Position, Department
Instructor, Psychology
Contact Information
YCHU@hawaii.edu, 808.845.9411
Courses Taught
Psychology 100: Survey of Psychology
Psychology 180: Psychology of Work
Psychology 212: Survey of Research Methods
Psychology 220: Introduction to Behavioral Psychology
Psychology 225: Statistical Techniques
Psychology 230: Biopsychology
Psychology 240: Developmental Psychology
Psychology 250: Social Psychology
Psychology 260: Personality Psychology
Research
Ormerod, T.C., MacGregor, J.N., Chronicle, E.P., Dewald, A.D., & Chu, Y. (2013). Act first,
think later: The presence and absence of inferential planning in problem solving.
Memory & Cognition, 41(7), 1096-1108.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13421-013-0318-5
Chu, Y. & MacGregor, J. N. (2011). Human performance on insight problem solving:
A review. Journal of Problem Solving, 3(2), 119-150.
http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jps/vol3/iss2/6
MacGregor, J. N. & Chu, Y. (2011). Human performance on the traveling salesman and
related problems: A review. Journal of Problem Solving, 3(2), 1-29.
http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jps/vol3/iss2/2
Chu, Y., Li, Z., Su, Y. & Pizlo, Z. (2010). Mental representation in problem solving:
The role of direction and insight. Journal of Problem Solving, 3(1), 27-51.
http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jps/vol3/iss1/3
Chu, Y. (2009). Human insight problem solving: performance, processing, and
phenomenology. Berlin: VDM Verlag. https://a.co/d/cTohT1w
Sophian, C. & Chu, Y. (2008). How do people compare large numerosities? Spatial factors
in comparative judgments about large numerosities. Cognition, 107, 460-478.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027707002685
Chu, Y., Dewald, A. D., & Chronicle, E. P. (2007). Theory-driven hints in the cheap
necklace problem: a preliminary investigation. The Journal of Problem Solving, 1(2),
18-32. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jps/vol1/iss2/4
Chu, Y. & Shaw, J.I. (2005). Causal chaining: Effects of behavioral domain and
outcome valence on perceived causal structure. Current Research in Social
Psychology, 10(14), 203-221. http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp10_14.pdf
Service
Liberal Arts Working Group (2024)
Pearl Harbor Liaison for Psychology (2024)
Professional Activities
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention (2024)
