka, B., Read, S., Allen, R. O., & Dailey, K. A.
Specificity vs. Generality: The
Criterion Problem in Religious Measurement.
Presented at the 1968 Convention of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, Dallas, Texas, Dec. 31, 1968.
59.
Spilka, B., & Read, S. The
Development and Validation of an Objective, Multidimensional Measure of
Achievement Motivation. Presented
at the 1969 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 15, 1969 (with S. Read).
60.
Spilka, B. Action Research with
Indians. Presented at the 1969
Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, May 15, 1969.
61.
Spilka, B. Conceptions of Man and
Dimensions of Personal Religion. Presented
at the Institute for the Psychology of Religion, Catholic University,
Washington, D.C., June 17, 1969.
62.
Spilka, B. American Indian Youth:
The Role of Research in Resolving Culture and Personality Crises--The
Educational Segment. Presented at
the 1969 Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.,
September 1, 1969.
63.
Spilka, B. Education and Alienation
Among Indian Schoolchildren. Talk
presented at the All Indian Education Institute, Central Wyoming College,
Riverton, Wyoming, October 9, 1969.
64.
Spilka, B. Two Invited Lectures,
Westmar College, LeMars, Iowa: Alienation
and Education Among Indians, January 21, 1970; and What Needs to be Done:
The Indian and American Education, January 22, 1970.
65.
Spilka, B. Perspectives on the
Person in Contemporary Social Psychology. Paper
presented as part of a Symposium at the Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain
Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 9, 1970.
66.
Spilka, B. Mutual Frustrations of
Indians and Whites in a Joint Action Program.
Paper presented as part of a Symposium at the Annual Convention of the
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 9, 1970.
67.
Spilka, B. Alienation and Education
Among Indians. Two invited lectures
for the Wayne State College Summer Institute for Teachers of American Indian
Children, Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska, June 29-30, 1970.
68.
Spilka, B. Dimensional Research in
the Psychology of Religion. Paper presented at the Second Annual Conference on
Research in Religion. Valley Forge,
PA, Sept. 30, 1970.
69.
Spilka, B. The Psychology of
Teaching. Invited talk National
Institute for Radiologic Technicians, Denver, Colorado, October 24, 1970.
70.
Spilka, B. Contexts for Ministry in
the Seventies. Invited talk at a
Conference on Ministry in the Coming Decade, McCormick Theological Seminary,
Chicago, Ill., Feb. 9, 1971.
71.
Spilka, B. The Indian Child and the
Teacher: Assessing Relationships
via the Construct of Personal Space. Paper
presented at the 1971 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Denver, Colorado, May 14, 1971.
72.
Malbin, N., Laturner, S., & Spilka, B.
A Longitudinal Study of Educational Performance Among Oglala Sioux
Students. Paper presented at the
1971 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver,
Colorado, May 14, 1971.
73.
Benson, P. L., & Spilka, B. Cultural
Value Reference Among Oglala Sioux Children. Paper presented at the 1971
Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, Colorado,
May 14, 1971.
74.
Spilka, B., & Ott, J. S. Indian
Perspectives on Education and the School: A Study of Parents and Children.
Paper presented at the 1971 Convention of the Rocky Mountain
Psychological Association, Denver, Colorado, May 14, 1971.
75.
Spilka, B. Some foundations for the
associative meaning of word pairs with specific reference to word sequence.
Paper presented at the 1972 Convention of the Rocky Mountain
Psychological Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 10, 1972.
76.
Spilka, B., Benson, P., & Strommen, M. P.
Personal, social and religious attitudes of Jewish youth and their
relationship to those of Christian youth. Paper
presented at the 1972 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 10, 1972.
77.
Benson, P., & Spilka, B. God
image as a function of self‑esteem and locus of control. Paper presented at the 1972 International Congress of Learned
Societies in the Field of Religion, section for the Society for the Scientific
Study of Religion, Los Angeles, California, September 5, 1972.
78.
Spilka, B., & Conner, C. Sequence
in social perception: The
significance of order in conceptualizing heterosexual couples. Paper presented
at the 1973 Convention of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Dallas,
Texas, April 26, 1973.
79.
Spilka, B., Rosensohn, M., & Tener, S.
Freud Revisited: God and
father, or is it mother or me? Paper
presented at the 1973 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Las Vegas, Nev., May 9, 1973.
