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Terry F. Pettijohn is a professor of psychology at the Ohio State University at Marion, where he has taught introductory psychology for nearly thirty-five years. As an undergraduate, he attended Alma College and Michigan State University, where he earned his B.S. in 1970. He attended Bowling Green State University for graduate studies, obtaining his M.A. in 1972 and receiving his Ph.D. in experimental psychology in 1974.
He has written professional publications in the areas of teaching and experimental psychology, and has served as editor of MicroPsych Computer Network Newsletter. In addition to an introductory psychology textbook, his teaching publications include Classic Edition Sources: Psychology (4th ed), a reading anthology for the introductory course. Besides general psychology, he regularly teaches behavioral neuroscience, research methods, memory, emotion, motivation, comparative, and social psychology. He has been recognized for his teaching efforts, including being a recipient of the University Distinguished Teaching Award three times. He has also received the OSU A. J. Wright Award for Outstanding Student Organization Advisor, and has been inducted into the junior and senior honor societies at OSU as an honorary faculty member.
His current research interests include effectiveness of technology in teaching, social emotion, human memory, and animal social behavior. He is a member of the Association for Psychological Science, the Psychonomic Society, the Animal Behavior Society, the Society for Computers in Psychology, and the American Psychological Association, where he is affiliated with the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.
Outside of the classroom, he enjoys seeing his grandchildren, traveling with his family, participating in church activities, taking photographs, computer technology, and his music collection.