College Teaching and Preparing Future Faculty
Benassi, V. A., & Lee, M. J. (2012). Important Considerations for Online Graduate Training Your Graduate Training in Psychology: Suggestions for Success. Stephen Davis, Pete Giordano, and Carolyn Licht (Eds.) Sage Publications..
Buskist, W., Benassi, V. A. (Eds.) (2012). Effective College and University Teaching: Strategies and Tactics for the New Professoriate. Sage Publications.
Benassi, V. A., & Goldstein, G. S. (2012). Course design. In W. Buskist & V. A. Benassi (Eds.), Effective College and University Teaching: Strategies and Tactics for the New Professoriate. Sage Publications.
Benassi, V. A., & Buskist, W. . (2012) GTA Preparation. In W. Buskist & V. A. Benassi (Eds.), Effective College and University Teaching: Strategies and Tactics for the New Professoriate. Sage Publications.
Benassi, V. A. (2011). Becoming a better teacher by helping others become better teachers. Bubb, R., Stowell, J., & Buskist, W. (Eds.). The teaching of psychology in autobiography: Perspectives from exemplary psychology teachers (Vol. 4). E-book on the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division 2) website. Retrieved from http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/tia2011/index.php
Cox, B., Cullen, K., Buskist, W., & Benassi, V. A. (2010)..Helping B.A. Graduates Make the Transition to Graduate School. Best practices for beginnings and endings in the psychology major. Dana S. Dunn, Bernard C. Beins, Maureen A. McCarthy, & G. William Hill, IV (Eds.). Oxford University Press.
Seidel, L.F., Benassi, V.A., Lewis, J. (2008). Teaching to Enhance Learning in Health Administration Education. Journal of Health Administration Education, 63-72.
Seidel, L.F., Benassi, V.A., Richards, H., Lee, M.J. (2006). College Teaching as a Professional Field of Study. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 17, 225-239.
Benassi, V.A., & Seidel, L.F. (2006) Using student evaluations to improve teaching. In W. Buskist and S. Davis (Eds.). The handbook of the teaching of psychology. Blackwell Publishing.
Seidel, L.F., & Benassi, V.A. (2005). Faculty productivity as an agenda for faculty development. In J.E. Groccia and J.E. Miller (Eds). On becoming a productive university: Strategies for reducing costs and increasing quality in higher education. Bolton, MA: Anker Publications.
Benassi, V. A., & Fuld, K. (2004). University of New Hampshire’s preparing future psychology faculty program. In W. Buskist and B. Beins (Eds.), Preparing the new psychology professoriate: helping graduate students become competent teachers. Society for the Teaching of Psychology.
Benassi, V. A., Jordan, E. A., & Harrison, L. (1994). Using teaching modules to train and supervise graduate TAs. In K. G. Lewis (Ed.), The TA experience: Preparing for multiple roles. 183-188. Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press.
Benassi, V. A., & Fernald, P. S. (1993). Preparing tomorrow's psychologists for careers. Teaching of Psychology. 20, 149-155.
Social Psychology and Teaching
Goldstein, G. S. & Benassi, V.A. (2006). Students’ and instructors’ beliefs about excellent lecturers and discussion leaders. Research in Higher Education, 47, 685-707.
Benassi, V. A., & Goldstein, G. S. (2006). Students' Beliefs about Paranormal Claims: Implications for Teaching Introductory Psychology. In D. S. Dunn and S. L. Chew (Eds.), Best practices for teaching introductory psychology, Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Goldstein, G., & Benassi, V. A. (1997). Teacher self-disclosure and student classroom participation: Reply to Wambach and Brothen. Teaching of Psychology, 24, 263-265.
Goldstein, G., & Benassi, V.A. (1996). Students’ perceptions of excellent lecturers and discussion leaders. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 7, 81-97.
Goldstein, G., & Benassi, V. A. (1994). The relation between teacher self-disclosure and student classroom participation. Teaching of Psychology, 212-217.
