{"id":2450,"date":"2012-08-04T21:29:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T21:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=2450"},"modified":"2017-11-20T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T14:12:00","slug":"dyrud","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/dyrud\/","title":{"rendered":"Dyrud, Grace B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have always been interested in people&#8217;s varied reactions to probability and risk. My research in gambling over a decade was summarized in a presentation in Oslo, Norway in 2009, at the 11th European Congress of Psychology, titled &#8220;Beliefs in Gambling Behavior.&#8221; Ten beliefs were followed by experimental research demonstrating that 10 common beliefs of gamblers are false.<\/p>\n<p>Another interest involves humans&#8217; biggest gamble of all, the fate of the planet or sustainability. I have studied attitudes toward the environment in media and children&#8217;s literature. I spoke on these issues as well as ideas for helping to connect students to the global climate issues at APA in San Diego in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Other research has involved women legislators&#8217; votes and children&#8217;s issues.<\/p>\n<p>The above research studies have included students as participants and co-authors. Research presentations have been delivered at all of the above psychological organizations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Politics:\u00a0 Participation in a political club and occasional columnist on issues for a newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>Other academic interests: Positive Psychology and Cultural Psychology.<\/p>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>B.A. University of Minnesota<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. University of Minnesota<\/li>\n<li>Licensed Psychologist (LP, MN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Honors and Memberships<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Phi Beta Kappa<\/li>\n<li>Who&#8217;s Who of American Women<\/li>\n<li>American of Men and Women of Science<\/li>\n<li>Midwestern Psychological Association<\/li>\n<li>American Psychological Association<\/li>\n<li>Divisions: Teaching, Women in Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Association for Psychological Science<\/li>\n<li>American Association of University Professors<\/li>\n<li>World Population Balance: Board member<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Frequently Taught Courses<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>PSY 256 &#8211; Environmental Psychology<\/li>\n<li>PSY 357 &#8211; Behavior Analysis<\/li>\n<li>PSY 373 &#8211; Industrial\/Organizational Psychology<\/li>\n<li>PSY 493 &#8211; Seminar in Contemporary Issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have always been interested in people&#8217;s varied reactions to probability and risk. My research in gambling over a decade was summarized in a presentation in Oslo, Norway in 2009, at the 11th European Congress of Psychology, titled &#8220;Beliefs in Gambling Behavior.&#8221; Ten beliefs were followed by experimental research demonstrating that 10 common beliefs of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":46222,"parent":0,"menu_order":58,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2450","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47669,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2450\/revisions\/47669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}