Reza Farivar

Education

B.Sc. (Honours) with Distinction, Psychology
University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (1999)

British Columbia highschool graduate with Honours standing,
Mt. Douglas Senior Secondary, Victoria, Canada (1995)

Research Experience

Co-investigator, (Sept. 1998 to July 1999)
Department of Psychology
Supervisor: Prof. Stephen Lindsay
Summary: design, setup, conduct, and analysis of experiments on eyewitness suggestibility effect.

Co-investigator, (Sept. 1998 to present)
Department of Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Helena Kadlec
Summary: design, setup, conduct, and analysis of experiments on multidimensional signal detection analysis of memory         source judgments and subjective experience of memory.

Research Assistant, (Sept. 1998 to July 1999, paid)
Department of Psychological Foundations in Education,
Supervisor: Dr. Lily Dyson
Summary:  Qualitative analysis of survey data on schoolchildren.

Research Assistant, (Jan. To April 1998, paid)
Department of Psychology,
Supervisor: Prof. Daniel Bub
Summary:  Material preparation for face recognition research.

Research Assistant, (Sept. 1997 to April 1998, paid)
Department of Psychology,
Supervisor: Dr. Ronald Skelton
Summary: Material preparation for spatial memory research.

Research Assistant, (April 1997 to August 1997, paid, full-time)
Department of Chemistry,
Supervisor: Dr. David Harrington
Tasks: Physical chemistry research on platinum surface chemistry
 and development and design of apparatus.

Research Interests

     My Honours thesis was based on the application of the process dissociation procedure (Jacoby, 1998) to the eyewitness
suggestibility effect.  This work was supervised by Prof. Stephen Lindsay.

    In addition, I am involved in a continuing study supervised by Dr. Helena Kadlec.  The study involves the
application of a multidimensional signal detection method of analysis to the interaction of item attributes and source
judgments as well as the subjective feelings of memory.

Conference Presentations

     Farivar, R., Kadlec, H., & Lindsay, D. S. (1999).  Interaction of source and item memory under
remember/know judgments.  Paper to be presented at the 9th annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain,
Behaviour and Cognition

     Farivar, R. & Lindsay, D. S. (1999).  Aware and unaware influences of misleading information.  Poster to be
presented at the 9th annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognition.

     Farivar, R. & Lindsay, D. S. (1999).  Aware and unaware influences of post-event information.  Poster to be
presented at the Northwest Cognition and Memory conference.
 

Extra-Curricular Involvements

          Recent involvements

               •    Founder and president of the Psychology Organization of Students
               •    President of the University of Victoria Commonwealth Club
               •    Member of the Psychology Curriculum and Teaching Committee

          Past Involvements

               •    Coordinating member of the University of Victoria Commonwealth Club (1996-97)
               •    Student Director of Mt. Douglas annual theatrical performance (1995,1997)
               •    Mt. Douglas Debate team founder and coach (1995)
               •    Treasurer of Mt. Douglas Student Council (1994-95)
               •    Volunteer at the oncology unit of Victoria General Hospital (1994-95)
 

Skills

               .    Scientific experimentation, equipment and procedures
               .    Competent in multivariate statistics and multivariate calculus
               .    Computer skills, including:
                         -    Statistical analysis
                         -    Internet and database searching
                         -    Typing (60wpm)
                         -    Computer reconfiguration, setup, recovery and repair
                         -    Scientific plotting and graphing
                         -    Word processing, spreadsheets, and databases
                         -    Java, C++, and Visual C++
               .    Interpersonal communications, conflict resolution and team organization
               .    Leadership skills: time management, organizations, task analysis and personnel
                    management
               .    Language skills: Tutor in English Literature, fluent in Persian and functional in French,
                                             familiarity with Latin and Spanish
 

Non-Research Work Experience

Future Shop (Jan.- June 1998)
Sales Representative
Manager: Mike Fitzpatrick

Great Canadian Video Network (1995-1997)
Customer Service
Manager: Jason Colliers