Frederick L. Coolidge, PhD

COURSES:

PSY 210 Statistics

Psychological Assessment of Dangerous Dictators:

Adolf Hitler

FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP AND OTHER TRAVELS:

INDIA

CUBA

TESTS:

Interference Learning Test

Coolidge Personality and Neuropsychology Inventory (CPNI)

CPNI: The Test

Coolidge Axis II Inventory

Coolidge Correctional Inventory (CCI)

Horney-Coolidge Tridimensional Inventory (HCTI)

Coolidge Assessment Battery (CAB)

Psychology Department
University of Colorado
P.O. Box 7l50
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80933-7l50

Office: Columbine Hall Room 4029

E-mail Address: fcoolidg@uccs.edu

Telephone:  (719) 262-4146
Fax:            (719) 262-4166
 

Education:

Psychology Department
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
     1969 B.A. Psychology
     1970 M.A. Psychology
     1974 Ph.D. Psychology

Shands Teaching Hospital
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
     1974-1975 APA-approved Clinical Internship
     1975-1976 Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology
                      (under the auspices of Paul Satz, PhD)

Research Interests:

bullet Behavior Genetics
bullet Cognitive Archaeology
bullet Personality Assessment

Books:

     Statistics: A Gentle Introduction

     Dream Analysis as a Psychotherapeutic Technique

     Personality Disorders and Older Adults

Selected References:

(Wynn and Coolidge)

Cognitive Archaeology

Coolidge, F. L. & Wynn, T. (2007). The working memory account of Neandertal cognition - how phonological storage capacity may be related to recursion and the pragmatics of modern speech. Journal of Human Evolution, 52, 707-710. [click here for PDF copy]

Coolidge, F. L. & Wynn, T. (2006). The effect of the tree-to-ground sleep transition in the evolution of cognition in early Homo. Before Farming: The Anthropology and Archaeology of Hunters-Gatherers, 2, 1-16. [click here for PDF copy]

Wynn, T., & Coolidge, F. L. (2006). The effect of enhanced working memory on language. Journal of Human Evolution, 50, 230-231.[click here for PDF copy]

 Coolidge, F. L. & Wynn, T. (2006). The role of enhanced working memory in the production of therianthropic art. Rock Art Research, 23, 18-21.[click here for PDF copy]

Wynn, T., & Coolidge, F. L. (in press). Did a small but significant enhancement in working memory capacity power the evolution of modern thinking? Cambridge University McDonald Institute Monographs. [click here for PDF copy]

Coolidge, F. L. & Wynn, T. (2005). Working memory, its executive functions, and the emergence of          modern thinking. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 15:1, 5-26. [click here for PDF copy]

Wynn, T. & Coolidge, F. L. (2004). The skilled Neanderthal mind.
    
    Journal of Human Evolution, 46, 467-487.[click here for PDF copy]

Coolidge, F. L. & Wynn, T. (2004). A cognitive and neuropsychological
    
 perspective on the Chatelperronian. Journal of Anthropological
    
 Research, 60, 55-73. [click here for PDF copy]

Wynn, T. & Coolidge, F. L. (2003). The role of working memory in the
    
 evolution of managed farming. Before Farming: The Anthropology
    
 and Archaeology of Hunters-Gatherers, 2, 1-16. [click here for PDF copy]

 Wynn, T. & Coolidge, F. L. (2002). The role of working memory in
    
 skilled and conceptual thought. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 25,
    
 703-704.

 Coolidge, F. L. & Wynn, T. (2001). Executive functions of the frontal
    
 lobes and the evolutionary ascendancy of Homo sapiens. Cambridge
    
 Archaeological Journal, 11, 255-260. [click here for PDF copy]

 

(Lecturing in India 2005 on a Fulbright Fellowship)

Behavior Genetics

Coolidge, F. L., Thede, L. L. & Jang, K. L. (2004). Are personality
    
 disorders psychological manifestations of executive function
    
 deficits? Evidence from a twin study. Behavior Genetics, 34, 73-82. [click here for PDF copy]

Coolidge, F. L., Thede, L. L. & Young, S. E. (2002). The heritability of
    
 gender identity disorder in a child and adolescent twin sample.
    
