Margaret E. Beier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Office: 429C Sewall Hall
Phone: (713) 348-3920
E-mail: beier@rice.edu
CV (PDF)
Research Interests

Research interests are broadly focused on adult intellectual development, working memory, domain specific knowledge, gender differences in cognition, and predicting success for adults in organizations and educational settings. Work includes examining the role of cognitive ability, personality traits, and demographic factors in learning. For more information on current research, please visit the Beier Lab page.
Teaching

Industrial and Organizational Psychology, PSYC 231 (PDF)
Personality Theory and Research, PSYC 330 (PDF)
Personnel Selection, PSYC 634 (PDF)
Selected Publications
  • Beier, M. E., & Ackerman, P. L. (2005). Age, Ability, and the Role of Prior Knowledge on the Acquisition of New Domain Knowledge: Promising findings in a real world learning environment. Psychology and Aging, 20, 341-355.
  • Ackerman,P.L., Beier, M.E., & Boyle, M.O. (2005). Working memory and intelligence: The same or different constructs? Psychological Bulletin, 131, 30-60.
  • Beier, M. E., & Ackerman,P.L. (2005). Working memory and intelligence: Different constructs. Reply to Kane et al. (2005) and Oberauer et al. (2005). Psychological Bulletin, 131, 72-75.
  • Ackerman, P. L., & Beier, M. E. (2004). Knowledge and intelligence. In O. Wilhelm & R. Engle (Eds.), Handbook of understanding and measuring intelligence (pp. 125-139). Thousand Oakes: Sage.
  • Beier, M. E., & Ackerman,P.L. (2004). A reappraisal of the relationship between span memory and intelligence via "best evidence synthesis." Intelligence, 32, 607-619.
  • Beier, M. E. & Ackerman, P. L. (2003). Determinants of health knowledge: An investigation of age, gender, abilities, personality, and interests. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 439-447.
  • Ackerman, P. L., & Beier, M. E. (2003). Intelligence, personality, and interests in the career choice process. Journal of Career Assessment, 11, 205-218.
  • Ackerman, P. L., & Beier, M. E. (2003). Trait complexes, cognitive investment, and domain knowledge. R. J. Sternberg & E. L. Grigorenko (Eds.), Perspectives on the psychology of abilities, competencies, and expertise, (pp.1-30), New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Ackerman, P. L., Beier, M. E., & Bowen, K. R. (2002). What we really know about our abilities and our knowledge. Personality and Individual Differences, 33(4), 587-605.
  • Ackerman, P. L., Beier, M. E., & Boyle, M. B. (2002). Individual differences in working memory within a nomological network of cognitive and perceptual speed abilities. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 131, 567-605.
  • Beier, M. E., & Ackerman, P. L. (2001). Current-events knowledge in adults: An investigation of age, intelligence and non-ability determinants.Psychology and Aging, 16, 615-628.
  • Ackerman, P. L., Bowen, K. R., Beier, M. E., & Kanfer, R. (2001). Determinants of Individual Differences and Gender Differences in Knowledge. Journal of Educational Psychology, 93, 797-825.
  • Ackerman, P. L., Beier, M. E., & Bowen, K. R. (2000). Explorations of crystallized intelligence: Completion tests, cloze tests and knowledge. Learning and Individual Differences: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 12, 105-121.