April Bleske-Rechek

Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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Recent Conference Presentations and Talks

Bleske-Rechek, A. (2023, July). Trends in Advanced Placement participation and performance, 1996-2022. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Intelligence Research, Berkeley, CA.

Jones, L. L., Brunell, A. B., Bleske-Rechek, A., Bowman, N. N., & Smith, S. L. (2023, July). Self-esteem and workplace achievement motivation: Gender and cohort differences. Poster presented at the 8th biennial meeting of the Association for Research in Personality, Evanston, IL.

Bleske-Rechek, A. (2023, March 6). Intrasexual Competition in Young Women’s Friendships. Invited presenter and discussant, State University of New York Evolutionary Studies Seminar Series.

Bleske-Rechek, A., & Bernstein, M. H. (2023, February). Some sex differences are more problematic than others. Presented at the first annual conference of the Society for Open Inquiry in the Behavioral Sciences, Atlanta, GA.

Bernstein, M. H., & Bleske-Rechek, A. L. (2023, February). Would people agree with Hitler when his statements are directed against Whites instead of Jews? Presented at the first annual conference of the Society for Open Inquiry in the Behavioral Sciences, Atlanta, GA.

Bleske-Rechek, A. (2022, Oct. 27). Data that Call for Action: Predictors of Burnout and Engagement Among UWEC Faculty and Instructional Staff. Invited speaker to the United Faculty and Academic Staff of UWEC.

Bleske-Rechek, A. (2022, August). Seeing the numbers: Predictive validity of the GRE. Data-blitz presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association (Division 05), Minneapolis, MN. Session: Test-Free and Test-Optional Admissions Policies: Implications and Realities, with Daniel Robinson (moderator), Amy Schmidt, Paul Westrick, Michael Rodriguez, and Nathan Kuncel.

Lay, P. S., Dobson, R. T., Witthun, K. B., Bernstein, M. H., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2022). Shoot the messenger: Effects of messenger gender identity on men’s and women’s reactions to information about evolved differences between the sexes. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS), Pittsburgh, PA.[JPG]

Witthun, K. B., Dobson, R. T., Lay, P. S., Bernstein, M. H., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2022). Who has credibility? Effects of messenger cis/trans identity on reactions to controversial information about transgender issues. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS), Pittsburgh, PA.[JPG]

Dobson, R. T., Johnson, W. N., Witthun, K. B., Bernstein, M. H., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2022). Reactions to controversial information about racism in policing as a function of messenger identity and news platform. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS), Pittsburgh, PA.[JPG]

Witthun, K. B., Dobson, R. T., Johnson, W. N., Bernstein, M. H., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2022). Does lived experience trump medical expertise? Factors that predict reactions to controversial information about antidepressants. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS), Pittsburgh, PA.[JPG]

Wieden, T. R., McBeath, K. M., Koeper, S. M., Rosas, A., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2022). Overwhelmed and overprescribed? College students’ experiences seeking help for mental health concerns. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS), Pittsburgh, PA.[JPG]

Johnson, W. N., Hernandez, M. A., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2022). From vigilance to violence online: Personality and mate value as predictors of engaging in negative cyber mate retention behaviors. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS), Pittsburgh, PA.[JPG]

Bleske-Rechek, A., Bernstein, M. H., & Lay, P. S. (2022). Some sex differences are more problematic than others: Perceptions of male and female over-representation in low- and high-paying jobs. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS), Pittsburgh, PA.[JPG]

Bleske-Rechek, A., Lay, P., Dobson, R., & Witthun, K. (2021, May). Shoot the messenger: Changes in evaluations of scientific information as a function of messenger identity. Poster to be presented at the 33rd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (Virtual).[PDF]

Erdman, B., Hernandez, M., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2021, May). Perceptions of profanity: The complexities of category and context. Poster to be presented at the 33rd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (Virtual).[PDF]

Wagener, E., Peterson, J., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2021, May). What’s worse: Lazy but smart, or stupid but hardworking? Gender differences in mate preferences and aversions. Poster to be presented at the 33rd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (Virtual).[PDF]

