Frederick L. Coolidge, PhD
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)
255-4146
Fax: (719)
255-4166
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:
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Behavior Genetics |
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Cognitive Archaeology |
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Personality Assessment |
Books:
Selected References:
(Wynn and Coolidge)
Cognitive Archaeology
Wynn, T., Coolidge, F. L., & Bright, M. (2009). Hohlenstein-Stadel and the evolution of human conceptual thought. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 19, 73-83. [click here for PDF copy]
Coolidge, F. L. & Wynn, T. (2008). The role of episodic memory and autonoetic thought in Upper Palaeolithic life. PaleoAnthropology, 2008, 212-217. [click here for PDF copy]
Wynn, T., & Coolidge, F. L. (2008). Did a small but significant change in working memory capacity empower modern thinking? In P. Mellars, K. Boyle, O. Bar-Yosef, & S. Stringer (Eds.), Rethinking the human evolution: New behavioural and biological perspectives on the origin and dispersal of modern humans (pp. 79-90). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University McDonald Institute Monographs. [click here for PDF copy]
Wynn, T., & Coolidge, F. L. (2008). A stone-age meeting of minds. American Scientist, 96(1), 44-51. [click here for PDF copy]
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]
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. A. 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. A. C. (2001). Racial differences in personality disorder profiles in female 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.