 Behavior Genetics, 32, 251-257. [click here for PDF copy]

Coolidge, F. L., Thede, L. L., & Jang, K. L. (2001). Heritability of
    
 childhood personality disorders: A preliminary study. Journal of
    
 Personality Disorders, 15, 33-40. [click here for PDF copy]

Coolidge, F. L., & Thede, L. L. (2000). Heritability and the comorbidity
    
of ADHD with behavioral disorders and executive function deficits: A
    
preliminary investigation. Developmental Neuropsychology, 17,
    
273-287. [click here for PDF copy]

 

(Segal and Coolidge)

Adults and Aging  

Segal, D. L., Coolidge, F. L., & Mizuno, H. (2007). Defense mechanism differences in younger and older adults: A cross-sectional investigation. Aging & Mental Health, 11, 415-422. [click here for PDF]

Fisher, B., Segal, D. L., & Coolidge, F. L. (2003). Assessment of coping among cognitively impaired older adults: A preliminary study. Clinical Gerontologist, 26, 3-12.

 Coolidge, F. L. & Anderson, L. W. (2002). Personality profiles of women in multiple abusive relationships. Journal of Family Violence, 17, 117-131.

Coolidge, F. L., Segal, D. L., Hook, J. N., Yamazaki, T. G., & Ellett,
    
J. C. (2001). An empirical investigation of Jung's psychological
    
types and personality disorders. Journal of Psychological Type, 58,
    
33-36. 

Coolidge, F. L., Moor, C. J., Yamazaki, T. G., Stewart, S. E., & Segal,
    
D. L. (2001). On the relationship between Karen Horney's tripartite
    
theory and personality disorder features. Personality and Individual
    
Differences, 30, 1387-1400. [click here for PDF copy]

Segal, D. L., Hook, J. N., & Coolidge, F. L. (2001). Personality
    
dysfunction, coping styles, and clinical symptoms in younger and
    
older adults. Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 7, 201-212.

 Miller, J. S., Segal, D. L., & Coolidge, F. L. (2001). A comparison of
    
suicidal thinking and reasons for living among younger and older
    
adults. Journal of Geropsychology, 25, 357-365.

Coolidge, F. L., Ellett, J. C., Segal, D. L., Reddy, K. S.,  Rao, G. B.,
    
Samiullah, S. & Reddy, V. S. (2001). A cross-cultural study of
    
personality disorders in American and Indian college students.
    
Indian Journal of Psychological Issues, 9, 10-19.

 Coolidge, F. L., Segal, D. L., & Ellett, J. C., (2001). Racial differences in personality disorder profiles in females Americans. Indian Journal of Psychological Issues, 9, 27-34. 

Coolidge, F. L., Segal, D. L., Hook, J. N., & Stewart, S. E.  (2000).
    
 Personality disorders and coping among anxious older adults.
    
Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 14, 157-172.

Coolidge, F. L., Segal, D. L., Pointer, J. C., Knaus, E. A., Yamazaki,
    
T. G., & Silberman, C. S. (2000). Personality disorders in older adult
    
inpatients with chronic mental illness. Journal of Clinical
    
 Geropsychology, 6, 63-72.

Griego, J. A., Stewart, S. E., & Coolidge, F. L. (1999). A convergent
    
validity study of Cloninger’s Temperament and Character Inventory
    
with the Coolidge Axis II Inventory. Journal of Personality Disorders,
    
13, 256-267.

Coolidge, F. L. (1999). My grandmother’s personality: A posthumous
    
evaluation. Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 5, 215-219.

Nathan, J. H., Marsella, A. J., Horvath, A. M., & Coolidge, F. L. (1999).
    
The concepts of individual, self, and group in Japanese national,
    
Japanese-American, and European-American samples: A semantic
    
differential analysis. International Journal of Intercultural Relations,
    
23, 711-725.

Coolidge, F. L., & Segal, D. L. (1998). Evolution of the personality
    
disorder diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
    
Disorders. Clinical Psychology Review, 18, 585-599.

Coolidge, F. L., Mull, C. E., Becker, L. A., Stewart, S. E., & Segal, D. L.
    
(1998). Hyperawareness of neuropsychological deficits in patients
    
with mild closed head injuries: patients: A preliminary investigation.
    
International Journal of Rehabilitation and Health, 4, 193-198.

Coolidge, F. L., & Segal, D. L. (1998). Evolution of the
     personality disorder diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical
     Manual of Mental Disorders. Clinical Psychology Review
, 18, 585-599.

