James M Wood

James M. Wood is a clinical psychologist known for his work in social psychology, statistics, and cognition. He is a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Education Wood received his B.A. Magna Cum Laude in Psychology from Harvard University in 1973. He attended the University of Arizona, where he obtained a master's degree in Clinical Psychology in 1988 and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a Minor in Statistics and Methodology in 1990. His completed his dissertation in Clinical Psychology on different types of memory for verbal stimuli while sleeping under his advisor, Richard R. Bootzin, Ph.D. From 1998 to 2005, Wood worked as an associate professor in the Department of Psychology, continuing his work in legal psychology and child suggestibility. From May 2005 – August 2005, Wood worked on the Gulf War Project at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School as a statistics intern under Robert Haley. He currently teaches Intro to Abnormal Psychology, Seminar in Psychopathology, Psychometrics, and Foundations of Research at the university. The program discussed the impact these cases had on the justice system, the credibility of children as witnesses in abuse cases, child advocacy, and child testimony.

Research Wood and his colleagues Scott Lilienfeld, Howard Garb, and Teresa Nezworksi published multiple critiques of the Rorschach Inkblot Test. His early research as a research assistant and consultant focused on neonatal care, nightmares, and cognition. He also had early research conducted with the Air Force on predictive factors of early discharge in the military. He also has research in psychopathic personality traits and cognitive dissonance that was published in 2012.