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Professor
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
United States
Laura Freberg, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where she teaches courses in Introductory Psychology, Biological Psychology, and Sensation and Perception. In addition, she teaches Social Psychology and Sensation and Perception as an Adjunct Professor for Argosy University Online. Dr. Freberg is the author of two textbooks for Wadsworth/Cengage Publishing: Discovering Psychology: The Science of Mind with John Cacioppo and Discovering Biological Psychology. She serves as the Bylaws and Archives Committee Chair for the Society for Social Neuroscience and as an editorial board member for the journal Leadership Quarterly. Dr. Freberg received her Ph.D. from UCLA in 1979, having conducted her dissertation research at Yale University.