80.
Spilka, B., & Foster, F. M. The
development and validation of a short, multidimensional course-faculty
evaluation instrument. Paper
presented at the 1973 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Las Vegas, Nev., May 9, 1973.
81.
Spilka, B., Addison, J., & Rosensohn, M.
Parents, self and faith: A
test of competing theories of individual-religion relationships.
Paper presented at the 1973 Convention of the Society for the Scientific
Study of Religion, San Francisco, California, October 26, 1973.
82.
Hoffman, M., Newman, J., Greenspoon, S., Starker, S., Loeb, N., & Spilka, B.
Self and other sex-role attribution as a function of given name,
presented at the 1974 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Denver, Colorado, May 10, 1974.
83.
Appleman, N., Hamman, J., & Spilka, B.
Some personal and social correlates of the primacy effect in impression
formation, presented at the 1974 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Denver, Colorado, May 10, 1974.
84.
Spilka, B., Morstad, C., & Koch, G. Personal
space schemata in relation to self-other orientations.
Presented at the 1974 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Denver, Colorado, May 10, 1974.
85.
Spilka, B., & Mullin, M. Personal
Religion and psychosocial schemata: A
research approach to a theological psychology of religion.
Presented at the 1974 Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study
of Religion, Washington, D.C., October 26, 1974.
86.
Spilka, B., & Reynolds, E. Cognition
and sexual identity: An exploratory
study, presented at the 1975 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, May l7, 1975, Salt Lake City, Utah.
87.
Spilka, B., & Minton, B. Perspectives
on death in relation to powerlessness and form of personal religion.
Presented at the 1975 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, May 9, 1975, Salt Lake City, Utah.
88.
Rea, M. P., Greenspoon, S. L., & Spilka, B. Physicians and terminal illness:
A study of experience, perspectives and actions.
Presented at the 1975 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, May 9, 1975, Salt Lake City, Utah.
89.
Loeb, N., Weldon, L., & Spilka, B. Those who are about to fly: Death
concerns and pre-flight feelings and behavior.
Presented at the 1975 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, May 9, 1975, Salt Lake City, Utah.
90.
Spilka, B., & Minton, B. Defining
personal religion: Psychometric,
Cognitive and Instrumental Dimensions. Presented
at the 1975 Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 24, 1975.
91.
Interviewed by Peter Benson in a session titled "Conversations with Major
Figures" 1975 Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 25, 1975.
92.
Spilka, B. "The Compleat
Person": Some theoretical view and
research findings for a theological-psychology of religion.
Invited address at the National Evangelical Conference on Research in
Mental Health and Religious Behavior. Atlanta,
Georgia, January 24-26, 1976.
93.
Spilka, B. Research in the
Psychology of Religion: Organizations
and Resources. Presented at the
1976 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Phoenix,
Arizona, May 13, 1976.
94.
Spilka, B. Some notes on the
history of psychology in the Rocky Mountain Region:
From soul to behavior. Presented
at the 1976 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Phoenix,
Arizona, May 13, 1976.
95.
Stout, L., Minton, B., & Spilka, B. The
construction and validation of multidimensional measures of death anxiety and
death perspectives. Presented at
the 1976 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Phoenix,
Arizona, May 14, 1976.
96.
Hoggatt, L., & Spilka, B. The
nurse and the terminally ill patient: Some
perspectives and projected actions. Paper
presented at the 1976 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Phoenix, Arizona, May 14, 1976.
97.
Schwartz, S., Reynolds, E., Stout, L., & Spilka, B.
Creative thinking, death perspectives and death anxiety.
Presented at the 1976 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Phoenix, Arizona, May 14, 1976.
98.
Friedman, L., Rosenberg, D., & Spilka, B.
Death perspectives of wounded and non-wounded Vietnam combat veterans.
Presented at the 1976 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Phoenix, Arizona, May 14, 1976.
99.
Reynolds, E., & Spilka, B. Death
perspectives, death anxiety and sex role identity. Presented at the 1976 Convention of the Rocky Mountain
Psychological Association, Phoenix, Arizona, May 14, 1976.
100.
Spilka, B., Stout, L., & Minton, B. Death perspectives, death anxiety and
form of personal religion. Presented at the 1976 Convention of the Society for
the Scientific Study of Religion, Philadelphia, PA, October, 29, 1976.
