Thursday, Oct 13th

Arrival of visiting fellows in Ann Arbor

7:00 pm

Dinner shuttle to Pizza House

Friday, Oct 14th 

9:00 am

Welcome and Academy Opening

9:30 am

*Round Table Discussions

1. Motivational factors in transitions in late adolescence and early adulthood

Jessica Garrett, Emily Messersmith and Yi-Miau Tsai

2. The development of causal reasoning.

Christina Legare, Robert Gaschler, Jutta Mata, Bettina von Helversen

10:00 am

3. Motivational and metacognitive aspects of cognitive task performance.

Christina Legare, Robert Gaschler, Jutta Mata, Bettina von Helversen

4. Aging men and women and their social relationships.

Besangie Sellars

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Introduction of Speaker/Moderator: Yi-Miau Tsai

Ulrich Trautwein

"Testing Expectancy-Value Theory in Diverse School Systems and Learning Environments"

12:15 pm

Lunch

1:15pm

Introduction of Speaker/Moderator: Jesse Graham

Chad Dodson

“Are Age-Related Episodic Memory Impairments Caused By Illusory Recollections?“

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

*Fellow presentations

1. Karen Siedlecki

Investigating the structure of episodic memory across the adult lifespan.

2. Dana Kotter-Grühn

The subjective course of life-span longing over time: The case of an unrealizable wish for children.

3. Vanessa LoBue 

Finding the Snake in The Grass – Attention to Fear-Relevant Stimuli by Infants and Young Children.

4:15 pm 

Shuttle leaves for Matthaei Botanical Gardens

6:00 pm

Dinner at Matthaei

9:00 pm

Shuttle from Holiday Inn/Microtel to Bab’s 

11:30 pm

Shuttle to returns to Holiday Inn/Microtel

Saturday, Oct 15th

9:00 am

Introduction of Speaker/Moderator: Jessica Garrett

Glen Elder 

“The Life Course and Human Development: Contributions, Challenges, and New Directions”

10:30 am

Break

11:00 am

Introduction of Speaker/Moderator: Nicole Zarrett

Jutta Heckhausen

“Developmental Regulation Across the Life Span: Individual Agency and Society”

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

Introduction of Speaker/Moderator: Ashley Hazel

Bobbi Low 

3:00 pm

Break

3:30 pm

Introduction of Speaker/Moderator: Cristy Watkins

Dan Kruger

5:00 pm

Small Group Discussion on Life History/Life Course perspectives

6:00 pm

Poster Session and Dinner

10:00pm

Salsa lesson at Holiday Inn

Sunday, Oct 16th

9:30 am

Variable and Pattern Centered Analyses Series

Introduction of Speaker/Moderator: Emily Messersmith

Lecture 1: Rich Gonzalez 

“Uncertainty As A Vehicle To Understanding Pattern-Centered And Variable-Centered Approaches“

11:00 am

Break

11:15 pm

Introduction of Speaker/Moderator: Kate Fiori

Lecture 2: Kai S. Cortina

"Cluster Or Clutter? Applying Profile Analysis As A Heuristic In Person-Centered Data Analyses"

12:45 pm

Lunch

1:45 pm

*Fellow presentations

1. Lars Penke

Evolved psychological mating mechanisms in context: A closer look at sociosexual orientations

2. Robert Gaschler 

Information reduction in skill acquisition – An item-general process?

3. Yi-Miau Tsai 

Intraindividual change in student motivation across different contexts

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

*Fellow presentations

1. Jutta Mata 

The Role of Information for Nutrition Behavior

2. Jung-hwa Ha 

Changes in Social Relationships following Late-Life Widowhood

3. Andrea Mueller

Aspects of School-Related Language as Barriers to School Success for Children with Immigrant Backgrounds

4:15 pm

Leave for UM campus tour 

4:30 – 5:45 pm

Guided tour of campus

6:30 pm

Dinner at the Gandy Dancer

8:30 pm

Shuttle to Holiday Inn/Microtel

Monday, Oct 17th          

9:00 am

Computational Models in Psychology 

Introduction of Speaker/Moderator: Bettina von Helversen

Lecture 1: Konstantinos Katsikopoulos 

“Formal Models In Psychology: An Application To Decision Making“

10:15 am

Break

10:30 am

Introduction of Speaker/Moderator: Tobias Bothe

Lecture 2: Su Chen Li

“Developmental Plasticity across the Lifespan: Empirical Evidence and Neurocomputational Modeling“

11:45am

Computational Models General Discussion

12:15 pm

Lunch 

1:15 pm

*Fellow presentations

1. Bettina von Helversen

The adaptive use of simple strategies in estimation tasks

2. Poldi Kuhl

Family matters: Influences on psychosocial adjustment in adolescence

3. Tobias Bothe

Individual differences in potential antecedents of common high stakes financial decisions

2:15 pm

Break

2:30 pm

Variable and Pattern Centered Analyses Series

Introduction of Speaker/Moderator: Nilam Ram

Lecture 3: John Nesselroade

"Toward More Person-Oriented Measurement, Design, and Modeling in Studying Development Over the Lifespan."

4:00 pm

Break

4:15 pm

Introduction of Speaker/Moderator: Justin Jager

Lecture 4: Patrick Curran

“Alternative Methods For Evaluating Subgroup Heterogeneity In Developmental Trajectories“

6:00 pm

Shuttle to Steering Committee Meeting  at Zanzibar

7:30 pm

Shuttle for fellows to Ashley’s 

10:00 pm

Shuttle to Holiday Inn/Microtel

Tuesday, Oct 18th           

9:00 am

Methods Workshop

Patrick Curran

“Testing, Probing, And Plotting Interactions In Latent Curve Models.“

11:00 am

Break

11:15 am

Introduction of Speaker/Moderator: Jutta Mata

Lael Schooler

“Some Functions Of Forgetting”

12:45 pm

Lunch (fellow meeting)

2:00 pm

Variable/Pattern Centered Panel: Kai Cortina, Patrick Curran, Rich Gonzalez, John Nesselroade

3:00 pm 

Roundtable brief reports 

3:15 pm

Meetings with faculty/ Shuttle to UM campus 

5:30 pm

Dinner 

11:00 pm 

Shuttle to Holiday Inn/Microtel

Wednesday, Oct 19th

Departure of visiting fellows