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James K. Doyle

Associate Professor and Department Head

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Office: Atwater Kent Laboratories, 126
Phone: +1-508-831-5583
Fax: +1-508-831-5896
doyle@wpi.edu

Educational Background

B.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1982
M.A., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1990
Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1991

Research & Teaching Interests

Applied social and cognitive psychology; System dynamics; Judgment and decision making; Risk perception and communication; The psychological study of environmental issues; Mental models of complex systems

IQP Advising Interests

Psychology and technology; Survey research; Risk perception and communication; Sustainable development; Computers & education; Assessing educational experience; Environmental education.

Research Grants

Lucht, D.A., Doyle, J.K., and Barnett, J.A. A Proposal for Accelerating the Application of Advanced Firesafety Design Methods in the United States. Submitted to NSF October, 1994.
Lazo, J., McClain, K., and Doyle, J.K. "Improving Contingent Valuation Methods for Examining Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Environmental Commodities." Submitted to NSF August, 1995.

Recent Publications

Doyle, J.K., Radzicki, M.J., and Trees, W.S. (1996). "Measuring the Effect of Systems Thinking Interventions on Mental Models." Proceedings of the 1996 International System Dynamics Conference (Boston, MA), in press.
Doyle, J.K. (1996). "Judging Cumulative Risk." Journal of Applied Social Psychology, in press.
Gaines, D.M., Brown, D.C., and Doyle, J.K. (1996). "A Computer Simulation Model of Juror Decision Making." Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal, 10, in press.
Trees, W.S., Doyle, J.K., and Radzicki, M.J. (1996). "Using Cognitive Styles Typology to Explain Differences in Dynamic Decision Making in a Computer Simulation Game Environment." Proceedings of the 1996 International System Dynamics Conference (Boston, MA), in press.
Doyle, J.K. (1996) "The Cognitive Psychology of Systems Thinking." System Dynamics Review, under review.

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Professional Societies/Memberships

American Psychological Society
Society for Judgment and Decision Making
Society for Risk Analysis

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