Amie Mackay

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Human Factors/Applied Cognition

Amie is a fourth-year PhD student in the Human Factors & Applied Cognition program at George Mason University.

Selected Publications

Mackay, A. C. (2014). The Effect of Negative Information on the Justification of Chosen Alternatives. McNair Scholars Research Journal, 6, 26-31.

Courses Taught

Graduate Courses:

Spring 2024
PSYC 643.205 - General Linear Modeling Lab
PSYC 643.206 - General Linear Modeling Lab

Fall 2022
PSYC 611.201 - Advanced Statistics Lab
PSYC 611.202 - Advanced Statistics Lab

Spring 2022
PSYC 754.205 - Multiple Regression Lab
PSYC 754.206 - Multiple Regression Lab

Undergraduate Courses:

Fall 2024
PSYC 301.001 - Research Methods - Instructor of Record
PSYC 301.DL2 - Research Methods - Instructor of Record

Fall 2023
PSYC 301.002 - Research Methods - Instructor of Record
PSYC 301.005 - Research Methods - Instructor of Record

Spring 2023
PSYC 301.004 - Research Methods - Instructor of Record

Fall 2021
PSYC 301.205 - Research Methods Lab
PSYC 301.206 - Research Methods Lab

Education

M.A. in Human Factors & Applied Cognition at George Mason University

B.A. in Psychology; Philosophy at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Honors Program graduate

Recent Presentations

Seidel, S., Mackay, A. C., Louis-Chaves, A., & Herzog, D. (2019, April 5). Increasing Research Positivity and Reducing Research Anxiety by using 3MT Projects. Poster presentation at the Southwestern Psychological Association in Albuquerque, NM.

Mackay, A. C., & Seidel, S. D. (2015, March 12-15). The Effect of Negative Information on the Justification of Chosen Alternatives. Poster presentation at the 15th University of Maryland National Conference for McNair Scholars and Undergraduate Research in College Park, MD.

Mackay, A. C., & Seidel, S. D. (2015, February 26-28). The Effect of Negative Information on the Justification of Chosen Alternatives. Poster presentation at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Long Beach, CA.

Seidel, S. D., Mackay, A. C., Fahey, L. M., & Comparini, L. (2013, January). Lowering Classroom Cell Phone Usage Through Feedback of Self-Control Behavior. Poster presentation at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in New Orleans, LA.

Seidel, S. D., Fahey, L. M., & Mackay, A. C. (2012). Classroom Cell Phone Use: A symptom of deficient self-control.Poster session presented at the Southwestern Psychological Association in Oklahoma City, OK.