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2020 APS Spence Recipients Announced
Eight psychological scientists have been selected as the recipients of the 2020 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award.
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Implicit Association Testing May Predict Future Suicide Attempts
The IAT may help identify and provide additional support to individuals at risk of attempting suicide.
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Misleading Feedback Could Make Psychological Symptoms Worse
The ambiguous nature of many psychological symptoms makes them particularly sensitive to misinformation.
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First Annual Elizabeth Capaldi Phillips Lecture Held at University of Florida
The first annual Elizabeth Capaldi Phillips Lecture was presented December 10, 2019 by psychological scientist Dana Small (Yale University) at the University of Florida’s McKnight Brain Institute. APS Past President Elizabeth Capaldi Phillips – who served as provost of the University of Florida from 1996 to 1999, and provost and executive vice president of the Arizona State University from 2006 to 2013 – was widely recognized for her work on how motivation and learning influence eating behavior before her death in 2017.
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Five APS Fellows Elected to Society of Experimental Psychologists
A Guggenheim Fellow and a co-founder of a widely influential psychological theory are among four APS Fellows newly elected to the Society of Experimental Psychologists (SEP), the oldest and one of the most prestigious honorary societies in scientific psychology. APS Fellows Diane Beck, Charles Brainerd, Steve Sloman, Joshua Greene, and Fei Xu, along with three other psychological scientists, have been selected as 2020 SEP Fellows. In addition, Vanderbilt University researcher Jennifer Trueblood, named an APS Rising Star in 2015 and a 2020 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award recipient, is receiving the SEP Early Investigator Award.
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For Narcissists, Social Status Overshadows All
Humans are fundamentally motivated to boost their social status, but narcissistic individuals are driven to climb the social ladder at all costs.