Coolidge, F. L., & Griego, J. A. (1995). Executive functions of the
     frontal lobes: Psychometric properties of a self-rating scale.
     Psychological Reports, 77, 24-26.

Coolidge, F. L., Burns, E. M., & Mooney, J. A. (1995). Reliability of
     observer ratings in the assessment of personality disorders: A
     preliminary study. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 51, 22-28.

Coolidge, F. L., Becker, L. A., DiRito, D. C., Durham, R. L., Kinlaw, M.
     M., & Philbrick, P. B. (1994). On the relationship of the five-factor
     personality model to personality disorders: Four reservations.
     Psychological Reports, 75, 11-21.

Coolidge, F. L. & Merwin, M. M. (1992). Reliability and validity of the
     Coolidge Axis Two Inventory: A new inventory for the assessment of
     personality disorders. Journal of Personality Assessment, 59,
     223-238.
[click here for PDF copy]

Coolidge, F. L., Merwin, M. M., Wooley, M. J., & Hyman, J. N. (1990).
     Some problems with the diagnostic criteria of the antisocial
     personality disorder in DSM-III-R: A preliminary study. Journal of
     Personality Disorders, 4
, 407-413.

(Grandpa Fred volunteers to read to granddaughter Melissa in order for her to take a nap)

Childhood and Adolescence

Coolidge, F. L., Thede, L. L., Stewart, S. E., & Segal, D. L. (2002). The Coolidge Personality and Neuropsychological Inventory for Children (CPNI): Preliminary psychometric characteristics. Behavior Modification, 26, 550-566. [click here for PDF copy]

Coolidge, F. L., Segal, D. L., Stewart, S. E., & Ellett, J. C.
    
 (2000). Neuropsychological dysfunction in children with borderline
    
 personality disorder features: A preliminary investigation. Journal
    
 of Research in Personality, 34, 554-561. [click here for PDF copy]

Coolidge, F. L., Philbrick, P. B., Wooley, M. J., Bunting, E. K., Hyman,
     J. N., & Stager, M. A. (1990). The KCATI: Development of an
     inventory for the assessment of personality disorders in children.
     Journal of Personality and Clinical Studies, 6, 225-232.

Other Articles Available

Griego, J. A., Stewart, S. E., & Coolidge, F. L. (1999). A convergent validity study of Cloninger’s Temperament and Character Inventory with the Coolidge Axis II Inventory. Journal of Personality Disorders, 13, 256-267.

Nathan, J. H., Marsella, A. J., Horvath, A. M., & Coolidge, F. L. (1999). The concepts of individual, self, and group in Japanese national, Japanese-American, and European-American samples: A semantic differential analysis. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 23, 711-725.

Coolidge, F. L., & Segal, D. L. (1998). Evolution of the personality disorder diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Clinical Psychology Review, 18, 585-599.

Coolidge, F. L., Mull, C. E., Becker, L. A., Stewart, S. E., & Segal, D. L. (1998). Hyperawareness of neuropsychological deficits in patients with mild closed head injuries: patients: A preliminary investigation. International Journal of Rehabilitation and Health, 4, 193-198.

Kalchev, P., Balev, J., & Coolidge, F. L. (1997). The Coolidge Axis II Inventory (CATI): Evidences for psychometric and factorial validity for Bulgarian nonclinical samples. Personality and Individual Differences, 22, 363-369.

Coolidge, F. L., Middleton, P. A., Griego, J. A., & Schmidt, M. M. (1996). The effects of interference on verbal learning in multiple sclerosis. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 11, 605-611.

Coolidge, F. L., Merwin, M. M., Nathan, J. & Schmidt, M. M. (1996). Assessment of neurobehavioural symptoms after traumatic brain injury. Indian Journal of Psychological Issues, 4, 1-9.

Coolidge, F. L., & Griego, J. A. (1995). Executive functions of the frontal lobes: Psychometric properties of a self-rating scale. Psychological Reports, 77, 24-26.

Coolidge, F. L., Burns, E. M., & Mooney, J. A. (1995). Reliability of observer ratings in the assessment of personality disorders: A preliminary study. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 51, 22-28.

Coolidge, F. L., Janitell, P. M., & Griego, J. A. (1994). On the relationship among personality disorders, depression and anxiety in the elderly. Clinical Gerontologist, 15, 80-83.

