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Super-Smart Kids Become Super-Successful Adults
Students with profound mathematical and verbal reasoning skills at age 13 garner more awards, gather more grant money, have more patents, write more prolifically, are more likely to graduate with doctoral degrees, and are more likely to hold tenured positions at the best universities in the world, according to new research published in Psychological Science. Psychological scientists Harrison Kell, David Lubinski, and Camilla Benbow of Vanderbilt University were interested in finding out just how successful super smart 13-year-olds would be later in life.
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Babies Expect People to Act Efficiently
Adults expect others to behave rationally and efficiently in their simple, everyday actions -- this is what enables us to predict the route someone will take walking on the sidewalk, for instance. Now, new research shows that infants hold the same expectations for the behavior of others. Even within the first two years of life, infants expect adults to behave rationally, efficiently, and consistently, according to the research, which is published in the April 2013 issue of Psychological Science.
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25 Years of Exhibiting With APS
As you make plans to attend the 25th APS Annual Convention in Washington, DC, don’t forget to schedule a stroll through the Exhibit Hall, where you will find books, equipment, software, professional opportunities, and, of course, free promotional items and giveaways. Among this year’s exhibitors are two organizations that have been attending the APS Convention since it all began in 1988. In Booth 502, the Association Book Exhibit will offer a combined display of scholarly and professional titles from leading publishers, as well as a free catalog; Worth Publishers, a publisher of cutting-edge, market-leading psychology textbooks and media, will be exhibiting in Booths 210 and 212.
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Predicting Resilience in Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Childhood sexual abuse can have devastating and long-lasting consequences for survivors, yet little research has focused on the factors associated with resiliency following childhood sexual abuse. New research published in Clinical Psychological Science reveals that certain demographic, personality, and abuse-related variables predict the well-being of childhood sexual abuse survivors later in life. Using an online survey of more than 47,000 people between the ages of 18 and 80, psychological scientists Claire Whitelock, Michael Lamb, and Peter Rentfrow of the University of Cambridge (UK) collected data on each of these variables.
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Hackman to Be Honored at APS Annual Convention
A symposium on organizational teams will pay tribute to J. Richard Hackman, a leading social and organizational psychologist who passed away on January 8, 2013. Hackman will also be honored posthumously with the APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award for lifetime achievement in applied psychological research and for the impact his research has had on society at large. Hackman was an expert in teams whose work improved the safety and quality of work in domains as diverse as intelligence, aviation, sports, and art. He conducted research that zeroed in on the conditions and leadership styles that allow teams to thrive. Suzanne T. Bell will chair the special symposium, “A Tribrute to Richard J.
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Meet the Legends
Get your piece of history. These champions of psychological science are signing their books at the APS Annual Convention this May. Michael S. Gazzaniga Gazzaniga will sign copies of Who's in Charge? and other books immediately following his Keynote Address on Thursday, May 23. (Listen to his interview on The Diane Rehm Show) Scott Lilienfeld Lilienfeld will sign copies of 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology and Brainwashed immediately following his APS Award Address on Friday, May 24. Roy Baumeister Baumeister will sign copies of Willpower and other books immediately following his APS Award Address on Friday, May 24.
