Erica Kleinknecht, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Education
1990 – 1995 Western Washington University
BA, Psychology
1995 – 1997 Western Washington University
MS, General Psychology
1997 – 2000 University of Arkansas
Ph.D., Experimental Psychology
2000 – 2002 University of Minnesota
Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, Institute of Child Development
Publications and Professional Work
Kleinknecht, R.A., Dinnel, D. L., Kleinknecht, E. E., Hiruma, N., & Harada, N. (1997). Cultural factors in the expression of social anxiety and phobia. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 11, 157-177.
Kleinknecht, R.A., Kleinknecht, E.E., & Thorndike, R.M., (1997). The role of disgust and fear in blood and injection - related fainting symptoms: A structural equation model. Behaviour, Research, and Therapy, 25, 1075-1087.
Hyman, I. E. & Kleinknecht, E. E., (1998). False childhood memories: Research, theory and applications. In L.M. Williams & V.L. Banyard (Eds.) Trauma and Memory. Sage.
Kleinknecht, R.A., Kleinknecht, E.E., Sawchuck, C.N., Lee, T.C., & Lohr, J.M. (1999). The medical fear survey: Psychometric properties, The Behavior Therapist, 22,109-112.
Behrend, D., Scofield, J. M., & Kleinknecht, E. E., (2001). Beyond fast mapping: Young children’s extensions of novel labels and novel facts. Developmental Psychology, 37, 698-705.
Bauer, P. J. & Kleinknecht, E.E. (2002). To “ape” or to emulate? Young children's use of both strategies in a single study (Invited commentary to Want & Harris). Developmental Science, 5, 18-20.
Bauer, P.J., Burch, M., & Kleinknecht, E.E. (2002). Developments in early recall memory: The mean the variability behind it. H.W. Reese and R. Kail, (Eds.) Advances in Child Development and Behavior. Academic Press.
Beike, D. R., Kleinknecht, E., & Wirth-Beaumont, E. T. (2004). Open versus closed event memories. In D.R. Beike, J.M. Lampinen, & D.A. Behrend (Eds.), The Self and Memory. Psychology Press.
Kleinknecht, E., & Beike, D.R. (2004). How knowing and doing inform an autobiography: Relations among preschooler's theory of mind, narrative, and event memory skills. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 745-764..
Larkina, M., Guler, O.E., Kleinknecht, E., & Bauer, P.J. (in review). Working together in order to remember: relations between maternal behavior and children’s memory in a deliberate memory task.
Kleinknecht, E. (in preparation). What’s remembered depends upon how: Social contextual effects on narrative structure.
Kleinknecht, E., Zimmer-Gembeck, M., & Bauer, P.J. (in preparation). Memory and conceptualization of emotion: influences of sex and culture.
Kleinknecht, E. & Kyger, A. C. (in preparation). Misinformation applied: The effects of instructional style on susceptibility.
Invited Colloquia / Paper Presentations
Kleinknecht, E.E. (2000, September). Emerging autobiographies: The role of social-cognition in the development of event memory skills. Paper presented at the Institute of Child Development Bag Lunch Colloquia Series, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Kleinknecht, E.E. (2000, October). Emerging autobiographies: The role of social-cognition in the development of event memory skills. Paper presented at the Center for Cognitive Sciences Colloquia Series, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Kleinknecht, E.E. (2001, June). Telling stories or talking about trips: Relations between preschooler's narrative skill and event memory. Paper presented at the Biennial meetings of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Kleinknecht, E. (2005, April). What’s remembered depends upon how: Social-contextual effects on narrative structure. Paper presented at the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.
Kleinknecht, E. (2005, April). Paper Session Chair: Human Learning and Memory. Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.
Poster Presentations
Kleinknecht, E. E., Hiruma, N., Kleinknecht, R.A., Dinnel, D. L., & Harada, N. (1996, April). Cultural factors in the expression of social anxiety and phobia. Poster Presented at the Western Psychological Association, San Jose, CA.
Hyman, I. E., Kleinknecht, R. A., Kheriaty, E., Kleinknecht, E. E., & Solomon, P. (1996, June). Memory for the onset of fear and phobia. Poster Presented at Recollections of Trauma: Scientific Research and Clinical Practice. NATO Advanced Study Institute; Port de Bourgenay, France.
Hyman, I. E., Kleinknecht, R. A., Kheriaty, E., Kleinknecht, E. E., & Solomon, P. (1996, July). Memory for the onset of fear and phobia. Paper presented at Trauma and Memory: An international Research Conference. Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
Kleinknecht, R. A., Tolin, D. F., Lohr, J., & Kleinknecht, E. E. (1996, November). Relationships between blood - injury fears, disgust sensitivity, and vasovagal fainting in two independent samples. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, NY.
