Dr. Albert A. Maisto
Professional Publications

I. Books

Morris, C.G. & Maisto, A. A. (1999). Psychology: An Introduction (10th edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Morris, C.G. & Maisto, A. A. (1999). Understanding Psychology (4th edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Morris, C.G. & Maisto, A. A. (2001). Understanding Psychology (5th edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Morris, C.G. & Maisto, A. A. (2002). Psychology: An Introduction (11th edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Morris, C.G. & Maisto, A. A. (2002). Psicología, Décima Edición. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Morris, C.G. & Maisto, A. A. (2003). Understanding Psychology (6th edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Morris, C. G., & Maisto, A. A. (2004). Introduçã Ã Psicologia (6 a Edição). Sãn Paolo: Prentice Hall.

Morris, C. G., & Maisto, A. A. (2005). Basic Psychology: A Pearson Prentice Hall Portfolio Edition. Upper Saddle River , NJ : Prentice Hall.

Morris, C. G. & Maisto, A. A. (2005).  Psicología (Duodécima edición).  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Morris, C. G. & Maisto, A. A. (2005). Psychology: An Introduction(12 th edition). Upper Saddle River , NJ : Prentice Hall.

Morris, C. G. & Maisto, A. A. (2006). Understanding Psychology. (7th edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

II. Journal Articles & Book Chapters

Maisto, A. A., & Ward, L. C. (1973). A test of the ordinal position hypothesis using serial-anticipation and serial-recall procedures. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 101, 232-236.

Ward, L. C., & Maisto, A. A. (1973). The effects of delay, type and duration of feedback in verbal discrimination learning. American Journal of Psychology, 86), 547-554.

Maisto, A. A., & Bacharach, V. R. (1974). Utilization of position cues by retarded children in serial learning. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 79, 391-396.

Baumeister, A. A., & Maisto, A. A. (1974). Interactive effects of age and familiarization in paired-associated learning. Developmental Psychology, 10, 657-660.

Bacharach, V. R., & Maisto, A. A. (1974). Prenominal adjective order and visual discrimination in children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 17, 495-506.

Maisto, A. A., & Baumeister, A. A. (1975). A developmental study of choice reaction time: The effects of two forms of stimulus degradation on encoding. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 20, 456-464.

Ward, L. C., & Maisto, A. A. (1975). A comparison of anticipation and recall procedures in serial learning. The Journal of General Psychology, 93, 207-212.

Maisto, A. A., & Ward, L. C. (1976). A test of the associative chaining hypothesis by serial-recall and serial-anticipation procedures. The Journal of General Psychology, 94, 75-83.

Baumeister, A. A., & Maisto, A. A. (1977). Memory scanning by children: Meaningfulness and mediation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 24, 97-107.

Maisto, A. A., & Jerome, M. A. (1977). Encoding and high speed scanning of normal and mentally retarded adolescents. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 82, 282-297.

Maisto, C. R., Baumeister, A. A., & Maisto, A. A. (1978). An analysis of the variables related to self-injurious behavior in institutionalized retarded persons. Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 22, 27-35.

Maisto, A. A. (1978). Comments on the use of the additive factors method with the mentally retarded: A reply to Silverman. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 83, 191-193.

Maisto, A. A., & German, M. L. (1979). Variables related to progress in a parent-infant training program for high risk infants. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 4, 409-419.

Maisto, A. A., & Sipe, S. (1980). An examination of encoding and retrieval processes in reading disabled children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 30, 223-230.

Maisto, A. A., & Sipe, S. (1980). The effects of stimulus probability on encoding in retarded and non-retarded persons. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 84, 577-582.

Maisto, A. A., & German, M. L. (1981). Maternal locus of control and developmental gain demonstrated by high risk infants: A longitudinal analysis. The Journal of Psychology, 109, 213-221.

German, M. L., & Maisto, A. A. (1982). The relationship of a perceived family support system to the institutional placement of mentally retarded children. Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 17, 17-23.

Goldston, C. S., & Maisto, A. A. (1983). Contact and touch and their relationship to task compliance in an engineering environment. Academic Psychology Bulletin, 5, 499-505.

Maisto, A. A., & Baumeister, A. A. (1984). Dissection of Component Processes in Rapid Information Processing Tasks: Comparisons of Retarded and Non-Retarded People. Chapter in Learning and Cognition in Mental Retardation, (Eds. Brooks, Sperber & McCauley), L. Erlbaum Assoc: Hillsdale, NJ.

Maisto, A. A. & Park, D. C. (1985). Assessment of the impact of an introductory honors psychology course on students: Initial and delayed effects. Forum for Honors, 15, 25-29.

Maisto, A. A., & German. M. L. (1986). Reliability, predictive validity and interrelationships of early assessment indices used with developmentally delayed infants and children. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 15, 327-332.

Maisto, A. A., & Stephans, J. (1991). Mental Retardation and Recreational Fitness Programs. Chapter in Psychology of Sports, Exercise, and Fitness: Social and Personal Issues. (Ed. Diamant), Hemisphere Publishing Co: Washington, DC.

Maisto, A. A., & Tammi, M. W. (1991). The impact of a content based freshman seminar on academic and social integration. Journal of The Freshman Year Experience, 3, 29-48.

Maisto, A. A., & Queen, D. E. (1992). Memory of pictorial information and the picture superiority effect. Educational Gerontology, 18, 213-223.