101.
Spilka, B. Contemporary religious
movements in America: Religious minorities in a secular society--Discussant on 4
papers. Presented at the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, 1977 Convention, Denver, Colorado,
February 22, 1977.
102. Spilka, B.
A comparative study of the catechetical significance of the values of
Catholic youth in relation to those of other religious adolescents.
Invited address to the United States Catholic Conference on Youth,
Marriottsville, Maryland, March 17, 1977.
103.
Spilka, B. The teaching of
precollege psychology: The perspective of the college professor and the student
in the introductory course. Paper presented at the 1977 Convention of the Rocky
Mountain Psychological Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 12, 1977.
104. Spilka, B., Spangler, J.D., & Rea, M.P.
Death and the clergy: Some perspectives, actions and views.
Presented at the 1977 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Albuquerque, N.M., May 13, 1977.
105. Spilka, B.
Theory and empirical research in the Psychology of Religion:
Some fundamental issues. Presented
at the 1977 Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco,
August 27, 1977.
106.
Spilka, B., Spangler, J.D., & Rea, M.P.
Religion and death: The
clerical perspective. Presented at
the 1977 Convention of Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Chicago,
October 30, 1977.
107.
Spilka, B. Religion and death...and
science and death Clerical and Medical perspectives on death).
Presented at the First Congress on Science and Ethics, Denver, Colorado,
October 12, 1977.
108.
Spilka, B. Research needs in the
psychology of religion. Invited address, Wingspread Conference on Religious
Studies sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
February 18, 1978, Racine, Wisconsin.
109.
Spilka, B. Religious bases of
professional ethics. Presented at
the 1978 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver
Colorado, April 6, 1978.
110.
Brown, G.A., Spilka, B., & Cassidy, S.
The nature of mystical experience and pre-and post-experience life-style.
Presented at the 1978 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Denver, Colorado, April 7, 1978.
111.
Friedman, L., & Spilka, B. Psychology
and death education: Current
status. Presented at the 1978
Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, Colorado,
April 8, 1978.
112.
Spilka, B., Lacey, G., & Gelb, B. Sex discrimination after death:
A replication, extension, and contradiction.
Presented at the 1978 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Denver, Colorado, April 8, 1978.
113.
Reese, L., Armbruster, J., & Spilka, B.
The Type A personality pattern: Death
perspectives, death anxiety and associated correlates.
Presented at the 1978 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Denver, Colorado, April 8, 1978.
114.
Szita, E., Zwartjes, G., & Spilka, B. Problems
of interviewing school personnel involved with children with cancer.
Presented at the 1978 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Denver, Colorado, April 8, 1978.
115.
Brown, G.A., Spilka, B., & Cassidy, S.
The structure of mystical experience and pre- and post-lifestyle
correlates. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Convention, Hartford,
CT, October 27, 1978.
116.
Spilka, B., Spangler, J.D., & Rea, M.P.
Religion and death II: The
roles of conservative theology and personal perspectives on death in relation to
terminal patients and euthanasia. Convention
of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, October 27, 1978, Hartford,
CT.
117.
Spilka, B., & Spangler, J.D. Cancer
and the clergy: A study of cancer
patient's experiences with and perceptions of the clergy.
Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Hartford,
CT, October 27, 1978.
118.
Spilka, B. Personal faith and
ethical behavior patterns. Presented at a conference "Our search for values
in contemporary crises," Mission Viejo, California, November 21, 1978.
119.
Antonoff, S., & Spilka, B. Nonverbal
behavioral correlates of terminality among cancer patients.
Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Las Vegas,
NV, April 17, 1979.
120.
Spilka, B., Comp, G., & Hebard, R. Soul
and mind: Religion in psychology
textbooks of the 1970's. Convention
of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Las Vegas, NV, April 18, 1979.
121.
Spilka, B. The current status of
the Psychology of Religion. Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Las Vegas, NV, April 18, 1979. (conversation hour).
122.
Halpern, S., & Spilka, B. Attitudes
toward cheating among college students and religious orientation.
Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Las Vegas,
NV, April, 19, 1979.
123.
Weiner, S., & Spilka, B. Jewish
identification among children of Holocaust survivors. Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion, San Antonio, Texas, October 26, 1979.
