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Doctor Tania Signal School of Human, Health and Social Sciences

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

B .Soc.Sci (Waikato), M.Soc.Sci Hons 1st Class(Waikato) D.Phil (Waikato)

Office Location
Room 29
Building 32
Contact Details
Email: t.signal@cqu.edu.au
Phone: (07) 4923 2303 - Ext: 2303
    Professional Memberships

    Associate Editor Society & Animals

    Member of Editorial Board Journal of Human-Animal Interactions

    Ad hoc reviewer for Anthrozoos; Scandinavian Journal of Psychology; Australian Psychologist; Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science; Clinical Psychology; International Journal of Environmental & Science Education.

    Member of committee: Animal Ethics Education Reference Group (Griffith University, QLD)

    Membership of the following professional bodies:

              Charter Scholar: Animals and Society Institute (USA)                                                

    Behaviorists for Social Responsibility (USA)

    Institute for Health & Social Science Research (CQU)

    Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (CQU)

    Responsibilities
    Senior Lecturer in Psychology
    Professional Interests

    Current Research Interests:  Links between interpersonal violence, animal abuse and child abuse;  Developmental impact of witnessing violence in the home; The role of empathy in interpersonal violence; Empathy as a mediating factor in disruptive youth; Behavioural principles underlying interpersonal violence.

    Past Supervision Topics Include:  Homeless youth and empathy; Humane Education; Psychological underpinnings of Animal Hoarding; Behavioural principles underlying drug abuse, Verbal instructions and the control of human behaviour.

    Term 2 - 2013
    PSYC13022 - Learning
    Course Coordinator
    Term 1 - 2013
    PSYC11008 - Biological Foundations of Psychology
    Course Coordinator
    PSYC11010 - Fundamentals of Psychology
    Course Coordinator
    Term 2 - 2012
    PSYC13022 - Learning
    Lecturer - Lecture A / 1
    Lecturer - Lecture A / 1
    Course Coordinator
    Term 1 - 2012
    PSYC11008 - Biological Foundations of Psychology
    Course Coordinator
    Term 2 - 2011
    PSYC13022 - Learning
    Course Coordinator
    Lecturer - Lecture A / 1
    Term 1 - 2011
    PSYC12010 - Introduction to Human Development
    Lecturer - Lecture A / 1
    Course Coordinator
    PSYC13018 - Cross-Cultural Psychology
    Course Coordinator
    Book

    Taylor, N & Signal, T (eds) 2011, Theorizing animals: re-thinking humanimal relations, 1st, Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004202429.i-294

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    Book Chapter

    Taylor, N & Signal, T 2009, 'Overview of Research', in A Linzey (ed.), The Link Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence, Sussex Academi Press, Eastbourne, UK.

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    Journal Article

    Rice, S, Washington, P, Signal, T & Taylor, N 2012, 'An analysis of domestic violence presenting to FRCs at intake and assessment ', Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal, vol.23, no.2, pp.89-98.

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    Hazel, S, Signal, T & Taylor, N 2011, 'Can teaching veterinary and animal-science students about animal welfare affect their attitude toward animals and human-related empathy?', Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, vol. 38, no. 1, pp.74-83, http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jvme.38.1.74

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    Taylor, N & Signal, T 2009, 'Willingness to pay: Australian consumers and ��On the Farm�� welfare',Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 345-359.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10888700903163658

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    Taylor, N & Signal, T 2009, 'Pet, Pest, Profit: Isolating differences in attitudes towards the treatment of animals',Anthrozoos, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 129-135. http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/175303709X434158

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    Arbour, R, Signal, T & Taylor, N 2009, 'Teaching kindness: the promise of humane education',Society & Animals, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 136-148.

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    Taylor, N & Signal, T 2009, 'Lock 'em up and throw away the key?: community opinions regarding current animal abuse penalties', Australian Animal Protection Law Journal, vol. 3, pp. 33-52.

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    Signal, T & Taylor, N 2008, 'Propensity to report intimate partner violence in Australia: community demographics', Behavior and Social Issues, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 8-19.

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    Signal, T & Taylor, N 2007, 'Attitude to animals and empathy: comparing animal protection and general community samples', Anthrozoos: a multidisciplinary journal of the interactions of people and animals, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 125-130.

