Dr. Amy Posey

Dr. Amy Posey received her B.S. from Missouri State University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Kansas. She has been at Benedictine College since 1995, and served as Chair of the Department of Psychological Sciences for 25 years. In recent years, she has worked with students on research projects involving gender and persuasive messages, conveying emotion through text messages, and the psychological consequences of perfectionism among college students. Dr. Posey resides in Kansas City with her husband and daughter.

Classes

• Theories of Personality
• Research Seminar
• Psychology of Gender
• Psychology and Law
• Social Psychology
• Psychology Service Experience
• History of Psychology

Education

• Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of Kansas
• M.A., Social Psychology, University of Kansas

Publications

Posey, A. J., & Cushing, J. (2019). Little Freudian slippage: Coverage of the psychodynamic perspective in the undergraduate personality course. Teaching of Psychology, 46, 251-259.

Posey, A. J. (2016). From war protestors to corporate litigants: The evolution of the profession of trial consulting. In C. Willis Esqueda, R. Wiener, & B. Bornstein (Eds.), The Witness Stand and Lawrence S. Wrightsman, Jr. New York: Springer.

Posey, A. J., & Wrightsman, L. S. (2005). Trial consulting. New York: Oxford University Press.

Posey, A. J., & Wrightsman, L. S. (2004). Objectives of focus groups versus mock trials: Is there consensus? Does it matter? Court Call, 20.

Posey, A. J. & Dahl, L. M. (2002). Beyond pretrial publicity: Legal and ethical issues associated with change of venue surveys. Law and Human Behavior, 26, 107-125.

Chmidling, S., & Posey, A. (1999). Varsity sports participation and gender as predictors of assertiveness. Discovery Journal of Benedictine College, 1, 7-9.

Wrightsman, L. S. & Posey, A. J. (1994). Psychological commentary on the diary. In H. Thornton, Hung jury: The diary of a Menendez juror. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Wrightsman, L. S., Posey, A. J., Weir, J. A., & Willis, C. E. (1994). Instructor’s manual for Wrightsman, Nietzel, and  Fortune’s Psychology and the Legal System, Third Edition. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks Cole.

Conference Presentations

Lingor, A., Marquard, A., Handley, B., & Posey, A. J. (2021). Flattening the Curve: Correlates of COVID-19 Attitudes, Reactance, and Helping Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (virtual).

Posey, A. J., & Cushing, J. (2018). Little Freudian slippage: Coverage of the psychodynamic perspective in the undergraduate personality course. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Posey, A. J., Gross, A. J., & Marek, S. B. (2016). Construction and Validation of the Beliefs about Adoption Scale. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Minneapolis, MN.

Posey, A. J., Mouser, S., & Loosbrock, A. (2012). Priming religion increases support for the death penalty. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Posey, A. J. (2002). Appellate decisions on change of venue motions: No luck the second time around. Poster presented at the Biennial Convention of the American Psychology-Law Society, Austin, TX.

Posey, A. J. (2001). Conducting the change of venue survey: Advocate versus objective researcher. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA.

Posey, A. J. (2000). Juror stress: Does jurisdiction size matter? Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Minneapolis, MN.

Richter, E. M. & Posey, A. J. (2000). Justice at a small college: The role of anonymity in student conduct board decisions. Paper presented at the Joint Convention of the Nebraska Psychological Society and the Association for Psychological and Educational Research In Kansas, Kearney, NE.

Posey, A. J. & Dahl, L. M. (1999). In spite of the constitution: Jury-eligible subjects’ attitudes toward due process issues. Poster presented at the Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Denver, CO.

Posey, A. J. (1995). Differential response to juvenile versus older adult criminal offenders: An attributional analysis. Poster presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

Posey, A. J. (1994). Effect of eyewitness confidence and objective accuracy on jurors’ decisions in a criminal trial.  Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Posey, A. J. & Branscombe, N. R. (1994). Attorney sex as a peripheral persuasion cue in rape cases. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Wrightsman, L. S., Nario, M. R., Posey, A. J., & Bothwell, R. K. (1993). Belief in a just world: Its factor structure. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario.

Sample of Supervision of Undergraduate Research

Brandenburg, K., & Gambino, J. (2024). The bad test-taker notion: Perceived prevalence and co-occurring academic characteristics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Bodoh, R. (2022). Need for Achievement as It Relates to Birth Order: Effect on Achievement Goals and Academic Performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychological and Educational Research in Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

Brandenburg, K. (2022). Examining the Relationship between Optimism and Life Satisfaction. Paper presented at the annual Great Plains Student Psychology Convention, Emporia, KS.

Methe, E. (2022). Assertiveness as It Relates to Gender. Paper presented at the annual Great Plains Student Psychology Convention, Emporia, KS.

Lingor, A., Marquard, A., & Handley, B. (2021). Flattening the Curve: Correlates of COVID-19 Attitudes, Reactance, and Helping Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (virtual).