Coolidge, F. L., Aksamit, C. R., & Becker, L. A. (1994). Prediction of recidivism in juvenile offenders: A neurobehavioral investigation. Indian Journal of Psychological Issues, 2, 1-6.

Coolidge, F. L., Becker, L. A., DiRito, D. C., Durham, R. L., Kinlaw, M. M., & Philbrick, P. B. (1994). On the relationship of the five-factor personality model to personality disorders: Four reservations. Psychological Reports, 75, 11-21.

Coolidge, F. L. & Merwin, M. M. (1992). Reliability and validity of the Coolidge Axis Two Inventory: A new inventory for the assessment of personality disorders. Journal of Personality Assessment, 59, 223-238.

Coolidge, F. L., Burns, E. M., Nathan, J. H., & Mull, C. E. (1992). Personality disorders in the elderly. Clinical Gerontologist, 12, 41-55.

Coolidge, F. L., Reilman, B. J., Becker, L. A., Cass, V. J., Coolidge, R. L., & Stocker, R. (1992). Emotional problems and neuropsychological symptoms in juvenile non-violent offenders. Journal of Personality and Clinical Studies, 8, 7-13.

Becker, L. A. & Coolidge, F. L. (1991). On the proper interpretation of residualized means in analysis of variance: A reply to Rosnow and Rosenthal. Psychological Reports, 68, 483-490.

Coolidge, F. L., Merwin, M. M., Wooley, M. J., & Hyman, J. N. (1990). Some problems with the diagnostic criteria of the antisocial personality disorder in DSM-III-R: A preliminary study. Journal of Personality Disorders, 4, 407-413.

Coolidge, F. L., Philbrick, P. B., Wooley, M. J., Bunting, E. K., Hyman, J. N., & Stager, M. A. (1990). The KCATI: Development of an inventory for the assessment of personality disorders in children. Journal of Personality and Clinical Studies, 6, 225-232.

Grana, A., & Coolidge, F. L., Merwin, M. M. (1989). Personality profiles of the morbidly obese. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 45, 762-765.

Hamilton, J. H. & Coolidge, F. L. (1988) A classroom demonstration of a phenomenological center of gravity in the self. Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 26, 173-180.

Coolidge, F. L., Rakoff, R. J., Schwellenbach, L. D., Bracken, D. D., & Walker, S. H. (1986). WAIS profiles of mentally retarded adults. Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 30, 15-17.

Coolidge, F. L., Peters. B. M., Brown, R. E., Harsch, T. L., & Crookes, T. G. (1985). Validation of a WAIS algorithm for the early onset of dementia. Psychological Reports, 57, 1299-1302.

Coolidge, F. L., Bracken, D. D., Andrews, L. W., & Pennington, B. F. (1985). Cross-validation of the Selz-Reitan pattern index. International Journal of Clinical Neuropsychology, 7, 122-123.

Coolidge, F. L., & Bracken, D. D. (1984). The loss of teeth in dreams: An empirical investigation. Psychological Reports, 54, 931-935.

Coolidge, F. L. (1983). WISC-R discrimination of learning-disabled and emotionally disturbed children: An intragroup and intergroup analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 51, 320.

Coolidge, F. L., & Fish, C. E. (1983). Dreams of the dying. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 14, 1-8.

Gasparrini, W. G., Satz, P., Heilman, K. M., & Coolidge, F. L. (1978). Hemispheric asymmetries of affective processing as determined by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry,41, 470-473.

Todd, J., Coolidge, F. L., & Satz, P. (1977). The WAIS discrepancy index: A neuropsychological evaluation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 45, 450-454.

Coolidge, F. L. (1976). Discriminant and factor analysis of the WAIS and the Satz-Mogel abbreviated WAIS on brain-damaged and psychiatric patients. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 44, l53.

Lavie, P., Levy, C. M., & Coolidge, F. L. (1975). Ultradian rhythms in the perception of the spiral aftereffect. Sleep Research, 5, 292-293.

Lavie, P., Levy, C. M., & Coolidge, F. L. (1975). Ultradian rhythms in the perception of the spiral aftereffect. Physiological Psychology, 3, 144-146.

Levy, C. M., Coolidge, F. L., & Staab, L. C. (1972). Paired associated learning during EEG-defined sleep: A preliminary study. Australian Journal of Psychology, 24, 2l9-225.

 

 

 

   

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