Kleinknecht, R.A., Dinnel, D. L., Kleinknecht, E. E., Hiruma, N., & Harada, N. (1996, November). Cultural factors in the expression of social anxiety and phobia. Poster Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, NY.
Kleinknecht, E. E., Hyman, I. E., & Kleinknecht, R. A. (1997, April). Validity of fear onset reports and pathways to fear acquisition. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.
Kleinknecht, R. A., Thorndike, R. M., & Kleinknecht, E. E. (1997, April). Structural equation modeling of antecedents to blood/injury - related vasovagal symptoms. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.
Kleinknecht, R.A., Kleinknecht, E.E., Sawchuck, C.N., Lee, T.C., & Lohr, J.M., (1998, November). The medical fear survey: Psychometric properties. In C.A. Kearney (Chair), Phobia and Related Anxiety Disorders Special Interest Group. Paper presented at the 32nd annual meeting for the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, D.C.
Kleinknecht, E.E. & Behrend, D. (1999, April). What's so special about word learning anyway? Preschooler's extension of labels vs. facts. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.
Kleinknecht, E.E. & Behrend, D. (1999, October). Emerging autobiographies: The relationship between preschooler’s developing representational and personal narrative skills. Poster presented at the meetings of the Cognitive Development Society, Chapel Hill, NC.
Scofield, J., Behrend, D., & Kleinknecht, E.E. (1999, October). What's so special about word learning anyway? Preschooler's extension of labels vs. facts. Poster presented at the meetings of the Cognitive Development Society, Chapel Hill, NC.
Kleinknecht E.E. (2001, April). Emerging autobiographies: The role of social cognition in the development of event memory skills. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
Stennes, L., Kleinknecht, E.E., Toohey, J. (2001, April). Maternal use of internal state terms in reminiscing with three-year-old daughters and sons. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
Rademacher, J., Waters, J., & Kleinknecht, E.E. (2001, April). Pleasure gives way to activity and interest: Changing relations between temperament and memory at 13 and 20 months. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
Kleinknecht, E.E., Phill, G.C., Stennes, L., & Bauer, P.J. (2001, October). Whose understanding matters more? Exploring the direction of influence between preschooler's ToM and parents' use of internal states words in conversations about the past. Poster presented at the meetings of the Cognitive Development Society, Virginia Beach, VA.
Phill, G.C., Kleinknecht, E.E., Bauer, P.J., (2001, October). Some parents sort more than just the laundry: Parental strategy use in a recall task. Poster presented at the meetings of the Cognitive Development Society, Virginia Beach, VA.
McDaniel, B.L., Hamilton, S.F., Elbert, A.N., Kleinknecht, E.E., & Lampinen, J.M. (2002). True and false childhood memories distinguished by MCQ. Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society. New Orleans, LA.
Kleinknecht, E. (2003, April). “And then we saw the dolphins, remember?” Parental elaboration and memory development in early childhood. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.
Kleinknecht, E. & Phill, C. (2003, April). "Let's remember the animals:" The socialization of strategic remembering in early childhood. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.
Kleinknecht, E., & Bauer, P.J. (2003, October). Theory of Mind is your friend: Positive relations between mental representational ability and social - cognitive competence in preschoolers. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Cognitive Development Society, Park City, UT.
Kleinknecht, E., Zimmer-Gembeck, M., & Bauer, P.J. (2005, May). Apples or oranges? A linguistic analysis of women’s and men’s emotion understanding. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.
Kleinknecht, E., Zimmer-Gembeck, M., & Bauer, P.J. (2006, April). Memory and Conceptualization of Emotion: Influences of Sex and Culture. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Western Psychological Association, Palm Springs, CA.
Grants, Honors and Awards
1999 American Psychology and Law Society, Grants-in-Aid Award
Distinguishing Between True and False Autobiographical Memories
1999 Marie Wilson Howells' Fund, Dissertation Award
Emerging Autobiographies: The Relationship Between Preschooler’s Developing Representational and Personal Narrative Skills
2000 Roland H. Waters Award for Outstanding Teaching Potential
Presented annually to select graduate students in Psychology, University of Arkansas
2000 Institute of Child Development, Training Grant Fellowship Recipient, University of Minnesota
Awarded biannually to a single recipient; funded through the NIMH NRSA program
2005 Pacific University Junior Faculty Award
In recognition of outstanding service as a teacher and mentor and for significant contributions to the academic life of the Pacific community early in one’s career
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
- Cognitive Development Society
- Association for Psychological Science
- Western Psychological Association
- Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition