Robert Maleske

• Professor of Psychology

Robert Maleske emphasizes a humanistic approach to facilitating student learning, as expressed in his mantra: "Inspire rather than require." His research interests include idiographic versus nomothetic perspectives as they affect strategies for creating and implementing effective classroom learning environments, and classical conditioning strategies for developing music sight-reading ability. He facilitates the following courses: Experimental Psychology, Behavioral Research Statistics, Thesis Development, Senior Seminar and Interpersonal Dynamics. 

His publications include three textbooks: Foundations for Gathering and Interpreting Behavioral Data; Statistics: Essentials for Students in the Social Sciences; and Research Methods: Essentials for Students in Psychology; as well as articles in The Journal of General Psychology and Learning and Motivation. He began teaching at Carthage in 1973, left in 1985 to serve as Director of Academic Computing at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and returned to Carthage as a faculty member in 1988.

Education

• Ph.D., M.A. — Northwestern University
• B.A. — DePaul University

• Courses
• Psychology Department