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APS to Launch New Research Methods and Practices Journal
APS is seeking nominations for Founding Editor of a new journal that will serve as a home for new developments in research methodology and practices.
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Early Attachment and Culture Affect Responses to Ostracism
Whether it’s on the playground as a child or in the office as an adult, we may find it difficult to be excluded from a group. Humans have an innate desire to belong to a social community, and because of this, ostracism is hurtful. In a recent study published in the European Journal of Personality, researchers Erez Yaakobi (Ono Academic College, Israel) and APS Fellow Kipling D. Williams (Purdue University) examined potential factors that influence emotional responses to ostracism. Attachment theory is one model that explains how people react to separation and stress in social situations.
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Improving Research Practices, From Beginning to End
A series of articles focused on improving research practices at various points of the process, from deciding how to optimize the design of a single study to conducting a comprehensive evaluation of an entire research topic.
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Spelke Awarded Heineken Prize
APS William James Fellow Elizabeth S. Spelke of Harvard University, a leading psychological scientist and specialist on the cognitive development of infants, recently received the C. L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize for Cognitive Sciences from the
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Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Jennifer A. Richeson
One of the field’s foremost researchers on the psychological phenomena of cultural diversity reflects on her career and her future research plans.
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NSF Seeks Grant Proposals for Research Program
The National Science Foundation is seeking grant proposals for its Smart & Connected Communities program. Applicants for funding are expected to pursue research activities studying how inhabitants of communities are increasingly connected by smart technologies. Proposals must meaningfully integrate across both behavioral science and technological research dimensions. Preliminary proposals are due November 30, 2016. For more information, see the program solicitation here.