124.
Spilka, B., & Comp, G. Faith
and behavior: Religion in
introductory Psychology texts of the 1950's and 1970's.
Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, San
Antonio, Texas, October 26, 1979.
125.
Spilka, B., & Spangler, J.D. Spiritual
support in cancer: Patient
encounters with clergy. Convention
of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, San Antonio, Texas, October
26, 1979.
126.
Zwartjes, W.J., Spilka, B., Zwartjes, G.M., Heideman, D., & Cilli, K.A.
The family of the child with cancer:
The case of the sibling. Paper
presented at the 1980 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Tucson, Arizona, April 10, 1980.
127.
Spilka, B. Fifty years of
Psychology in the West: RMPA's
first half‑century. Presented
at the 1980 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Tucson,
Arizona, April 10, 1980.
128.
Spilka, B. Toward a psychosocial
theory of religious mysticism with empirical reference. Paper presented at the 1980 Convention of the Rocky Mountain
Psychological Association, Tucson, Arizona, April 11, 1980.
129.
Jackson, N.J., & Spilka, B. Correlates
of religious mystical experience: A selective study.
Presented at the 1980 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Tucson, Arizona, April 10, 1980.
130.
Spilka, B. Discussant, Role studies
of the clergy. Convention of the
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 31,
1980.
131.
Schneider, C., & Spilka, B. A
survey of Mormon attitudes toward women's roles and selected correlates:
A pilot study. Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association,
Denver, Colorado, April 29, 1981.
132.
Ramsey, M., Coquilette, M., & Spilka, B.
Tester and respondent sex interactions effects when sexist material is
evaluated. Convention of the Rocky
Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, Colorado, April 30, 1981.
133.
Reidman, D., Schmidt, G., & Spilka, B.
A confirmatory study of selected correlates of classroom seating choices.
Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver,
Colorado, April 30, 1981.
134.
Amaro, A., Freedman, R., & Spilka, B. Course
evaluation as a function of cognitive consistency and motive adjustment.
Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver,
Colorado, April 30, 1981.
135.
Kennedy, S., & Spilka, B. Empathy
and self‑other perceptions among romantically involved couples.
Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver,
Colorado, April 30, 1981.
136.
Spilka, B., Amaro, A., Wright, G., and Davis, J. The treatment of religion in current psychology texts.
American Psychological Association Convention, Los Angeles, California,
August 26, 1981.
137.
Spilka, B., Zwartjes, W.J., Zwartjes, G.M., Heidman, D., and Cilli, K.A.
The role of religion in coping with childhood cancer.
Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion,
Baltimore, MD, November 1, 1981.
138.
Spilka, B., and Amaro, A. A signal
detectability validation of measures of Intrinsic‑Extrinsic,
Committed‑Consensual Faith. Convention
of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Baltimore, MD, October 30,
1981.
139.
Spilka, B. and Schmidt, G. Attributions
as a function of personal faith and locus of control. Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 30, 1982.
140.
Spilka, B. and Lofredo, L. Classroom
cheating among religious students: Some
factors affecting perspectives, actions and justifications.
Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, April 30, 1982.
141.
Jackson, N.J. and Spilka, B. Religion
and social work: A study of the
beliefs and behaviors of social workers. Convention
of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April
30, 1982.
142.
Spilka, B. Theory in the Psychology
of Religion. Invited paper Convention of the American psychological Association,
Washington, D.C. August 26, 1982. (William
James award lecture).
143.
Spilka, B. A general attribution approach to the psychology of religion.
University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, November 1982.
144.
Spilka, B., Schmidt, G., and Loffredo, L. General
attribution theory for the psychology of religion. A formulation and its initial
test.Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Providence,
Rhode Island, October 24, 1982.
145.
Spilka, B. and Schmidt, G. Stylistic
factors in attribution: The role of religion and locus of control.
Presented at the Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, April 29, 1983, Snowbird, Utah.
146.
Spilka, B. Testing attribution
concepts in the psychology of religion. Presented
at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Anaheim,
California, August 27, 1983.
147.
Spilka, B. Quantification and
measurement in the service of theory. Presented at the Convention of the Society
for the Scientific Study of Religion, Knoxville, Tennessee, November 4, 1983.
148.
