Crystal Oberle's Vita

Email: oberle@txstate.edu

Department of Psychology
Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666-4616

Education:   Degrees
Teaching:   Courses Taught
  • PSY 3302: Experimental Design and Research Methods
  • PSY 3321: Sensation and Perception
  • PSY 3341: Cognitive Processes
  • PSY 4395: Independent Study

Evaluation Ratings

  • Overall instructor rating = 4.7 (1=most negative, 3=average, 5=most positive)
Research:   Published Papers
  • Ogletree, S. M., & Oberle, C. D. (2008). The nature, common usage, and implications of free will and determinism. Behavior and Philosophy, 36, 5-19.
  • Mouton, J. D., & Oberle, C. D. (2007). Discrimination ability of traditional and action-based measures of attentional style in sports. American Journal of Psychological Research, 3, 78-84.
  • Oberle, C. D., Hollums, N. K., McBeath, M. K., & Terry, D. P. (2006). Motion of nearby players biases perception but not action in judgments of baseball destination. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 103, 585-606.
  • Oberle, C. D., McBeath, M. K., Madigan, S. C., & Sugar, T. G. (2005). The Galileo bias: A naďve conceptual belief that influences people's perceptions and performance in a ball-dropping task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 31, 643-653.
  • Oberle, C. D., & Amazeen, E. L. (2003). Independence and separability of volume and mass in the size-weight illusion. Perception and Psychophysics, 65, 831-843.

Papers in Progress

  • Martinez, J. V., & Oberle, C. D. (in preparation). Effects of colored paper on learning and test performance.
  • Morgan-Valdovinos, C. A., Podjan, S. E., & Oberle, C. D. (in preparation). Sex differences in parental influence on the next generation’s political orientations.
  • Oberle, C. D. (in preparation). Attention and susceptibility to distraction in novice and expert basketball players.
  • Oberle, C. D., & Baugh, J. M. (in preparation). Induced motion effects in a target throwing task.
  • Oberle, C. D., & Nagurney, A. J. (in preparation). Implicit prejudicial biases in student learning: Effects of sexual orientation.
  • Ogletree, S. M, Oberle, C. D., Harlow, J. V., & Bahruth, J. A. (under review). Perceptions of choice: Free will, moral responsibility, and mind-body dualism in humans, chimpanzees, and rats.

Published Abstracts

  • Oberle, C. D., Reagan, D. K., & Doyen, J. (2006). An ironic relationship between cognitive style and susceptibility to distraction in basketball. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 28(Supplement), S141.
  • Oberle, C. D. (2005). Different relative motion effects for stationary observers and active fielders in baseball. Dissertation Abstracts International, DAI-B 66/02, 1204.
  • Oberle, C. D., & McBeath, M. K. (2004). Differential effects of visual feedback in a ball-dropping task reflect a robust "Galileo bias." Journal of Vision, 4(8). (Ms. No. 617). http://www.journalofvision.org/4/8/617.
  • McBeath, M. K., Sugar, T. G., Morgan, S. E., Oberle, C. D., Mundhra, K., & Suluh, A. (2002). Human and robotic catching of dropped balls and balloons: Fielders still try to make the image of the projectile rise. Journal of Vision, 2(7), 434. (Ms. No. 434). http://www.journalofvision.org/2/7/434.
  • Oberle, C. D. (2002). The effects of visual input on the separability of volume and mass. Journal of Vision, 2(7), 668. (Ms. No. 668). http://www.journalofvision.org/2/7/668.

