"This is the only time you get to go to college, probably. Choose a course of study that prepares you for the future, exposes you to new ideas, and lets you take some courses you always wanted."

Undergraduate:

Cognitive Psychology, Child Psychology, Advanced Cognition, Adolescent Psychology, Sensation and Perception, Life-Span Development, General Experimental, Infancy, History and Systems, Language Acquisition, Introductory Psychology of Art, Personality, Educational Psychology, Social Psychology, Mental Health in the Schools, Test and Measurements, Organizational psychology, Human factors

Graduate:

Advanced Research Design, Seminar in Cognition, Cognitive Development, Perceptual Development, Applied Cognitive Development, Advanced Developmental, Phenomenology of Perception, Psychological Foundations of Education, Seminar in the Teaching of Psychology

Dr. Metzger served as the department head for more than nine year, and has in the past studied the influence of variables such as olfactory memory and memory structure. He is currently interested in the physical, psychological and emotional effective context of cognition.

Brown, M. & Metzger, R.M. (1993). The effect of worry on directed forgetting. Modern Psychological Studies.

Meyer, T.J., Miller, M.L., Metzger, R.L. & Borkovec, T.D. (1990). Development and Validation of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire. Behavior Research and Therapy, 28, 487-495.

Metzger, R.L., Miller, M., Cohen, M., Sofka, M. & Borkovec, T. (1990). Worry changes decision making: The effect of negative thoughts on cognitive processing. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 46, 78-88.

Borkovec, T.D., Metzger, R.L., & Pruzinsky, T. (1986) . Self theory, worry and symptoms of anxiety. In L.M. Hartman & K.R. Blankenship (Eds.), Perception of Self in Emotional Disorders and Psychotherapy New York: Plenum.

Metzger, R.L. (1985) . Microcomputers in the small college psychology department. Micropsych Network, 2, 6-8.

Metzger, R.L. & Pambianco, L. (1985) . The relationship between reading level and retention in average and supra readers. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 10, 52-57.

Metzger, R.L. & Perlmutter, M.A. (1984) . Specific and global processing by preschool children and college adults. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 333-336.

Metzger, R.L. & Werner, D.B. (1984) . Visual training and reading disabilities: A review. Pediatrics, 73, 824-829.

Metzger, R.L. & Antes, J.A. (1983) . The nature of processing early in picture perception. Psychological Research, 45, 267 -274.

Antes, J.R., Penland J. & Metzger, R.L. (1981). Context effects on the recognition of usual and unusual objects. Psychological Research, 43, 277-292.

Perlmutter, M.A., Metzger, R.L., Nezworski, T. & Miller, K. (1980). Spatial and temporal memory in 20 and 60 year olds. Journal of Gerontology, 36, 59-65.

Perlmutter, M.A., Metzger, R.L., Nezworski, T. & Miller, K. (1980). Memory of historical events. Experimental Aqinq Research, 6, 47-60.

Metzger, R.L., Boschee, P.F., Haugen, T. & Schnobrich, B.L. (1979). The classroom as learning context. Journal of Educational Psychology, 71, 440-442.

Esper, J.R., Cooney, L.L. & Metzger, R.L. (1979). An Overview of Autism: Readinqs and Sources. Springfield, IL: Illinois Society for Autistic Children.

Antes, J.R., Singsass, P. & Metzger, R.L. (1978). Components of pictorial informativeness. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 47, 549-564.

Metzger, R.L. & Antes, J.A. (1976). Sex and coding strategy effects on the reaction time to hemispheric probes. Memory & Cognition. 4, 167-171.

Metzger, R.L. (1974). A reliability and validity study of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 32, 276-278.

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Papers Presented

Metzger, R. L. & Payne, T. (1997, April). The improvement in odor memory is a direct, but not an indirect, memory effect. Paper presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Day, J. & Metzger, R. L. (1995, April). Odors significantly improve the retrievability of labels and words. Paper presented at the Association of Chemoreceptor Sciences, Sarasota.

Bates, J., Metzger, R. L. & Hamilton, R. (1995, March). Gender and age effects on olfactory recognition memory. Paper presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, Savannah, GA.

Metzger, R. L., Wilson, M. C., Roddy, E. A. & Schild, V. J. (1994, April). Depression affects olfactory recognition. Paper presented at the Association of Chemoreceptor Sciences, Sarasota.

Wilson, M. C., Metzger, R. L., Schild, V. J. & Roddy, E. A. (1994, April). Odor memory shows directed forgetting effects. Paper presented at the Association of Chemoreceptor Sciences, Sarasota.

Nagle, G. S. & Metzger, R. L. (1994, March). Teaching a course in professional psychology to undergraduate psychology majors. Symposium presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans.

Wilson, M. C. , Metzger, R. L., Roddy, E. A. & Schild, V. J. (1994, March). Directed forgetting of odors. Paper presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans.

Wilson, M. C., Roddy, E. A., Metzger, R. L. & Schild, V. J. (1993, November). Depression affects olfaction. Paper presented at the Tennessee Psychological Association, Nashville.

Bilbrey, C. and Metzger, R.L. (1993, March). A new approach to directed forgetting. Paper presented at Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta.

Brown, M. and Metzger, R.L. (1993, March). The effect of worry on directed forgetting. Paper presented at Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta.