Wulf, J., Prentice, D., Hansum, D., Ferrar, A., and Spilka, B. Religiosity and
sexual attitudes and behavior among single evangelical Christians. Presented at
the Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Knoxville,
Tennessee, November 4, 1983.
149.
Spilka, B. Psychology and Religion:
The state of the field. Cosponsor, Division 36, American Psychological
Assn., Presented at the Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Assn.,
Las Vegas, Nev., April 25, 1984.
150.
Kojetin, B. A., McIntosh, D. N., and Spilka, B., Stylistic influences on a group
problem‑solving task. Presented
at the Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Assn., Las Vegas, Nev.,
April 25, 1984.
151.
Bartlett, N., Spilka, B., and Wertheimer, M. Workshop:
l985 Tucson RMPA Symposia on History.
Presented at the Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Las Vegas, Nev. April 27, l984.
152.
Kojetin, B. A., McIntosh, D. N., and Spilka, B., The role of
personal faith on an interpersonal problem-solving task:
An attributional approach.
Presented at the Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion, Chicago, Ill., October 29, l984.
153.
Spilka, B. Psychological
perspectives on religion: A
discussant's perspective. Presented
at the Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Chicago,
October 26, 1984.
154.
Spilka, B. and Kojetin, B. Fathers,
mothers, and founders: An attributional problem in the history of psychology.
Presented at the Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Tucson, Arizona, April 27, 1985.
155.
Spilka, B. From soul to psyche and
frontier to mainstream: A history
of psychology at the University of Denver. Presented at the Convention of the
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Tucson, Arizona, April 26, 1985.
156.
Spilka, B. Camaraderie across
distance and diversity: A history
of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association.
Presented at the Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Tucson, Arizona, April 28, 1985.
157.
McIntosh, D., Kojetin, B., and Spilka, B. Form
of personal faith and attributions to control.
Presented at the Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Tucson, Arizona, April 28, 1985.
158.
Spilka, B. Spiritual issues: Do
they belong in psychological practice? Yes ‑‑ But!
Presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association,
Los Angeles, California, August 26, 1985.
159.
Spilka, B., Kojetin, B., and McIntosh, D. Bias
and cognitive flexibility in measures of personal faith.
Presented at the Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion, Savannah, Georgia, October 15, 1985.
160.
Spilka, B., Kojetin, B., and McIntosh, D. Psychology
and religion according to 19th Century Textbooks.
Presented at the Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion, Savannah, Georgia, October 25, 1985.
161.
Spilka, B. Review symposium:
The Intrinsic/Extrinsic tradition in the psychology of religion.
Presented at the Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion, Savannah, Georgia, October 25, 1985.
162.
Spilka, B. Religion and science in
nineteenth century America. Invited
paper presented at the Dr. Albert Schweitzer Festival of Culture, Palm Springs,
California, February 14, 1986.
163.
Evans, R., McIntosh, D. N., and Spilka, B.
Marital adjustment and form of personal faith. Presented at the Convention of the Rocky Mountain
Psychological Association, Denver, Colorado, April 25, 1986.
164.
Spilka, B., and McIntosh, D. N. Science
and the "American Divines": A lost chapter in the history of American
psychology. Presented at the
Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, April 25, 1986.
165.
Spilka, B. The empirical evaluation
of Quest faith. Presented at the
American Psychological Association Convention, Washington, D.C., August 24,
1986.
166.
Spilka, B. Religion and science in
early American psychology. Presidential Address for Division 36
(PIRI). Presented at the
American Psychological Association Convention, Washington, D.C., August 24,
1986.
167.
Spilka, B. and Bridges, R. A. Theology
and psychological theory: An historical and directive analysis.
Presented at the Convention for the Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion, Washington, D.C., November 14, 1986.
168.
McIntosh, D. and Spilka, B. Religious
liberalism-conservatism, form of personal faith and locus of control.
Presented at the Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Albuquerque, NM, April 30, 1987.
169.
Spilka, B. and McIntosh, D. Bridging
religion and psychology: The transitional nature of the Hall-James generation.
Paper presented at the American Psychological Association, New York,
August, 1987.
170.
Spilka, B. The functional and
dysfunctional role of religion: An attributional approach.
Invited keynote address to the Christian Association for Psychological
Studies, Lancaster, PA, October 23, 1987.
171.