Conference, Colloquium, & Lecture Presentations

  • Martinez, J. V., & Oberle, C. D. (2009, April). Effects of colored paper on learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.
  • Ogletree, S. M., Oberle, C. D., Harlow, J. V., & Bahruth, J. A. (2009, April). Perceptions of choice, moral responsibility, and dualism in humans, chimps, and rats. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.
  • Oberle, C. D. (2008, September). Visual perception and attention in sports. Guest lecture presented at a class meeting of the Sport Psychology course at Texas State University, San Marcos, TX.
  • Podjan, S. E., Morgan-Valdovinos, C. A., & Oberle, C. D. (2008, May). Sex differences in parental influence on the next generation's political orientations. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
  • Oberle, C. D., Baugh, J. M., & Lovejoy, H. S. (2007, November). Induced motion effects in a target throwing task. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Long Beach, CA.
  • Ogletree, S. M., Oberle, C. D., & Johnson, L. M. (2007, April). Does determinism promote tolerance? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.
  • Hollums, N. K., & Oberle, C. D. (2006, November). Attentional style and susceptibility to distraction in novice and expert basketball players. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of Object Perception, Attention, and Memory, Houston, TX.
  • Oberle, C. D., Reagan, D. K., & Doyen, J. (2006, June). An ironic relationship between cognitive style and susceptibility to distraction in basketball. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Denver, CO.
  • Oberle, C. D., & McBeath, M. K. (2005, July). Induced or relative motion effects in baseball. Paper presented at the biannual meeting of the International Conference on Perception and Action, Monterey, CA.
  • Oberle, C. D. (2005, January). The Duncker & Poggendorff illusions in a baseball setting. Paper presented at the weekly meeting of the Cognition and Behavior organization at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
  • Oberle, C. D., & McBeath, M. K. (2004, May). Differential effects of visual feedback in a ball-dropping task reflect a robust "Galileo bias." Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
  • Oberle, C. D., McBeath, M. K., & Madigan, S. C. (2004, April). Naive conceptual beliefs relating to Galileo's experiments with falling objects. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Oberle, C. D. (2004, March). Aristotle versus Galileo: An ongoing conceptual battle. Paper presented at the weekly meeting of the Cognition and Behavior organization at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
  • Oberle, C. D. (2003, June). Psychophysical methods and research. Guest lecture presented at a class meeting of the Experimental Design and Research Methods course at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
  • Oberle, C. D. (2003, February). Effects of physics instruction and problem familiarity on air resistance beliefs. Paper presented at the weekly meeting of the Cognition and Behavior organization at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
  • Oberle, C. D. (2002, November). Psychophysical methods and research. Guest lecture presented at a class meeting of the Experimental Design and Research Methods course at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
  • Oberle, C. D. (2002, June). Psychophysical methods and research. Guest lecture presented at a class meeting of the Experimental Design and Research Methods course at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
  • McBeath, M. K., Sugar, T. G., Morgan, S. E., Oberle, C. D., Mundhra, K., & Suluh, A. (2002, May). Human and robotic catching of dropped balls and balloons: Fielders still try to make the image of the projectile rise. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
  • Oberle, C. D. (2002, May). The effects of visual input on the separability of volume and mass. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.
  • Oberle, C. D. (2002, April). The effects of visual input on the separability of volume and mass. Paper presented at the weekly meeting of the Cognition and Behavior organization at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
  • Oberle, C. D. (2001, May). Perceptual independence, perceptual separability, and decisional separability in the size-weight illusion. Paper presented at the weekly meeting of the Cognition and Behavior organization at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
  • Harrington, R., Loffredo, D., & Oberle, C. (2000, April). Private self-consciousness factors and psychological well-being. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Dallas, TX.
Service:   University Service
  • Master of Ceremonies for Psi Chi induction ceremony, Texas State University, December 2008.
  • Assessments Committee, Texas State University, Fall 2008–present.
  • Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Texas State University, Fall 2008–present.
  • Chair Search Committee, Texas State University, Fall 2008–present.
  • Co-Sponsor of Psychology Learning Community, Texas State University, Fall 2005–present.
  • University Council, Texas State University, Fall 2007–Spring 2008.
  • Student Evaluations Committee, Texas State University, Fall 2007–Spring 2008.
  • Faculty Search Committee, Texas State University, Fall 2006–Spring 2008.
  • Co-Sponsor of Psychology Association, Texas State University, Fall 2005–Fall 2007.
  • Research Planning and Equipment Committee, Texas State University, Fall 2005–Spring 2007.
  • Scholarship Committee, Texas State University, Spring 2006.
  • Chair of Human Participants Committee, Texas State University, Fall 2005–Summer 2007.
  • Department Web Committee, Arizona State University, Fall 2003–Spring 2005.
  • Department Web Page Administrator, Arizona State University, Fall 2003–Spring 2005.
  • Graduate Student Recruitment Committee, Arizona State University, Spring 2004.
  • Psi Chi Chapter President, University of Houston-Victoria, Fall 1999–Spring 2000.

Community Service

  • Volunteer, Austin State Hospital, Spring–Fall 2006.
  • Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, Spring 2000.
  • Volunteer, American Cancer Society, Spring 2000.
  • Volunteer, March of Dimes, Spring 2000.
  • Volunteer, Mid-Coast Council Family Services, Summer 1999.

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Ammons Scientific, 2007-2008.
  • Reviewer, Thomson Publishers, 2005-2007.
  • Reviewer, Serials Publications, 2006.
  • Reviewer, Psychonomic Society, 2005.
  • Volunteer, National Academy of Neuropsychology, 1999.

Professional Affiliations

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