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Trigger Warnings Do Not Work, New Study Finds
Trigger warnings—those alerts provided to college students in advance of potentially disturbing material—have prompted an intense philosophical and ideological debate. But do they actually achieve their stated goal of reducing emotional distress when dealing with sensitive subjects? New research from New Zealand comes to a firm conclusion: They do not. "Trigger warnings are, at best, trivially helpful," writes a research team led by psychologist Mevagh Sanson of the University of Waikato.
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BECC 2019 Deadline Extension for APS Members
The BECC (Behavior, Energy & Climate Change) conference call for abstracts has been extended until April 5 for APS members submitting individual or poster presentations. The conference, which will run November 17 to 20 in Sacramento, CA, is unique in that it brings together psychological scientists with leaders in business, government, and non-profits to encourage climate action. Conference speakers get the early bird registration discount and student fellowships are available for the conference through the Environmental and Energy Policy Analysis Center (SEEPAC) at Stanford University.
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Attention and Behavior Clinic Summer Internships
The Attention and Behavior Clinic (ABC) research group at Penn State Medical Center in Hershey, PA, is seeking counselors, lead counselors, and part-time teachers for its 2019 Summer Treatment Program. Paid internships are available for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in psychology, education and related fields for the summer of 2019. Interns will deliver behavioral and social skills interventions to children with ADHD and/or disruptive behavior disorders in the context of a summer treatment program (STP) offered by Penn State Medical Center in Hershey, PA.
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MacArthur Genius Recipient Jennifer Eberhardt Discusses Her New Book ‘Biased’
MacArthur Genius recipient Jennifer Eberhardt has a new book, Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think and Do. Jennifer Eberhardt is a scientist, a social psychologist who studies how we interact with one another. For more than two decades, she has been unpacking implicit racial bias, how our perceptions of race play into our everyday interactions, even when we're not aware of it. She's trained police departments and guided tech startups on recognizing their own implicit bias and how it affects their work. Now she's written about her research in a new book called "Biased: Uncovering The Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, And Do."
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Nora Newcombe, Linda B. Smith Receive SEP Annual Awards
The Society of Experimental Psychologists has awarded its most prestigious honors to APS William James Fellows Nora Newcombe and Linda B. Smith in recognition of their pioneering achievements in experimental psychology.
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Book Recommendation: “Biased” By MacArthur Genius Grant Winner Jennifer Eberhardt
I was thrilled to snag an advance copy of Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do (releases from Viking on March 26, 2019) by social psychologist Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt. This long-awaited book from the 2014 MacArthur Genius Grant winner -- whose research career has spanned Harvard, Yale and Stanford – proves to be an artful and compelling read. Eberhardt is best known as the world’s expert on the psychology of the “black-crime” association and for her wide range of approaches to studying how hidden biases infiltrate all parts of our lives (while our work is related, we know each other only by reputation and professional email exchange).