Bohm, R. M., Vogel, R. E., & Maisto, A. A. (1993). Knowledge and death penalty opinion: A panel study. Journal of Criminal Justice, 21, 29-45.

Maisto, A. A. (1994) The Freshman Seminar at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In Betsy O. Barefoot (Ed.), The Freshman Year Experience Exploring the Evidence. (73-74). 

Maisto, A. A. & Hughes, E. (1995). Adaptation to group home living for adults with mental retardation as a function of previous residential placement. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 39, 15-18.

III. Professional Papers

Bacharach, V. R., Maisto, A. A., & Luszcz, M. A. Central representations and encoding a paper presented at The American Psychological Association Convention in New Orleans, September, 1974.

Maisto, A. A. Encoding and central processing of normal and mentally retarded adolescents. Gatlinburg Conference on Research on Mental Retardation, Gatlinburg, TN, March, 1976.

Maisto, A. A., & Carr, T. H. An explanation of the implications of the "language as a fixed effect fallacy" for research in human memory and information processing. Institute on Mental Retardation and Intellectual Development, Research Symposium, George Peabody College, March, 1974.

Maisto, A. A. Serial learning: A test of the ordinal position and associative chaining hypotheses. Center for Developmental and Learning Disorders, Research Symposium, University of Alabama, January, 1973.

Ward, L. C., Carpenter, D., Cvetacanin, J., & Maisto, A. A. Effects of serial position cues upon serial-anticipation and serial-recall learning. Paper read at meeting of Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA, March, 1975.

Maisto, A. A. The effect of stimulus probability on encoding in retarded and non-retarded persons. Gatlinburg Conference on Research on Mental Retardation, Gatlinburg, TN, March, 1978.

Maisto, A. A., German, M. L., & Orcutt, J. Multidimensional Analysis of the effects of a parent/infant training program on "High Risk Infants." Gatlinburg Conference on Research on Mental Retardation, Gulf Shores, Ala., April 1979.

Maisto, A. A., & Sipe, S. An examination of the encoding process in the reading disabled child. Gatlinburg Conference on Research on Mental Retardation, Gulf Shores, Ala, April, 1979.

Maisto, A. A., & German, M. L., and Orcutt, J. High Risk Infancy: An epidemiological analysis. American Psychological Association Convention, New York, NY, September, 1979.

German, M. L., & Maisto, A. A. The relationship of a perceived family support system to the institutional placement of mentally retarded children. Gatlinburg Conference on Research on Mental Retardation, March, 1980.

Maisto, A. A., & German, M. L. Longitudinal assessment of multidisciplinary evaluation procedures for developmentally delayed infants. American Psychological Association Convention, Montreal, Canada, 1980.

Kodman, F., & Maisto, A. A. The cold blooded killer personality and the law. Kentucky Academy of Science Convention, Lexington, KY, November, 1980.

Maisto, A. A., & Sipe S. The effect of stimulus probability on encoding in normal and reading disabled children. Southeastern Psychological Association Convention, New Orleans, LA, March, 1982.

Maisto, A. A., & Park, D. C. Honors students in the classrooms: Selection, evaluation and prediction. Paper presented at the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council. Albuquerque, New Mexico, October, 1982.

Maisto, A. A. Component reaction time processes and psychometric "g". Paper presented at the Gatlinburg Conference on Research on Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Gatlinburg, TN, March, 1983.

Maisto, A. A. An experimental examination of the cognitive processes which underlie intellectual assessment instruments. Symposium on Cognitive Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, 1984.

Maisto, A. A. The effectiveness of freshman seminars. National Conference on the Freshman Year Experience, Columbia, SC, February, 1987.

Maisto, A. A., & Tammi, M. W. The longitudinal effectiveness of a content based freshmen seminar. Presented at the Freshman Year Experience, Columbia, SC, 1988.

Maisto, A. A. The application of the Arts & Sciences to Technology. Invited address presented at the Conference for Professional Engineers of North Carolina, February, 1989.

Maisto, A. A., & Lincourt, J. Enhancing student success through a content based freshman seminar course and campus wide integrated academic advising. Presented at and in the Proceedings of the Second Canadian-American Conference on The First Year Experience, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, July, 1990.

Bohm, R. M., Vogel, R. E., & Maisto, A. A. Knowledge and death penalty opinion: A panel study. Annual Convention of the Academy of Criminal Justice Science, Pittsburgh, Pa., March, 1992.

Maisto, A. A., & Hughes, E. E. Effects of prior institutionalization on adjustment to group home living. American Psychological Association Convention, Washington, DC, August, 1993.

Maisto, A. A. & Buur, H. (1995). Adding Flexibility as a Means of Increasing Study Abroad Opportunities. Paper Presented at The Southeastern Regional Honors Conference. Charleston, S.C. March, 1995

Maisto, A. A. (1995) The use of discriminant function analysis to predict success among university honors students.  Presented at the annual Meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council, Pittsburgh, Pa, (October, 1995).

Maisto, A. A. (1996) Factors related to undergraduate participation in Study Abroad.  Presented at Southeastern Regional Honors Conference. Charlotte, N.C., October, 1966.

Maisto, A. A. (1999) Teaching Introductory Psychology as Psychology's Greatest Hits. Invited Address Presented at the Twenty-First Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg, Florida, January, 1999.

Maisto, A.A. (2001) What students really learn in Psychology Lab. Invited Address presented at the Twenty-Second annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg, Florida, January, 2001.