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- December 11, 2012
- 02:25 PM
- 210 views
McCartney Appointed Next President of Smith College
by APS Daily Observations in Daily Observations
APS Fellow and Charter Member Kathleen McCartney, who has been the Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education for the past seven years, will be the next president of ... Read more »
Scarr, S., Phillips, D., & McCartney, K. (1990) FACTS, FANTASIES AND THE FUTURE OF CHILD CARE IN THE UNITED STATES. Psychological Science, 1(1), 26-35. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1990.tb00061.x
- October 17, 2012
- 01:05 PM
- 371 views
Police Prejudice Is Not What You Think
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Many police departments have a problem with prejudice — It’s a common assumption supported by empirical research. But when a team of psychological scientists led by Juliette ... Read more »
Gatto, J., Dambrun, M., Kerbrat, C., & De Oliveira, P. (2009) Prejudice in the police: On the processes underlying the effects of selection and group socialisation. European Journal of Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.617
- October 4, 2012
- 10:22 AM
- 368 views
Gelfand Receives Anneliese Maier Research Award
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APS Fellow Michele Gelfand, an expert in the study of conflicts and comparative cultures, accepted the Anneliese Maier Research Award at a September 13, 2012, ceremony at Heidelberg University in ... Read more »
Gelfand, M.J.,, Raver, J.L.,, Nishii, L.,, Leslie, L.M., Lun, J.,, & Lim, B.C.,. (2011) Differences between tight and loose cultures: A 33-nation study. Science (New York, N.Y.), 332(6033), 1100-4. PMID: 21617077
- October 3, 2012
- 10:58 AM
- 295 views
Kurt Pawlik Honored for Contributions to Global Psychology
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APS Fellow Kurt Pawlik, University of Hamburg, Germany, has received the 2012 APA Outstanding Psychologist Award for distinguished contributions to global psychology.
Pawlik, who has been a professor at the University ... Read more »
Pawlik, K. . (1964) Third-Order Factors in Objective Personality Test. British Journal of Psychology, 55(1), 1-18. DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1964.tb00893.x
- September 21, 2012
- 09:44 AM
- 378 views
Edward Maibach on the Sticky Problem of Misinformation
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“When it’s really important to educate the public about an issue, the most reliable means we have is simple, clear messages repeated often by a variety of trusted sources,” says ... Read more »
Lewandowsky, s., Ecker,U. K. H. Seifert,C.M., Schwarz,N., and Cook, J. (2012) Misinformation and Its Correction: Continued Influence and Successful Debiasing. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 13(3), 106-131. DOI: 10.1177/1529100612451018
- September 13, 2012
- 10:15 AM
- 346 views
Perspectives Article Wins 2011 Best Paper Award
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A paper published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, “The situated inference model of priming: An integrative account of construal, behavior, and goal priming” was awarded the 2011 Best Paper Award ... Read more »
Loersch, C. . (2011) The Situated Inference Model An Integrative Account of the Effects of Primes on Perception, Behavior, and Motivation. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6(3), 234-252. info:/10.1177/1745691611406921
- September 12, 2012
- 04:03 PM
- 422 views
What Is Logical Isn’t Always True
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In logic, an argument can be invalid even if its conclusion is true, and an argument can be valid even if its conclusion is false. It’s a confusing concept, and ... Read more »
Edward J. N. Stupple, Linden J. Ball, Jonathan St. B. T. Evans, , & Smith. (2011) When logic and belief collide: Individual differences in reasoning times support a selective processing model. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 23(8). DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2011.589381
- June 27, 2012
- 12:24 PM
- 420 views
Walking: Good for More than Your Waistline
by APS Daily Observations in Daily Observations
Imagine you’re at a party and a new acquaintance comes over to say hello. In a blind moment of panic you realize that you’ve just met the person, but you ... Read more »
Salas, C. R., Minakata, K., . (2011) Walking before study enhances free recall but not judgment-of-learning magnitude. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 23(4). info:/
- April 13, 2012
- 10:23 AM
- 716 views
Don’t Freak Out on Friday the 13th: Stay Positive
by APS Daily Observations in Daily Observations
It’s Friday the 13th for the second time in 2012. With one more Friday the 13th coming in July, for some superstitious people this is a scary time—but stay positive. ... Read more »
Seligman, M., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000) Positive psychology: An introduction. American Psychologist, 55(1), 5-14. DOI: 10.1037//0003-066X.55.1.5
- April 5, 2012
- 10:32 AM
- 860 views
Math Anxiety Is (Literally) in Your Head
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Math can be a fun, logic puzzle for some people. But for others, doing math is a headache-inducing experience. Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have recently shown ... Read more »