Badenhorst, S., Seyoum, E., Nguyen, E., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2020, May). Hurt feelings: The role of receivers’ personality in emotional reactions to others’ words. Poster presented at the 28th annual University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Celebration of Excellence in Research and Creative Activity.[PDF]

BeBeau, H., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2020, May). Does knowing the outcome change our view? Hindsight bias in suicide. Poster presented at the 28th annual University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Celebration of Excellence in Research and Creative Activity. [PDF]

Drexler, R., Marasch, M. & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2020, May). Diverging paths ahead? Young men’s and women’s life values and priorities for the years to come. Poster presented at the 28th annual University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Celebration of Excellence in Research and Creative Activity.[PDF]

Bleske-Rechek, A., & Paulich, K. (2019, July). The g in grammar: Grammar usage is an indicator of general cognitive ability.Poster presented at the annual conference of the International Society for Intelligence Research, Minneapolis, MN. [PDF]

Paulich, K., Badenhorst, S., Jorgensen, K., Seyoum, L., Nuck, G., Axelrod, M., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2019, April). Primed to perceive harm: People’s responses to ambiguous statements as a function of priming.Presented at the annual Celebration of Excellence in Research and Creative Activity, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. [PDF]

Bleske-Rechek, A. (2018, April). Liking ≠ learning: Trivial effect of a “sentence-of-the-day” intervention on college students’ detection and correction of grammar usage errors.Poster presented at the annual spring conference of the UW-System’s Office of Professional and Instructional Development (OPID), Madison, WI. [PDF]

Bleske-Rechek, A., Paulich, K., Shafer, P., Kofman, C., & Richmond, C. (2018, May).Immediate hire or immediate rejection? Grammar usage errors taint ratings of applicants’ writing, employability, and character.Poster presented at the 30th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.[PDF]

Gunseor, M., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2018, May). Spin: Psychological scientists use causal language to describe non-causal data. Poster presented at the 30th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.[PDF]

Gunseor, M., Shafer, P., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2018, May).Sharing the load: Men’s and women’s attitudes toward household and childcare tasks. Poster presented at the 30th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.[PDF]

Nuck, G. E., Gunseor, M. M., Seyoum, E., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2018, May).Exploring familial resemblance in romantic attachment: Shared genes and shared rearing environment do not equal shared attachment. Poster presented at the 30th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.[PDF]

Paulich, K., Jorgensen, K., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2018, May).Are energy therapies supported by randomized, placebo-controlled trials? A systematic review.Poster presented at the 30th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.[PDF]

Shafer, P., Gunseor, M., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2018, May).I’ve chosen well, but perhaps I could do better: Maximizing tendencies and romantic relationship judgments. Poster presented at the 30th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA[PDF]

Griffiths, R., Lockington, R., Peterson, L., Harriman, J., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2017, May).Romantically involved or just friends? Accuracy and consensus in judgments of male-female dyads. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA.[PDF]

Gunseor, M., Maly, J., Shafer, P., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2017, May).They obviously didn’t stand a chance: Hindsight bias in judgments of a dating couple. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA.[PDF]

Bleske-Rechek, A., & Joseph, W. E. (2016, May). Sex differences in young adults’ attraction to their opposite-sex friends: Natural sampling versus mental concepts. Poster presented at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.[PDF]

Bloechl, C., Griffiths, R., Murray, C. M., Nelton, R., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2016, May).Mama’s baby, papa’s maybe: Links between child-father resemblance and child-reported paternal investment. Poster presented at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.[PDF]

Gunseor, M., Nelton, R., Ross, M., Maly, J., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2016, May). Hindsight knowledge and relationship break-up: Should they have seen it coming? Poster presented at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.[PDF]

Murray, C. M., Gunseor, M., Darling, S., Priebe, M. C., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2016, May). Conflations of correlation with causation in researchers’ descriptions of their work. Poster presented at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.[PDF]

Abel, C., Johnson, A., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2015, May). When misfortune befalls another. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Columbia, MO.[PDF]

Bleske-Rechek, A., Joseph, W., & Williquette, H. (2015, May). Sex differences in attraction to opposite-sex friends: An artifact of sampling method? Poster presented at the annual conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Columbia, MO.[PDF]

