Mary Ann Metzger, Ph.D.

Email: metzger@umbc.edu

Telephone: 410-455-2567

Associate Professor Emerita

Education

  • B.A., Mathematics — University of Connecticut, 1960
  • M.A., Psychology — University of Connecticut, 1968
  • Ph.D., Psychology — University of Connecticut, 1970
  • Post-doc, Mathematical Psychology — Rockefeller University, 1971 – 1972

Experience in Higher Education

  • 1971 – 1972 — Postdoctoral work in Mathematical Psychology
  • 1973 – 1999 — She was a member of the Psychology Department faculty at UMBC
  • 1999 – Current — Associate Professor Emerita

Research Interests

Dr.Metzger’s specialty is the application of systems dynamics to understanding psychological processes, including intellectual development, developmental disorders, and patterns of judgment under uncertainty. She taught courses in data analysis, psychology of judgment, and nonlinear dynamics in psychology, she has supervised research for advanced degrees for Ph.D. students.

Research Grants

Dr. Metzger’s research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and from the Fulbright Foundation.

She was a member of the Editorial Board for the Nonlinear Dynamics in Psychology and Life Sciences (vols. 1997-2000).

She was secretary of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences (1998-2005).

She has also been active in other professional associations and has participated in their development of electronic media .

Selected publications

  • A step in the right direction. Mary Ann Metzger. (1993) A review of W. Thomas Miller, III, Richard S. Sutton, & Paul J. Werbos (Eds.) Neural Networks for Control. MIT Press,Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 37, 477-485.
  • Frequent reward eliminates differences in activity between hyperkinetic rats and controls. Terje Sagvolden, Mary Ann Metzger, & Geir Sagvolden. (1993) Behavioral and Neural Biology, 59, 225-229.
  • Forecast: Program to obtain forecasts from subjects for successive values of chaotic time-series. Mary Ann Metzger & Michael F. Theisz. (1994) Behavior Research Methods,Instrumentation, and Computers, 26, 387-394.
  • Killeen’s theory provides an answer … and a question. Mary Ann Metzger & Terje Sagvolden. (1994) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 17, 144-145.
  • Have subjects been shown to generate chaotic numbers? (A commentary on an article by A. Neuringer & K. Voss). Mary Ann Metzger. (1994) Psychological Science, 5, 111-114.
  • Multiprocess models of cognitive and behavioral dynamics. Mary Ann Metzger. (1994) In R. Post & T. van Gelder (Eds.) Mind as Motion: Dynamics, Behavior, and Cognition, MIT Press, 491-526.
  • A confirmatory factor analytic study of the CES-D in a stroke population. Beverly A. Bush & Mary Ann Metzger. (1995) Under review for publication in Psychological Assessment.
  • Applications of nonlinear dynamical systems theory in developmental psychology: Motor and cognitive development. Mary Ann Metzger. (1996) Nonlinear dynamics,Psychology, and Life Science, Vol. 1 no. 1, 55-68.
  • Consciousness by degrees. Mary Ann Metzger. The Noetic Journal, Vol. 1 no. 2. 162-167.