Ferraro

Faculty

Douglas P. Ferraro, Ph.D.

Professor
Director, Experimental Program

Programs:

Clinical, Experimental

Email:

ferraro@unlv.nevada.edu

Phone:

(702) 895-0189

Accepting Graduate Students 2008-2009: NO

Research Interests

Douglas Ferraro's research has been focused in the areas of psychopharmacology, forensic psychology, and health psychology. Although he maintains an active laboratory in psychopharmacology and one in psychology and the law, his primary current interest is in working with self-directed graduate students who have research interests related to his. For example, student Master's and Doctoral degree work completed in the past two years under his direction has included investigations of: cognitive effects of marihuana and ecstasy, mood and cognitive effects of pregnancy hormones, immune functioning in Alzheimer's caretakers, treatment of inmates with dual diagnoses, probation officers' typifications of probationers, informal educators among neuromuscular specialists.

Dr. Ferraro received his Ph.D. in 1965 from Columbia University in experimental psychology. He is a licensed psychologist and qualified expert in forensic psychology. He is a Fellow in three divisions of the American Psychological Association.

Selected Publications

Odell, S. J., & Ferraro, D. P. (1992). Collaborative teacher induction. In G. DeBolt (Ed.), Teacher induction and mentoring (pp. 51-75). New York: State University of New York Press.

Ferraro, D. P., & Klien, B. (1985). A chronic physical illness behavior model. Psychiatric Outpatient Centers of the Americas Press, 17, 13-17.

Logan, F. A., & Ferraro, D. P. (1978). Systematic analyses of learning and motivation. New York; Wiley.

Trost, J. G., & Ferraro, D. P. (1974). Discrimination and generalization of drug stimuli in monkeys. In J. M. Singh and H. Lal (Eds.), Drug Addiction Vol. III. New York: Futura.

Ferraro, D. P., & Grilly, D. M. (1973) Lack of tolerance to delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol in chimpanzees. Science, 490-492.

Ferraro, D. P. (1972). Current research in marijuana: Effects of delta 9-transtetrahydrocannabinol on simple and complex learned behavior in animals. In M. L. Lewis (Ed.), Current research in marijuana (pp. 49-95). New York: Academic Press.

Logan, F. A., & Ferraro, D. P. (1970). From free responding to discrete trials. In W. N. Schoenfeld (Ed.), Theory of reinforcement schedules (pp. 220-238). New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.