Judgment of Control
Presson, P. K., & Benassi, V. A. (2003). Are depressive symptoms positively or negatively associated with the illusion of control? Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 31, 483-0485.
McGarva, A., & Benassi, V. A. (1997). Judgment of social and nonsocial contingencies. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 12, 433-451.
Presson, P., & Benassi, V. A. (1996). Locus of control orientation and depressive symptomatology: A meta-analysis. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 11, 201-212.
Newman, S.E., & Benassi, V.A. (1989). Putting judgments of control into context: Contrast effects. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 876-889. (Newman and Benassi).
Benassi, V.A., Sweeney, P.D., & Dufour, C. (1988). Is there a relationship between locus of control orientation and depression? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 97, 357-367.
Benassi, V.A., & Mahler, H.I. (1985). Contingency judgments by depressed college students: Sadder but not always wiser. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 49, 1323-1329.
Judgmental Biases and Heuristics
Knoth, R., Benassi, V.A., & Geher, G. (2009). Measurement of the conjunction error: Answer choice versus answer justification. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal. 37, 481-490.
Presson, R., Clark, S., & Benassi, V. A. (1997). The Levenson locus of control scales: Confirmatory factor analyses and evaluation. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 25, 93-104.
Clark, S., & Benassi, V. A. (1997). Judgment of contingency: Contrast and assimilation, displacement of judgments, and self-efficacy. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 25, 183-200.
Knoth, R., & Benassi, V.A. (1993). The intractable conjunction fallacy: Statistical sophistication, instructional set, and training. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 8, 83-96.
Psychology of Belief
Benassi, V. A., & Goldstein, G. S. (2006).Students' Beliefs about Paranormal Claims: Implications for Teaching Introductory Psychology. In D. S. Dunn and S. L. Chew (Eds.), Best practices for teaching introductory psychology, Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Presson, P. K., & Benassi, V. A. (1996). The illusion of control: A meta-analysis. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 1996, 11, 493-510.
Benassi, V. A. (1988). On resisting astrological claims. Astro-Psychological Problems, 1988, 10-13.
Benassi, V. A. (1987). Believers, nonbelievers and the parapsychology debate. Commentary for Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10, 570-571.
Singer, B. F., & Benassi, V. A. (1985). Fooling some of the people all of the time. (1985). Reprinted in K. Frazier, (Ed.) Science confronts the paranormal, Prometheus Press.
Singer, B. F., & Benassi, V. A. (1984). Occult belief. (1984). Reprinted from American Scientist in Lehman and Myers (Eds.), Magic, witchcraft, and religion: An anthropological study of the supernatural, Mayfield Publishing Co.
Singer, B. F., & Benassi, V. A. (1983). Le credenze occulte [Occult belief]. (Marzo-Aprile). Republished from American Scientist, in Astronomia (Italia).
Werner, D., & Singer, B. F., & Benassi, V. A. (1981). Correlates of superstitious belief. JSAS Catalogue of Selected Documents, August, 1981
Singer, B. F., & Benassi, V. A. (1981). Occult belief. American Scientist, January/February, 69, 49-55.
Benassi, V. A. et al. (1981). Perceived control over a chance event. Replications in Social Psychology, 1, 24-26.
Singer, B. F., & Benassi, V. A (1981). Fooling some of the people all of the time. Skeptical Inquirer, 5, 17-24 (Singer and Benassi).
Benassi, V. A., Singer, B. F., & Reynolds, C. (1980)..Occult Belief: Seeing is believing. Journal of Scientific Study of Religion, 19, 337-349
Padgett, V., Benassi, V. A., Singer, B. F. (1980). Belief in ESP among psychologists. Skeptical Inquirer, fall, Reprinted in Borderlands of the Paranormal.
Benassi, V. A., Sweeney, P. D., & Drevno, G.. (1979). Mind Over Matter: Perceived success at psychokinesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37, 1377-1386
Sirgy, M. J., & Benassi, V. A. (1979). Measuring extrasensible beliefs. JSAS Catalogue of Selected Documents, August.