McIntosh, D. and Spilka, B. Religion
and health. Paper presented at the
Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Louisville, KY,
October, 30, 1987.
172.
Spilka, B. (1987, August).
Paul Pruyser's Psychology of Religion.
Invited paper presented at a memorial session for Paul Pruyser at the
Convention of the American Psychological Association, New York.
173.
Spilka, B. Invited
Panelist/Discussant for Religion and the challenge to consistency
understandings of identity. Annual
Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Louisville, KY,
October 31, 1987.
174.
Spilka, B. Invited Discussant for The
relevance of philosophic issues to the use of empiricism in the study of
religion. Presented at the
Annual Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion,
Louisville, KY, October 31, 1987.
175.
Gave two invited talks in the Brigham Young University, Psychology Forum Series,
February 4, 1988. Titles were:
"Religion in early American Psychology," and "What does it
mean to be religious . . . Psychologically?"
176.Lehr,
E. & Spilka B. (1988, April
21). Religion in the introductory
psychology textbook: A comparison
of three decades. Presented at the
Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Snowbird,
Utah.
177.
Johnson, S. & Spilka, B. (1988,
April 21). Religion and the breast
cancer patient: The mixed blessing
of institutional support. Presented
at the Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association,
Snowbird, Utah.
178.
As "Scholar-in-Residence" at the Jewish Center of Jackson Heights, New
York, May 6, 7, and 8, 1988. Three
talks. 1). "What does it mean
to be religious?" 2). How
religion may help or hurt people: Religion
and death: the ultimate test of
faith." 3). Religion in adult life: Love,
marriage, divorce."
179.
Spilka, B. Issues involved in the
"Rise and Fall" of the Psychology of Religion.
Presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association,
Atlanta, GA, August 15, 1988.
180.Spilka,
B. The future of research in the
psychology of religion. Panel
discussion. Presented at the
Convention of the American Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA, August 13,
1988.
181.
Spilka, B. The relationship between
religion and mental health. National
Keynote Address for the Group for the Advancement of Mental Health Research,
Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR, October 21, 1988.
182.
Johnson, S. & Spilka, B. Coping
with breast cancer: The role of
religion. Presented at the
Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Chicago, IL,
October 30, 1988.
183.
Bridges, R. & Spilka, B. Preliminary
Steps Towards Theological Literacy and Behavioral Science:
Construction of a Theologically Based Measurement Scale.
Presented at the Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion, Chicago, IL, October 28, 1988.
184.
Spilka, B. Discussant for The
religious development of American Adolescents.
Presented at the Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion, Chicago, IL, October 30, 1988.
185.
Spilka, B. Psychology in the Rocky
Mountain Region 1930-1950. In a symposium, Past Frontiers of Psychology:
A tale of two regions, to be presented at the joint meeting of the
Western Psychological Association and the Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association, Reno, Nevada, April 28, 1989.
186.
Bridges, R. & Spilka, B. Cognitive
structuring among seven American Protestant traditions:
A Psycho-Theological Approach. Joint
meeting of the Western Psychological Association and the Rocky Mountain
Psychological Association, Reno, Nevada, April 28, 1989.
187.
Kirkpatrick, L. & Spilka, B. The
Treatment of Religion in Psychology Textbooks:
A review of past and current trends.
American Psychological Association Convention, New Orleans, LA, August
14, 1989.
188.
Bridges, R. B. & Spilka, B. Theology as world view: The impact of various
theologies on the attribution of control and gender-meaning.
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Salt Lake City, Utah.
October 28, 1989.
189.
Harris, N. A. & Spilka, B. (1990, April). The sense of control and coping
with alcoholism. Convention of the
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Tucson, AZ
211.
Arms, M., Byrden, B., Burdette, R., Ladd, K. L. & Spilka, B. (1995, 22
April). The need for meaning, control, and esteem in relation to religious
orientation. Presented at the Convention
of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Boulder, CO.
212.
Moore, P., Ladd, K. L., & Spilka, B. (1995, 22 April). Optimism-Pessimism as
a function of faith and prayer dimensionality. Presented at the
Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Boulder, CO.
213.
Navrot, A., Richardson, A., Marrocco, C., Dashosh, D., Kvern, K., Yang, J.,
Rothschild, M., Fairchild, D., Ladd, K. L., & Spilka, B., (1995, 22 April).
