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APS Honors 2012 Award Recipients
The 24th Annual APS Convention kicked off with a ceremony honoring the recipients of its 2012 awards for 2012. APS President Douglas L. Medin of Northwestern University welcomed the nearly 4,000 psychological scientists attending the convention. Richard Heimberg, from Temple University, president of the Society for the Study of Clinical Psychology, presented the society's Distinguished Scientist Award to William E. Pelham from Florida International University. The Albert Bandura Graduate Research Award went to Chris Conway from University of California, Los Angeles for his work on stress generation theory. Psi Chi Past President Michael D.
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Federal Funding for Basic Psychological Science
With tight budgets and dramatic cuts in federal funding, can researchers realistically hope for government funding for their work? This was the topic of conversation at the Federal Funding for Basic Psychological Science Workshop, held Thursday in Chicago at the 24th APS Annual Convention. The short answer is yes. As Rebecca A. Ferrer (National Cancer Institute), Lisbeth Nielsen (National Institute on Ageing), Melissa W.
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Convention Video Blog: How Can Wii Help?
The cameras are rolling at the APS 24th Annual Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Jessica A. Stansbury of Towson University presented her research "How Can Wii Help? Video Gaming Increases Course Knowledge and Engagement" at the Teaching Institute Poster Session Thursday, May 24. The effectiveness of video gaming to supplement instruction of descriptive statistics and factorial designs in a research methods course was evaluated. Students designed studies involving their scores from two Wii video games. Students’ actual knowledge increased significantly, and they reported high levels of engagement with the material.
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Convention Highlights — Friday
Selected sessions from Friday's program SPOTLIGHT: Cross-Cutting Theme Program 9:00 AM – 12:45 PM: Disaster, Response, and Recovery Sheraton Ballroom IV Theme Program Speakers: George A. Bonanno, Silvia H. Koller, Lisa M. Shin, Dirk Helbing, Edna B. Foa 9:30 AM - 10:25 AM: Naked Truth Part I: Getting into Graduate School Chicago Ballroom VIII APS Student Caucus Speakers: Kris Gunawan, Emily Cohen-Shikora, Liz Goldstein, James Hodge, David Miller, Jessica Tessler SPOTLIGHT: Award Addresses 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM: The Surprising Power of Retrieval Practice in Improving Retention: From the Lab to the Classroom Sheraton Ballroom III APS Award Address Speaker: Henry L.
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Questionable Research Practices Surprisingly Common
Not all scientific misconduct is flat-out fraud. Much falls into the murkier realm of “questionable research practices.” A new study finds that in one field, psychology, these practices are surprisingly common. The survey of more than 2,000 research psychologists, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that most have engaged in at least one of the questionable practices at some point in their career. “There have been some very widely publicized cases of outright fraud,” says Leslie K. John of Harvard Business School.
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Studies probe why people choke in clutch situations
Scripps Howard News Service: When the typically solid free-throw sinker fails to find net in a close game's waning minutes, when the firm's best deal-sealer falters in the final round of negotiations, when a baseball team's closer becomes a blow-ser in the final inning -- the choke talk begins. Psychologists and brain scientists have been working for years to understand why talented, competent people don't rise to the occasion in clutch situations.
