Buyer, Linda

Education

• Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, Cognitive/Experimental Psychology, 1989
• M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, Cognitive/Experimental Psychology, 1985  
• B.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, English Literature, 1979

Professional Credentials

Presentations

• Day, J. & Buyer, L.S. (2002). The Effect of Race on the Diagnosis of Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). Psychonomic Society Convention, Kansas City, Missouri.
• Buyer, L. S., McNamara, D. S., Grossi, J. A., Ridley, I. & Cottrell, K. G. (2004). Cognitive precursors to science comprehension: A constructive replication. American Psychological Society Convention, Chicago, Illinois.
• Buyer, L. S., McNamara, D. S., Dean, M., Jones, Z. & Lowery, M. (2005). Metacognitive Reading Training Improves Performance in an Introductory Science Class. American Psychological Society Convention, Los Angeles, California.
• Buyer, L.S. &  Connolly, C.H. (2006). Identifying factors that differentiate between high and low retention programs. National Conference on Student Recruitment, Marketing, and Retention, Denver, Colorado.
• Buyer, L.S., Connolly, C.H., Hendrickson, L.J. (2006). Empirical identification of institution-specific retention factors. National Symposium on Student Retention, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• Buyer, L.S. & Miller, K. J. (2008). Increasing Survey Response Rates: Combining Experimental Manipulations. National Association for Institutional Research Forum, Seattle, Washington.
• Buyer, L.S. & Miller, K. J. (2009). Increasing Survey Response Rates II: Interactions between deadlines, number of reminders and timing of reminders. Illinois Association for Institutional Research Forum, Rend Lake, Illinois.
• Buyer, L.S. & Miller, K. J. (2010). Increasing Survey Response Rates III: The interaction of an online option with number of reminders. Association for Institutional Research Forum, Chicago, Illinois.
• Buyer, L.S. (2010). Dashboards on the Cheap: Using Excel, Word, Photoshop, and an HTML editor to make Progress Indicators available to all Constituents. Illinois Association for Institutional Research Forum, Champaign, Illinois.
 

Publications

• Buyer, L.S. (2003).  Student Supplement to Accompany Cognition: Theory and Applications (6th ed.) Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
• Buyer, L.S. (2006).  Student Supplement to Accompany Cognition: Theory and Applications (7th ed.) Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
• Buyer, L. S. and Miller, K. J. (accepted pending revisions). Increasing survey response rates: Combining experimental manipulations.

Research

Research Interests: 

Problem-solving, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension

Dr. Buyer's Academic Genealogy:     

• Buyer, L.S. (1989). The Role of understanding in intra- and interproblem transfer, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Illinois at Chicago.  Dissertation Advisor: Roger L. Dominowski. 
• Dominowski, R.L. (1965). Anagram solving as a function of bigram rank and word frequency, Doctoral Dissertation, Northwestern University.  Dissertation Advisor: Carl P. Duncan. 
• Duncan, C.P. (1947). The effect of electroshock convulsions on learning and retention in the rat, Doctoral Dissertation, Brown University.  Dissertation Advisor: Harold H. Schlosberg. 
• Schlosberg, H.H. (1928). A study of the conditioned patellar reflex, Doctoral Dissertation, Princeton University. Dissertation Advisor: Edwin B. Holt. 
• Holt, E.B. (1901). The motor element in vision, Harvard University.  Dissertation Advisors: William James, Hugo G. Munsterberg. 
• Munsterberg, H.G. (1885).  Die lehre von der naturlichen anpassung (The doctrine of natural adaptation). Doctoral Dissertation, University of Leipzig.  Dissertation Advisor: Wilhem M. Wundt. 
• James, W. (1869). Awarded MD. Harvard University 
• Wundt, W.M. (1856).  Awarded MD. University of Heidelberg. 

Professional Memberships

• Association for Institutional Research Member
• Illinois Association for Institutional Research Vice-President 2008-2009, President 2009-2010, Nominating Committee Chairperson and Past-President 2010-2011 
• Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association Peer Reviewer