Prayer and the sense of controll: A multidimensional study. Presented at the
Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Boulder, CO.
214.
Sundin, H., Ladd, K. L., & Spilka, B. (1995, 22 April). God images in
relation to perceptions of God control in life. Presented at the
Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Boulder, CO.
215.
Ladd, K. L., McIntosh, D. N. Spilka, B. (August. 1995). Religiousness and coping
with illness and victimization. Presented at the Convention of the American
Psychological Association, New York, NY.
216.
Ladd, K. L., McIntosh, D. N. Spilka, B., & Galloway, A. (Oct. 1995). Paths
to meaning and coping with cancer. Presented at the Convention of the Society
for the Scientific Study of Religion, St. Louis, MO.
217.
Spilka, B. (Oct. 1995). The future of the psychology of religion. Presented at
the Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, St. Louis,
MO.
218.
Spilka, B. (Oct. 1995). The human
side of prayer. Presented at the Convention of the Society for the Scientific
Study of Religion, St. Louis, MO.
219.
Luckow, A., Ladd, K., Spilka, B., Paloma, M., McIntosh, D. N., Parks, C.,
LaForett, D., & David, J. (1996, August). The structure of prayer:
Explorations and confirmations. Presented at the Convention of the American
Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
220.
Beck, J. R., Ladd, K., Luckow, A., Spilka, B., & LaForett, D. (1996,August).
Globalization revisited: Changes
over the seminary years. Presented at the Convention of the American
Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
221.
Spilka, B. & McIntosh, D. N. ( 1996, August). Religion and spirituality: The
known and the unknown. Presented at
the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
222.
Beree, M., McIntosh, D. N., Ladd, K. L., Spilka, B., Luckow, A. & LaForett,
D. (November 1996). Coping with spinal cord injury: The roles of meaning,
control, and esteem from both religious and nonreligious sources.
Scheduled for presentation at the Convention of the Society for the
Scienific Study of Religion, Nashville, TN.
223.
Hang Le, Cavallaro, T., Kaufman, M., Grdina, H., Fehl, W Whitney, M., Narahara,
S., Chikwanda, C., LaForett, D., Luckow, A., L;add, K., McIntosh, D. N., &
Spilka, B. (August 1997). Religion
and credulity: Test of a Freudian hypothesis. Convention of the American
Psychological Association, Chicago, Ill.
224. Spilka, B. Participant in ex-president’s
panel, Division of the Psychology of Religion. (August 1997).Convention of the
American Psychological Association, Chicago, Ill.
225.
Spilka, B. & Kearl, M. (1998, April 18). Religion and credulity: Testing a
Freudian hypothesis nationally. Joint Convention of the Western and Rocky
Mountain Psychological Associations, Albuquerque, NM.
226.
Luckow, A., Ladd, K., Spilka, B. & McIntosh, D. N. (1998, April). The
psychological functions of prayer. Joint Convention of the Western and Rocky
Mountain Psychological Associations, Albuquerque, NM.
227.
Spilka, B. (1999, April 16). Prospects for psychology in the 21at century: A
discussion with M. Wertheimer. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association
Convention, Fort Collins, CO. (Scheduled).
228. Spilka, B. (1999, August 22). Religion, evolution, and genetics: Notes toward a theory of religious origins. American Psychological Association Convention, Boston, MA.
229. Spilka, B. (2000, October). God images" Broadening psychological perspectives and research. Presented at the Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Houston, TX.
230. Luckow, A. E., McIntosh, D. N., Spilka, B., & Ladd, K. L. (2000), February). The multidimensionality of prayer. Poster presented at the Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Nashville, , TN.
231. Ladd, K. L. & Spilka, B. (2001, October 20). Cognitive aspects of prayer scales (CAPS): Validation and utility. Convention of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Columbus, OH.
232. Spilka, B. & Ladd. K. L. (2002, Nov. 1). Toward a psychobiology of God: Evolution and Genetics. Presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Salt Lake City, UT.
233. Spilka, B. (2002, Nov. 3). Participant in a panel, "SSSR Old-timers reflect on their careers and the state of the profession. Presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Salt Lake City, UT.
234. Furth, J. K. & Spilka, B. (2003, April 12). Admitted cheating as a function of personal faith, social desirability, and test order. Presented at the Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO.
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