Henry, L.A. and Metzger, R. L. (1992, March) Remember to forget: An examination of directed forgetting. Paper presented at Southeastern Psychological Association, Knoxville.

Metzger, R.L., Melvin, K., Ross, M.G., Porter, T., Paterson, T. and Smith, J. (1991, March) Is worrying a verbal activity? Paper presented at Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans.

Montalvo, A. , Metzger, R.L., and Henry, L.A. (1991, March) How semantic is perceptual priming? Paper presented at Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans.

Smailes, H., Metzger, R.L. and Melvin, K. (1990, March). The effect of worrying on the processing of high and low imagery material. Paper presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Montalvo, A., Metzger, R.L. and Melendez, B. (1990, March). What's the difference? A comparison of focal thinking and Perceptual Priming. Paper presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Montalvo, A. Metzger, R.L. and Noll, J.A. (1989, November). The network structure of worry in memory. Paper presented at the North Carolina Cognition Group, Davidson, NC.

Noll, J. A. and Metzger, R.L. (1989, November). The effects of gender on information processing. Paper presented at the North Carolina Cognition Group, Davidson, NC.

Noll, J.A., Metzger, R.L. & LaGuardia, R. (1989, March). A taxonomy of worry: Topical and attribute characteristics. Paper presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Carter, W., Murphy, K. & Metzger, R.L. (1988, March). White bears and worry: In search of the rebound effect. Paper presented at Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Noll, J.A. Montalvo, A. & Metzger, R.L. (1988, March). Self-generated thinking results in semantic facilitation. Paper presented at Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Campbell, E., Metzger, R.L., Goodwin, P., & Carter, W. (1987, March). Induced and natural moods yield equivalent self-reference effects. Paper presented at Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Zettler, L., Metzger, R.L., Bond, S., & Ballard, R. (1987, March). The recall of affective material is mood congruent not state dependent. Paper presented at Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Metzger, R.L., Smith, G., Campbell, E., Zettler, L., & Carter W. (1986, March). Mood related recall: State not personal attribution affects performance. Paper presented at Southeastern Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

Wright, J.C., Metzger, R.L., Harris, J., & Moss, S. (1986, March). Recognition of visual features predictive of dog bites in animal control officers. Paper presented at Southeastern Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

Wright, J.C. Kimmerling, K., Moss, S., & Metzger, R.L. (1985, June). The recognition of visual signals predictive of dog bites: Developmental and gender-related differences in humans., Invited paper. The Animal Behavior Society, Raleigh, NC.

Mayo, S., & Metzger, R.L. (1985, March). Worry is not related to controllability. Paper presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Midkiff, D., Jenkins, B., & Metzger, R.L. (1985, April). Some relationships of writing and learning styles: A workshop for teachers. Paper presented at the Fourteenth Annual Conference on Teaching the English Language Arts, Athens, GA.

Tolleson, E.K., & Metzger, R.L. (1985, March). Worry does not effect automatic processing in memory. Paper presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Wright, J.C., Kimmerling, K., Moss, S., & Metzger, R. (1985, March). Recognition of visual signals predictive of dog bites in children. Paper presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Metzger, R.L., Miller, M., Sofka, M. & Cohen, M. (1984, March). Evidence of a relationship between ego-resiliency and assimilation and accommodation. Paper presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Metzger, R.L., Miller, M., Sofka, M., Cohen, M. & Pennock, M. (1983, December). Information processing and worrying. Paper presented at the AABT, Washington (DC).

Metzger, R.L. & Werner, D. (1983, September). Visual training and reading disabilities. Paper presented at the Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Hershey, PA.

Metzger, R.L., & Perlmutter, M.A. (1980, November). Age differences in the use of detail and background in picture recognition. Paper presented at the Psychonomic Society Meeting, St. Louis, MO.

Antes, J.R. & Metzger, R.L. (1978, May). The effect of context on the recognition and location of objects in pictures. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Metzger, R.L. & Antes, J.R. (1976, May). Coding strategy effects on the reaction time to pictures and words. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

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Invited Presentations

Odor memory: The smell of success. Paper presented to the Psi Chi Chapter, Southern Adventist University, March, 1996.

Why can't you stop worrying. Paper presented to the University Colloquium Series sponsored by the Psi Chi Chapter, Augusta College, Augusta, GA., 1989.

Using research to teach thinking, writing, reading and speaking skills. Paper presented at the Conference on Teaching and Learning, Mercer University, 1988.

Worrying is a procedural memory problem. Paper presented at Mercer University - Atlanta, GA, 1987.

The cognitive basis of worry. Paper presented at the Florida State University, May, 1984.

Teaching other professionals to deal with mental deficiency. Paper presented at the American Association of Mental Deficiency Regional Meeting, Springfield (IL), November, 1980.

Cognitive development in the classroom: A workshop for college faculty. Paper presented at Findlay College, April, 1979.

Day care research: Limitations, conclusions, and directions. Paper presented at the Missouri Psychological Association, April, 1979.

Language development in autistic children. Paper presented at the American Association of Mental Deficiency Regional Meeting, March 1979.

Reports

Metzger, R.L. & Harris, J. (1987). Student performance evaluation. Macon, GA: Mercer University, Title III Grant Office.

Metzger, R.L. (1985). Retention analysis of entering students. Macon, GA: Mercer University.

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