Bleske-Rechek, A., Williquette, H., Joseph, W., Donovan, B., & Nelson, L. A. (2015, May). Attraction and attractiveness in a naturally occurring sample of opposite-sex friends. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.[PDF]

Bloechl, C., Plamann, K., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2015, May).Sex differences in the focusing illusion. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY; [PDF]

Plamann, K., Bloechl, C., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2015, May). Sex differences in the focusing illusion. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Columbia, MO.[PDF]

Dernbach, M., Cox, E., Joseph, W., Sikowski, G., & Strothenke, D. (2015, May). Similarity between friends and romantic partners in moral intuitions. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY. [PDF]

Joseph, W., Sikowski, G., Strothenke, D., Dernbach, M., & Cox, E., (2015, May). Similarity between friends and romantic partners in moral intuitions. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Columbia, MO.[PDF]

Lee, Y. L., Murray, C., Strothenke, D., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2015, May). How crude! Personality judgments of men and women who swear. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY; and at the annual conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Columbia, MO.[PDF]

Gunseor, M., Lee, Y. L., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2015, May). They should have seen it coming: Hindsight bias in evaluation of romantic relationship outcomes. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Columbia, MO.[PDF]

Bleske-Rechek, A. (2015, February). Attractiveness and rivalry in women’s friendships with women. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.

Bleske-Rechek, A., Hanley, E., Donovan, B., Ryan, D. E., & Kelley, J. A. (2013, May). A longitudinal study of young adults’ plans for work and family. Poster presented at the 25th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.[PDF]

Donovan, B., Hanley, E., Kelley, J., Ryan, D. E., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2013, May). The value of a college education: A longitudinal study of science literacy. Poster presented at the 25th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC. [PDF]

Kelley, J. A., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2013, May). Birth order and personality: A within-family test of cultural lore. Poster presented at the 25th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC. [PDF]

Kolb, C., Bleske-Rechek, A., Quigley, K., Nelson, L. A., & Stern, A. (2013, May). Face and body: Independent predictors of women’s overall attractiveness. Poster presented at the 25th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC. [PDF]

Morrison, K., Heidtke, L., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2013, May). Building blocks of scientific psychology: Students’ understanding of probabilistic trends and correlation-versus-causation. Poster presented at the 25th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC. [PDF]

Ryan, D. E., Donovan, B., Hanley, E., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2013, May). Young adults' mating attitudes and ideal mate preferences: Limited change during college. Poster presented at the 25th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC. [PDF]

Bleske-Rechek, A., Quigley, K., Kolb, C., Steffes, A., & Nelson, L. (2012, June). The double-edged nature of assortative friendship: Attractiveness and rivalry in friendships between women. Talk given at the annual conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico. [PDF]

Franklin, B. R., Johnson, A. E., Kelley, J. A., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2012, June). Birth order and personality: Testing assumptions with independent siblings’ reports. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico. [PDF]

Ryan, D. E., Miller, S. M., Werner, A. R., Johnson, A. E., Quigley, K. E., Kolb, C. M., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2012, June). That’s too bad…NOT! Predictors of feeling pleasure in response to another’s misfortune. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico. [PDF]

Werner, A., Fritsch, A., Johnson, J., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2012, June). Sexual attraction to siblings, friends, and mates: Preliminary evidence that opposite-sex friends prime sexual cognition. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico. [PDF]

Harris, H., Fuerstenberg, E., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2011, May). Twenty-five years of GRE scores and graduate enrollment data by gender, ethnicity, and discipline. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC. [PDF]

Bleske-Rechek, A. (2011, August). A Primer on Evolutionary Psychology: Foundational Ideas, Exemplary Research, and Criticisms. Invited Lee Gurel Lecture to Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools, annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. [PDF]

Morrison, K. M., Bebault, H. M., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2012, April). Inferences of causation from correlational data. Poster presented at the 20th annual University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Student Research Day. [PDF]

Johnson, A. E., Franklin, B. R., Kelley, J. A., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2012, April). Does rearing environment shape romantic attachment style? Using siblings to test for shared rearing environmental influences. Poster presented at the 20th annual University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Student Research Day. [PDF]

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