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Unenthusiastic Employees in the Office
LiveScience: How engaged are you at your job? The answer may not only affect your productivity and job satisfaction but may also be partly in your control, research has suggested. People who approach their work with energy and dedication are more productive and more willing to go that extra mile, according to research published in the August 2011 issue of the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science.
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People Seem More Likely to Follow Rules They Can’t Beat
U.S. News & World Report: People who believe a rule or restriction is absolute are more likely to accept it than those who think the rule has some wiggle room, according to a new study. The findings may help explain a number of human behaviors and actions, including the Arab Spring uprisings, according to the authors of the study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Psychological Science. In the study, participants read articles that said lower speed limits in cities would make people safer. Some of them also read that government leaders had decided to reduce speed limits.
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You’re Just One in 7 Billion!
Did you take a deep breath before pushing and shoving your way into a crowded train this morning? Stepped on a few toes or nerves perhaps? Phew, well, if you thought dodging elbows and trying to hop on that crowded morning rush hour train was bad, try thinking about this – the world’s population recently hit 7 billion and in an already crowded planet, that poses quite a problem. According to the United Nations Population Fund, the world’s population more than doubled just in the last fifty years. This staggering growth is certainly a cause for alarm and has scientists, economists and sociologists scrambling to find a solution to combat the problems that come with an overcrowded planet.
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Call for Nominations for APA Awards for Year 2012
The Society for General Psychology, Division One of the American Psychological Association, is conducting its Year 2012 awards competition, including the William James Book Award for a recent book that serves to integrate material across psychological subfields or to provide coherence to the diverse subject matter of psychology, the Ernest R. Hilgard Award for a Lifetime Career Contribution to General Psychology, the George A. Miller Award for an Outstanding Recent Article on General Psychology, and the Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology, which is an American Psychological Foundation Award managed by the Society for General Psychology.
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The Halloween Contest Results Are In!
We invited you to submit your best Halloween photos, costumes, costume ideas, decorations, and (of course) carved pumpkins! Submissions were featured on the APS Facebook page, and winners were announced on November 3, 2011. Submitters received APS swag, and the grand prize winner won a complimentary registration to the 24th APS Annual Convention in Chicago! View the full album of Halloween photos here.
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RAND Summer Institute
RAND is pleased to announce the 19th annual RAND Summer Institute (RSI). RSI consists of two annual conferences that address critical issues facing our aging population. The Mind-Medical School for Social Scientists will be held on July 9–10, and the Demography, Economics, Psychology, and Epidemiology of Aging conference on July 11–12, 2012. Both conferences will convene at the RAND Corporation headquarters in Santa Monica, California. The conferences are sponsored by the National Institute on Aging and the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. Qualified applicants must hold a PhD or have completed two years of a PhD program and be actively working on a dissertation.
