Recent Publications - Dr. Stuart J. McKelvie
Stuart J. McKelvie
Department of Psychology
Blouin, P. S., & McKelvie, S. J. (2012). Post formal thinking as a predictor of creativity and of the identification and appreciation of irony and metaphor. North American Journal of Psychology, 14, 39-50.
Heuvelink, C., McKelvie, S. J., & Drumheller, A. (2012). Forming impressions from English and French first names: Is there an in-group effect in Québec? Psychological Reports, 110, 166-172.
McKelvie, S. J. (2012a). Understanding statistics and research methods via discussion of published articles. Published online as part of the E-xcellence in Teaching Series, June 18, 2012.
(An extended version of the above piece will also be included in a book in 2013 containing a collection of these articles.)
McKelvie, S. J. (2012b). Exploring a counterintuitive finding with methodological implications : Why is 9 > 221 in a between-subjects design? International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2, 45-51.
McKelvie, S. J., & McDonald, D. J. (2012). Imagery perspectives in sport: Pointing to more evidence of effects and improved methods. Journal of Mental Imagery, 36, 59-67.
Sigal, M., & McKelvie, S. J. (2012). Is exposure to visual media related to cognitive ability? Testing Neisser’s hypothesis of the Flynn effect. Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, 9, 23-49.
Gibson, K. L., McKelvie, S. J., & deMan, A. F. (2008). Personality and culture : A comparison of Francophones and Anglophones in Québec. The Journal of Social Psychology, 148(2), 133-165.
Thwaites, J., McKelvie, S. J., & Stout, D. (2007). Imagery vividness, spatial ability and verbal memory in dancers compared to other athletes and non-athletes. Journal of Mental Imagery, 31 (3 & 4), 123-138.
McKelvie, S. J. (2007). Measuring attitude toward capital punishment and right-wing authoritarianism: Psychometric properties of two short instruments. Chapter 1 in R. A. Degregorio, R. A., New Developments in psychological testing (pp. 1-86). New York: Nova Publishers.
McKelvie, S. J. (2007). Subjective experience and imagery, or How important is vividness: A critical appreciation of the work of Alan Richardson. North American Journal of Psychology, 9 (1), 7-36.
McKelvie, S. J. (2006). Attitude toward capital punishment is related to capital and non-capital sentencing. North American Journal of Psychology, 3(8), 567-59
Frost, J., & McKelvie, S. J. (December, 2005). The relationship of self-esteem and body satisfaction to exercise activity for male and female elementary school students, high school students, and university students, Athletic Insight, 7(4). Online journal at: www.athleticinsight.com/Vol7Iss4/Selfesteem.htm.
Appeared December, 2005.
McKelvie, S. J. (2004). Split-half reliability. Entry in M. Lewis-Beck, A. Bryman, and T. F. Liao (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods.
McKelvie, S. J. (2004). Is the neuroticism scale of the Eysenck Personality inventory contaminated by response bias? Personality and Individual Differences
Elman, W., & McKelvie, S. J. (2003). Narcissism in university football players: Stereotype or reality? Athletic Insight, 5(1). Online journal at: www.athleticinsight.com/Vol5Iss1/Narcissism.htm
Appeared March, 2002.
Lemieux, P., McKelvie, S. J., & Stout, S. (2002). Off-field aggression in contact athletes, no contact athletes, and non-athletes. Athletic Insight, 4(3). Online journal at: www.athleticinsight.com/Vol4Iss3/43IssueHome.htm
Appeared December, 2002.
Eberman, C., & McKelvie, S. J. (2002). Vividness of visual imagery and source memory for audio and text. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 16, 87-95.
McKelvie, S. J. (2001). Effect of free and forced retrieval instructions on false recall and recognition. Journal of General Psychology, 128. 261-278.
McKelvie, S. J. (2001). Factors affecting subjective estimates of magnitude: When is 9 > 221? Perceptual and Motor Skills, 93, 432-434.
Mullane, J., & McKelvie, S. J. (2001). Effects of removing the time limit on first and second language intelligence test performance. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 7(23). Online journal at: http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=7&n=23
Appeared online on Tuesday, November 6, 2001.
McKelvie, S. J. (2000). Psychometric properties of the Vividness of Visual Imagery for Parents Questionnaire. Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs, 126, 373-401.
McKelvie, S. J. (2000). Psychological testing in the undergraduate curriculum. Canadian Psychology, 41, 142-148.
McKelvie, S. J. (2000). Quantifying the availability heuristic. North American Journal of Psychology, 2, 347-356.
McKelvie, S. J. (1999). Metric properties of visual images: Only a partial window on the mind. Commentary on M. Denis and S. M. Kosslyn, Scanning visual images: A window on the mind. Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive/Current Psychology of Cognition, 18, 556-563.1
McKelvie, S. J. (1998). Effects of gender on reported vividness of visual imagery for parents. Journal of Mental Imagery, 22(3&4), 99-112.
McKelvie, S. J. (1995). Vividness of visual imagery: Measurement, nature, function & dynamics. Bronx, New York: Brandon House.