Young, C.B., Wu, S.S., & Menon, V. (2012) The Neurodevelopmental Basis of Math Anxiety. Psychological Science. PMID: 22434239
- April 3, 2012
- 09:39 AM
- 697 views
The Perils of Trying to Unlearn
by APS Daily Observations in Daily Observations
There are tons of studies about how to improve learning, but what happens when we want to unlearn is less clear. Research on learning by association goes back to Pavlov’s ... Read more »
Coutanche, M., & Thompson-Schill, S. (2012) Reversal Without Remapping: What We Can (and Cannot) Conclude About Learned Associations From Training-Induced Behavior Changes. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(2), 118-134. DOI: 10.1177/1745691611434211
- March 23, 2012
- 10:07 AM
- 804 views
Crisscrossing Senses
by APS Daily Observations in Daily Observations
Ever wonder what the number 5 tastes like? What color is G sharp? Or what type of personality does January have? If you were a synesthete, you might be able ... Read more »
Wagner, K., & Dobkins, K. (2011) Synaesthetic Associations Decrease During Infancy. Psychological Science, 22(8), 1067-1072. DOI: 10.1177/0956797611416250
- March 9, 2012
- 09:49 AM
- 835 views
Mind Changer and Game Changer
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APS Past-President Elizabeth Loftus, University of California, Irving, is the highest-ranking female in the list of top 100 psychologists. She’s gained world-wide renown for her experiments showing that memory, far ... Read more »
Loftus, E.F. (1980) Psychological aspects of courtroom testimony. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 27-37. PMID: 6930909
- March 6, 2012
- 12:26 PM
- 820 views
Silly Sports Rituals? Think Again
by APS Daily Observations in Daily Observations
When a game begins, there is no telling how it will end. How can players cope with the unpredictability of sports? The rituals that athletes count on to win a ... Read more »
Damisch, L., Stoberock, B., & Mussweiler, T. (2010) Keep Your Fingers Crossed!: How Superstition Improves Performance. Psychological Science, 21(7), 1014-1020. DOI: 10.1177/0956797610372631
- March 1, 2012
- 12:03 PM
- 718 views
Placebo Power
by APS Daily Observations in Daily Observations
APS Fellow and Charter Member Irving Kirsch, associate director of the Placebo Studies Program at Harvard Medical School, says the difference between the effect of a placebo and the effect ... Read more »
Kirsch, I., Deacon, B.J., Huedo-Medina, T.B., Scoboria, A., Moore, T.J., & Johnson, B.T. (2008) Initial severity and antidepressant benefits: a meta-analysis of data submitted to the Food and Drug Administration. PLoS medicine, 5(2). PMID: 18303940
- February 27, 2012
- 03:33 PM
- 669 views
Where Learning STEMs From
by APS Daily Observations in Daily Observations
The need for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) professionals has become critical in the United States. A recent Washington Post article stated there is a shortage of qualified U.S. ... Read more »
Bang, M., & Medin, D. (2010) Cultural processes in science education: Supporting the navigation of multiple epistemologies. Science Education, 94(6), 1008-1026. DOI: 10.1002/sce.20392
- February 16, 2012
- 08:57 AM
- 900 views
Heritability in the Era of Molecular Genetics
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Today it seems to be common knowledge that most behavioral and psychological traits have a heritable genetic component. But what does it really mean when a study says that the ... Read more »
Johnson, W., Penke, L., & Spinath, F. (2011) Heritability in the Era of Molecular Genetics: Some Thoughts for Understanding Genetic Influences on Behavioural Traits. European Journal of Personality, 25(4), 254-266. DOI: 10.1002/per.836
- February 15, 2012
- 03:44 PM
- 722 views
A ‘Bite-Size’ Rebuttal
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In the January 2012 issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science, two articles were published in which the authors argued that the trend of increasingly shorter journal articles could have a ... Read more »
Bertamini, M., & Munafo, M. (2012) Bite-Size Science and Its Undesired Side Effects. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(1), 67-71. DOI: 10.1177/1745691611429353
- February 14, 2012
- 08:49 AM
- 803 views
Finding What Works for Those Who Work for Their Country
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Veterans who have served their country deserve the best treatment possible. And Bradley Karlin, Director of the Psychotherapy Programs at US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), helps insure that the ... Read more »
Karlin, B., & Humphreys, K. (2007) Improving Medicare coverage of psychological services for older Americans. American Psychologist, 62(7), 637-649. DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.62.7.637
- February 8, 2012
- 02:36 PM
- 871 views
Dating in the Digital Age
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The report card is in, and the online dating industry won’t be putting this one on the fridge. A new scientific report concludes that although online dating offers users some ... Read more »
Finkel, E. J., Eastwick, P.W., Karney, B. R., Reis, H.T., & Sprecher, S. (2012) Online Dating: A Critical Analysis From the Perspective of Psychological Science. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 13(1). info:/
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