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    Rockloff, M, Signal, T & Dyer, V 2007, 'Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Something: The Impact of Autonomic Arousal on EGM Gambling ', Journal of Gambling Studies, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 457-465. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1007/s10899-007-9061-9

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    Signal, T & Taylor, N 2006, 'Attitudes to Animals in the animal protection community compared to a normative community sample', Society and animals : journal of human-animal studies, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 265-274. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1163/156853006778149181

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    Taylor, N & Signal, T 2006, 'Attitudes Community demographics and the propensity to report animal cruelty', Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 201-210.

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    Signal, T & Taylor, N 2006, 'Attitudes to Animals: Demographics Within a Community Sample', Society and animals : journal of human-animal studies, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 147-158. doi:10.1163/156853006776778743

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    Signal, T, Taylor, N & Stark, T 2006, 'Domestic violence, child abuse and companion animal harm: Service provision', Journal of the Home Economics Institute of Australia, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 2-5.

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    Signal, T, Foster, T, Temple, W & Chandler, J 2005, 'Establishing and maintaining an operant research facility with brushtail possums (Trichorurus vulpecula)', Behaviour Research Methods, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 182-185.

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    Taylor, N & Signal, T 2005, 'Empathy and attitudes to animals', Anthrozoos, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 18-27.

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    Taylor, N & Signal, T 2004, 'Attitude to animals an indicator of risk of interpersonal violence?', Journal of the Home Economics Institute of Australia., vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 9-12. http://www.heia.com.au/heia_pages/journal.asp#2004

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    Conference Presentations
    Foster, T.M., Sumpter, C.E., Signal, T.D., & Temple, W. (2003). Behavioural Economics: The Relation Between Measures of Demand and Preference. Paper presented at the 29th Annual Convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis, San Francisco.
    Published in: 2003a
    Signal, T.D., McEwan, J., & Sumpter, C.E. (2003). Assessing relative sensitivity of human behaviour to control by rules and contingencies. Paper presented at the 13th New Zealand Behaviour Analysis Symposium, Auckland.
    Published in: 2003
    Osugi, M., Signal, T.D., & Sumpter, C.E. (2002) Comparing Measures of Food Preference in the Brushtail Possum. Paper presented at the 12th New Zealand Behaviour Analysis Symposium, Dunedin.
    Published in: 2002a
    Signal, T.D., Foster, T.M., & Temple, W. (2002) Establishing the auditory abilities of the brushtail possum. Poster presented at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Toronto.
    Published in: 2002
    Signal, T.D., Foster, T.M. & Temple, W. (2001). Is Seeing Different to Hearing- revisited Paper presented at the 11th New Zealand Behaviour Analysis Symposium, Wellington.
    Published in: 2001
    Signal, T.D., Temple, W., & Foster, T.M. (2000). Analysis of Psychophysical Data. Paper presented at the 10th New Zealand Behaviour Analysis Symposium, Hamilton.
    Published in: 2000a
    Signal, T.D., Temple, W., & Foster, T.M. (2000). Operant Work with the Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). Paper presented at the 26th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Washington D.C.
    Published in: 2000
    Signal, T.D., Foster, T.M & Temple, W. (1998). Is Seeing Different to Hearing? Paper presented at the 8th New Zealand Behaviour Analysis Symposium, Auckland
    Published in: 1998
    Signal, T.D. (1997). Visual Discriminations in the Brushtail Possum. Paper presented at the 7th New Zealand Behaviour Analysis Symposium, Dunedin.
    Published in: 1997
    Signal, T.D., Palmer, D., Temple, W., & Foster, T.M. (1996). The Quest for Substitution with Domestic Hens. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Francisco.
    Published in: 1996a
    Signal, T.D., Foster, T.M., & Temple, W. (1996). Training Visual Discriminations in the Possum. Paper presented at the 6th New Zealand Behaviour Analysis Symposium, Hamilton.
    Published in: 1996
    Signal, T.D., Temple, W., & Foster, T.M. (1995). The Quest for Substitution. Paper presented at the 5th New Zealand Behaviour Analysis Symposium, Christchurch.
    Published in: 1995
    Signal, T.D., Temple, W., & Foster, T.M. (1994). Demonstrating Substitutability? Paper presented at the 4th New Zealand Behaviour Analysis Symposium, Wellington
    Published in: 1994
    Research Interests
  • Links between interpersonal violence (including domestic violence and child abuse)
  • Harm to companion animals
  • Empathy
  • Behavioural psychology
  • Learning
    • Published in: 2006
    PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES
    Psychology - Social and Community Psychology